Bloomsburg University Falls to Pitt in Wrestling

PITTSBURGH--The Bloomsburg University wrestling team opened its dual meet season on Wednesday night with a 30-14 loss to the University of Pittsburgh in an Eastern Wrestling League match.

The Huskies took a lead early in the match with a technical fall by Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy), 19-3, at 125 pounds. The Panthers came back with wins at 133 and 141 to take a 6-5 lead.

Bloomsburg, though, got a pin from 149-pounder Matt Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford) to go back in front 11-6. That would be the final lead of the night for the Huskies. Pitt won the three matches, one each by major decision, technical fall and pin to take a 21-11 lead. The Huskies Nate Shirk (Middleburg/Middleburg) picked up a 4-2 decision at 184 pounds before the Panthers finished the night with wins at 197 and heavyweight.

Pitt improves to 2-0, 1-0 in the EWL, while Bloomsburg goes to 0-1, 0-1 in the EWL. The Huskies go to Albany, NY on Saturday for the Northeast Duals.

Pitt 30 Bloomsburg 14

125-Mike Sees (BU) tech. fall Brad Gentzle,19-3;6:07

133-Drew Headlee (Pitt) dec. Ricky Donald,2-1

141-Joe Ciampoli (Pitt) dec. Tony Curto,3-1, sv

149-Matt Moley (BU) WBF Dave Kapetanovich,2:26

157-Matt Kocher (Pitt) maj. dec. over Dennis Bermudez,17-6

165-Sean Richmond (Pitt) WBF Rick Schmelyun,0:22

174-Keith Gavin (Pitt) tech. fall Brian Shaw,19-4, 6:10

184-Nate Shirk (BU) dec. Mike Heist,4-2

197-Eric Cassidy (Pitt) WBF PJ Distefano,4:40

285-Zach Sheaffer (Pitt) dec. Mike Spaid,7-3