Army’s Five-Match Winning Streak Snapped at Lehigh

Friday, February 10

Bethlehem, Pa.

7 PM

Army West Point

Lehigh

Army’s Five-Match Winning Streak Snapped at Lehigh

February 10, 2017 | Wrestling

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Army West Point wrestling team saw its five-match winning streak come to an end as No. 14 Lehigh captured a 28-10 victory at Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall on Friday evening.

The Black Knights fell to 6-4 on the season and 4-2 in Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) action. Lehigh improved to 9-4 overall and 7-1 in conference.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army drops to 9-53-3 in the all-time series against the Mountain Hawks.
Senior co-captain Russ Parsons earned his fifth major decision of the season.
Junior Jack Wedholm improved to 2-0 in duals on the season with his first-career dual win at 184 lbs.
Wedholm improved to 4-0 against the Mountain Hawks on the season and 2-0 against Andrew Price.

HOW IT HAPPENED
125: #7 Darian Cruz tech. fall over Trey Chalifoux, 22-7 (Lehigh leads, 5-0)
133: #9 Scott Parker tech. fall over Austin Harry, 21-6 (Lehigh leads, 10-0)
141: #14 Randy Cruz dec. over #16 Logan Everett, 3-1 (Lehigh leads, 13-0)
149: #12 Laike Gardner tech. fall over Nick Noel, 19-1 (Lehigh leads, 18-0)
157: #16 Russ Parsons maj. dec. over Cortlandt Schuyler, 15-2 (Lehigh leads, 18-4)
165: #14 Mitch Minotti maj. dec. over Cael McCormick, 12-3 (Lehigh leads, 22-4)
174: #4 Ryan Preisch dec. over Ben Harvey, 3-1 (Lehigh leads, 25-4)
184: Jack Wedholm dec. over Andrew Price, 7-4 (Lehigh leads, 25-7)
197: Rocco Caywood dec. over Thomas Murray, 4-2 (Lehigh leads, 25-10)
285: #16 Doug Vollaro dec. over Trevor Smith, 8-3 (Lehigh leads, 28-10)

COACHES CORNER

Head coach Kevin Ward – "They have a very good team and do a great job, but I don't think that was our best effort tonight. We made a couple of their wins look really easy and you can't do that and expect to win dual meets. We have some guys out of the lineup, and our youth showed at some of the weights where we were missing our starters."
"It was good to see Jack Wedholm step in and get the win. He's been solid for us for a couple of years now and for him to come out and get a win on the road as the starter was good to see."
"As far as Sunday is concerned, we just have to be more mentally prepared to fight. We can't make matches easy on our opponents. It was disappointing to see us give up bonus points. We need to get back to wrestling our style on Sunday, and that means competing to win every position."

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