Huskies Fall Short Against West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, WV-The Bloomsburg University wrestling team lost to West Virginia University on Sunday night by a score of 21-18.
After falling behind 12-0 after the first three matches, the Huskies began their comeback with a 7-6 win by Josh Roosa (Mountain Top/Crestwood) in overtime. All-American Matt Moley (Phoenixville/Spring-Ford) then scored a win at 157 pounds by fall in 6:32 to make it a 12-9 match.
Bloomsburg's Rick Schmelyun (New Oxford/Bermudian Springs) then tied the match at 12-12 with an 11-7 win before Nate Graham (Selkirk, NY/Ravena) put the Huskies on top for the first time with a 4-3 win by decision at 174 pounds for a 15-12 lead. Derek Coffey (Lewisburg/Lewisburg) continued the run of victories for the Huskies with a win a 9-3 victory giving Bloomsburg an 18-12 lead with two matches left.
At 197 pounds West Virginia pulled out a 3-1 victory to get within 18-15 before getting a win by fall at 285 to score the 21-18 victory.
Bloomsburg goes to 8-6 on the season and will host Clarion on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
| Wt | Winning Wrestler (School) | WinType | Losing Wrestler (School) | Score |
| 125 | Shane Young (WVU) | FALL | James Bak (BU) | (1:47) |
| 133 | Colin Johnston (WVU ) | DEC | Dan Gaylord (BU) | 8 - 3 |
| 141 | Anthony Curcio (WVU ) | DEC | Jason Guffey (BU ) | 7 - 5 |
| 149 | Josh Roosa (Bloomsburg ) | TB-2 | Mike Rowe (WVU ) | 7 - 6 |
| 157 | Matt Moley (BU ) | FALL | Kyle Eason (WVU ) | 6:32 |
| 165 | Rick Schmelyun (BU) | DEC | Donald Jones (WVU ) | 11 - 7 |
| 174 | Nathan Graham (BU) | DEC | Matt Weston (WVU ) | 4 - 3 |
| 184 | Derek Coffey (BU) | DEC | Robert DeSano (WVU ) | 9 - 3 |
| 197 | Kyle Rooney (WVU ) | DEC | Brian Shaw (BU) | 3 - 1 |
| 285 | Brandon Williamson (WVU) | FALL | Zachary Walsh (BU) | (1:43) |