The Penn State DuBois wrestling team led by Coach Matt Park made a strong showing at the 2014 Electric City Duals on Saturday in Scranton, PA. The wrestling team is a nice mix of upperclassmen and several freshman contributed to the team success on the weekend. Also, a new addition to the team is assistant coach David Hoare, David is a DuBois native and has stepped ito the role filling the departure of long time assistant Josh Knapp.
Turning in strong performances on Saturday were freshman Dennis "Bub" Lumadou (4-0), Brian Fries (3-1), and sophomore Tim Suydan (3-0). Cashing in with 2 wins on Saturday were: Brett Himes, Riley Gunter, JP Hayles, Ty Haines, Jake Himes, and Andrew Bigley.
PSUD won the 10am match against Univ. of Marland Baltimore County 48-9. Recording pins were Riley Gunter, Joe Knarr, Tim Suydan, and Andrew Bigley. The second match of the day PSUD was victorious over Univ. Scranton 30-17; recording a pin was JP Hayles at 149lbs.
The third match the PSUD Nittany Lions lost to Apprentice 36-15; reconding wins in the dual were Brian Fries, Bub Lumadue, Tim Suydan. Apprentice is always tough year in year out. The final match of the afternoon PSUD defeated Penn College of Technology 39-11; pins were recorded by Riley Gunter and Tim Suydan.
PSUD will be back in action on Saturday, Nov. 15th when the travel to West Virginia Tech in Montgomery, WV for a noon match.
Mat 2 (10 am): Penn St. Dubois 48, UMBC 9
125: Brian Fries (P) maj. dec. DeVaughn Jones, 13-4 (4-0)
133: Hunter Shelton (U) dec. Brett Himes, 7-1 (4-3)
141: Riley Gunter (P) pinned Samuel Hui, 5:00 (10-3)
149: J.P. Hayles (P) dec. Ryan Spake, 6-1 (13-3)
157: Ty Haines tech. fall J.T. Freeze, 17-1 (4:23) (18-3)
165: Brandon Buckingham (U) pinned Jake Himes, 3:38 (18-9)
174: Joe Knarr (P) pinned Calomeri, 2:43 (24-9)
184: Dennis Lumadue (P) won by forfeit (30-9)
197: Nate Rodgers (P) won by forfeit (36-9)
235: Tim Suydan (P) pinned Malcolm Johnson, 3:13 (42-9)
285: Andrew Bigley (P) pinned Michael Bentivegna, 4:22 (48-9)
Mat 2 (11:30 am): Apprentice 36, Penn St.-Dubois 15
125: Brian Fries (P) pinned Jacob Michael, 3:17 (0-6)
133: Thomas Payne (A) maj. dec. Brett Himes, 18-6 (4-6)
141: Michael Holcomb (A) dec. Riley Gunter, 9-6 (7-6)
149: Tyrell Watkins (A) maj. dec. J.P. Hayles, 11-2 (11-6)
157: Chris Kennedy (A) pinned Ty Haines, 6:23 (17-6)
165: Patrick Foxworth (A) maj. dec. Matt Humes, 17-5 (21-6)
174: Daniel Henson (A) dec. Matthew Rivera, 10-4 (24-6)
184: Dennis Lumadue (P) pinned Kenneth Lowry, 4:52 (24-12)
Mat 1 (1 pm): Penn St.-Dubois 30, Scranton 17
125: Brown (S) dec. Brian Fries, 11-10 (0-3)
133: Brett Himes (P) dec. Corey Forlenza, 9-2 (3-3)
141: James Kelly (S) dec. Riley Gunter, 17-12 (3-6)
149: J.P. Hayles (P) pinned Danny White, 3:23 (9-6)
157: Ian Evans (S) tech. fall Matt Humes, 24-8 (9-11)
165: Jake Himes (P) dec. Zachary D'Apolito, 5-2 (12-11)
174: Shawn Flesche (S) pinned Joe Knarr, 5:50 (12-17)
184: Dennis Lumadue (P) won by forfeit (18-17)
197: Tige Woodson (P) won by forfeit (24-17)
285: Andrew Bigley (P) won by forfeit (30-17)
Mat 2 (4 pm): Penn St.-Dubois 39, Penn Tech 11
125: Brian Fries (PS) won by forfeit (6-0)
133: Brett Himes (PS) won by forfeit (12-0)
141: Riley Gunter (PS) pinned Jake Stanford, 3:40 (18-0)
149: Slade Storm (PT) dec. J.P. Hayles, 9-6 (18-3)
157: Ty Haines (PS) maj. dec. Troy Leid, 11-1 (22-3)
165: Jake Himes (PS) tech. fall Tony King, 17-0 (27-3)
174: Daniel Frankenfield (PT) tech. fall Matthew Rivera, 18-3 (27-8)
184: Dennis Lumadue (PS) won by forfeit (33-8)
197: Connor Route (PT) dec. Nate Rodgers, 9-2 (33-11)
285: Tim Suydan (PS) pinned Brandon Stover, 0:32 (39-8)