ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team won the first and last matches of Friday night's home dual with Messiah, but it was mostly all Falcons in between as they beat the Blue Jays in Thompson, 25-17.
Deven Jackson made it a quick start for the Jays, getting the fall just over a minute into the opening bout. The Falcons would win the next six matches and led 25-6 after 174.
Ganon Smith (tech fall),
Will Davis (decision), and
Jimmy Yeingst (decision) closed out the night with wins at 184, 197, and 285.
125:
Deven Jackson (EC) fall Austin Jeffery (MESS), 1:09 [EC 6, MESS 0]
133: Caiden Heller (MESS) dec
Corey Cope (EC), 6-4 [EC 6, MESS 3]
141: Jacob Cunningham (MESS) dec
Owen Heffner (EC), [EC 6, MESS 6]
149: Levi Snyder (MESS) tech fall
Stephen Bialek (EC), 23-7 [EC 6, MESS 11]
157: Noah Rice (MESS) fall
Michael Beers (EC), [EC 6, MESS 17]
165: Keegan Demarest (MESS) dec
Justice Hockenberry (EC), 12-9 [EC 6, MESS 20]
174: Zach Needles (MESS) tech fall
Jacob Speed (EC), 18-1 [EC 6, MESS 25]
184:
Ganon Smith (EC) tech fall Nate Kovalcik (MESS), 18-3 [EC 11, MESS 25]
197:
Will Davis (EC) dec Tucker Seidel (MESS), 9-2 [EC 14, MESS 25]
285:
Jimmy Yeingst (EC) dec Kaleb Britting (MESS), 8-5 [EC 17, MESS 25]
Elizabethtown is back in action tomorrow at Shippensburg at 1 p.m.
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