(East Stroudsburg, Pa.) -- Bloomsburg University scored 149.5 points and notched two individual champions as the Huskies dethroned Edinboro to win the 62nd Annual PSAC Wrestling Championships Saturday night.
Hosted by East Stroudsburg University at Koehler Fieldhouse, Bloomsburg took first place with 149.5 points, pre-tournament favorite Edinboro was second with 134.5, East Stroudsburg was third with 104.5, Lock Haven finished fourth at 87 points, and Clarion was fifth with 73.5 points.
Rounding out the nine team field were Shippensburg placing sixth with 52.5 , Millersville seventh with 41.5, Kutztownn eighth with 39 points and Slippery Rock ninth with 35.
The Huskies posted individual champions at 174 with Bryce Hasseman and at 197 in Chad Hoare. The Huskies had seven wrestlers in the finals.
Edinboro’s Nate Yetzer, who won at 165-pounds, was named the “OW” Outstanding Wrestler of this year’s tournament. He won at 174 last year and is a two-time PSAC champion. Edinboro also crowned Shawn Bunch at 133 as an individual champion.
Clarion had two individual champions including Frank Edgar at 141 and Chris Horning at 157. Edgar defeated Brad Forbes of Bloomsburg 6-1 in the finals and ran his season record to 31-6.
Edgar is a two-time champ, having won at 141 last year. Horning defeated Edinboro’s Matt Hill in the finals by a 6-2 margin. Horning, who was a runner-up at 157 last year, has a 20-4 individual record this season.
Edinboro came into the tournament ranked 19th in the nation by Amateur Wrestling News and had won the three previous PSAC team titles, but unranked Bloomsburg won the team title by a 15-point margin. It was Bloomsburg’s first team title since 1990 and the 14th in school history.
Other individual champions included Obenson Blanc (Lock Haven) at 125, Josh Medina (Lock Haven) at 149, Charlie Pienaar (Slippery Rock) at 184 and Stanley Foster (East Stroudsburg) at heavyweight.
FINAL RESULTS - 62ND PSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY
KOEHLER FIELDHOUSE
JANUARY 28-29, 2005
FINAL TEAM SCORES
1. Bloomsburg 149.5
2 Edinboro 134.5
3. E. Stroudsburg 104.5
4. Lock Haven 87.0
5. Clarion 73.5
6. Shippensburg 52.5
7. Millersville 41.5
8. Kutztown 39.0
9. Slippery Rock 35.0
Tournament "OW" - Nate Yetzer - Edinboro
THIRD PLACE MATCHES
125: Jamie Thomas, Shippensburg dec. Adam Bunting, Millersville 3-2
133 Ryan McCallum, East Stroudsburg dec. Chris Lape, Clarion 3-2
141 J.T. Taylor, Edinboro WBF Matthew Fittery, Lock Haven 2:31
149 Ron Doppelheuer, Edinboro WBF George Hickman, Bloomsburg 0:52
157 Seth Martin, Lock Haven WBF Chris Tate, Bloomsburg 3:00
165 Marcus Surin, Clarion dec. Keith Smith, East Stroudsburg 4-2
174 Eric Ring, Edinboro dec. John Carr, East Stroudsburg 6-1
184 Sean McCracken, East Stroudsburg Jesse Hasseman, Bloomsburg 5-3
197 Mike LaBella, Edinboro dec. Phil Hard, East Stroudsburg 3-2 tb
285 Joe Hennis, Edinboro dec. John Fager, Clarion 4-3
FIFTH PLACE MATCHES
125 Roberto Ramos, East Stroudsburg dec. Greg Sill, Edinboro 6-1
133 Nicholas Nauroth, Kutztown dec. John Marsh, Slippery Rock 10-3
141 Cody Becker, Millersville dec. Joe Provini, Shippensburg 3-2
149 Zack Leathers, Shippensburg T. Fall Bart Wylie, Clarion 19-2; 7:00
157 Keith Kleckner, East Stroudsburg dec. Cory Mancuso, Slippery Rock 6-1
165 Rory McCoy, Lock Haven WBF Gerald Christian, Slippery Rock 1:16
174 Ryan Wasser, Kutztown WBF Kyle Skinner, Shippensburg 4:17
184 Mike Metzger, Lock Haven dec. Roy Gecelosky, Kutztown 6-5
197 Jeremy Wampler, Millersville Med. Forfeit Morgan Horner, Lock Haven
285 Andrew Freas, Kutztown Mike Davidowich, Millersville 3-1
* Top 3 Places in each weight class earn All-PSAC
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
125 Obenson Blanc, Lock Haven dec. Mike Sees, Bloomsburg 8-7
133 Shawn Bunch, Edinboro dec. Tony Curto, Bloomsburg 9-6
141 Frank Edgar, Clarion dec. Brad Forbes, Bloomsburg 6-1
149 Joshua Medina, Lock Haven dec. Mark Smith, East Stroudsburg 13-7
157 Chris Horning, Clarion dec. Matt Hill, Edinboro 6-2
165 Nate Yetzer, Edinboro maj. dec. James Bertulis, Bloomsburg 13-5|
174 Bryce Hasseman, Bloom WB Inj. Def. Curtis Yeager, Millersville 3:00
184 Charlie Pienaar, Slippery Rock dec. Jim Gibson, Edinboro 2-0
197 Chad Hoare, Bloomsburg dec. Corey Jacoby, Shippensburg 3-3 tb
285 Stanley Foster, East Stroudsburg dec. Mike Spaid, Bloomsburg 7-0