Wrestling | 1/27/2019 3:59:00 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Bloomsburg University wrestling team suffered its second consecutive loss on Sunday afternoon after dropping a 27-15 decision at Cleveland State University in an Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) contest. The Huskies dropped to 2-6 overall and 1-4 in the EWL standings while the Vikings improved to 4-7 overall and 1-3 against EWL opponents.

Things started promising for the Huskies as junior Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) earned an 18-0 technical fall win over Cameron Lathem at 125 pounds to give Bloomsburg a 5-0 advantage. It was Girard's third consecutive victory to move his overall record to 15-8 on the season. The technical fall was his first of the year.

However, the match unraveled for the Huskies as Cleveland State won the next five matches - two via fall - to build up a 21-5 lead.

Bloomsburg responded as redshirt sophomore Anthony Vetrano (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) pinned Colton Carroll 30 seconds into the second period to cut the Vikings' advantage to 21-11. Vetrano improved to 8-13 overall and earned his third victory by fall on the season. Redshirt junior Trevor Allard (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) followed with a 12-3 major decision over Chris Morrow to trim the Cleveland State lead to 21-15. Allard, ranked 28th in the initial NCAA Division I Coaches Panel poll released earlier this week, won his fifth straight match - 15th of his last 18 - and improved to 19-9 overall. It was his team-leading sixth major decision win of the year.

Cleveland State, however, ended any thoughts of a Bloomsburg comeback with victories at 197 and 285 pounds to close out the match.

The Huskies will travel to East Lansing, Michigan, next Saturday, February 2, for matches against Michigan State and Northern Illinois. The match against the Spartans starts at 12:00 p.m. while action against Northern Illinois gets underway at 2:00 p.m.

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CLEVELAND STATE 27, BLOOMSBURG 15

125 - Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) technical fall over Cameron Lathem - 18-0, 6:24 [BU 5-0]
133 - Armando Torres decision over Lewis Williams (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) - 7-2 [BU 5-3]
141 - Sam Matzek fall over Aaron Coleman (Iselin, N.J./John F. Kennedy Memorial) - 2:40 [CSU 9-5]
149 - Brady Barnett fall over Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) - 3:50 [CSU 15-5]
157 - Nico O'Dor decision over Nate Newberry (Biglerville, Pa./Biglerville) - 4-3 [CSU 18-5]
165 - Ryan Ford decision over Alex Carida (Hackettstown, N.J./Hackettstown) - 4-2 [CSU 21-5]
174 - Anthony Vetrano (Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) fall over Colton Carroll - 3:32 [CSU 21-11]
184 - Trevor Allard (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) major decision over Chris Morrow - 12-3 [CSU 21-15]
197 - Ben Smith decision over Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater-Raritan) - 3-1 [CSU 24-15]
285 - Collin Kelly decision over Jarrett Walters (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) - 7-4 [CSU 27-15]