Lock Haven wrestling soars to shutout victory over Bloomsburg
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven Anthony Noto gets his hand raced after defeating Bloomsburg's Major Lewis by tech fall during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's Anthony Noto tries to pin Bloomsburg's Major Lewis during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's Wyatt Henson puts Bloomsburg's Ashton Campbell in a bad spot during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. Henson went on to win by tech fall, 16-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's James Lledo gets his hand raised after defeating Bloomsburg's Kolby Frank by major decision during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven heavyweight Ethan Miller wrestles Bloomsburg's Tyler McCartharn during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's James Lledo puts a move on Bloomsburg's Kolby Frank during his major decision win over Bloomsburg's Kolby Frank. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's Ethan Miller shakes hands with Bloomsburg's Tyler McCartharn following his decision win. The Bald Eagles won the dual match 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven Anthony Noto gets his hand raced after defeating Bloomsburg's Major Lewis by tech fall during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's Anthony Noto tries to pin Bloomsburg's Major Lewis during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's Wyatt Henson puts Bloomsburg's Ashton Campbell in a bad spot during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. Henson went on to win by tech fall, 16-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's James Lledo gets his hand raised after defeating Bloomsburg's Kolby Frank by major decision during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven heavyweight Ethan Miller wrestles Bloomsburg's Tyler McCartharn during the teams' dual meet at Thomas Field House on Thursday. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's James Lledo puts a move on Bloomsburg's Kolby Frank during his major decision win over Bloomsburg's Kolby Frank. The Bald Eagles won 48-0.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Lock Haven's Ethan Miller shakes hands with Bloomsburg's Tyler McCartharn following his decision win. The Bald Eagles won the dual match 48-0.
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The Lock Haven men's wrestling team hosted Bloomsburg (0-4) in their home opener on Thursday night in what also served as The Haven’s first Mid-American Conference (MAC) match of the season.
In front of their home crowd at Thomas Fieldhouse, the Bald Eagles (1-0) would make a statement to the MAC, winning all ten bouts and soaring to a 48-0 victory.
"I think our guys performed pretty well," Lock Haven head coach Scott Moore said. "There is a little bit of pressure coming in the first home match of the year, which is nice getting in the field house. We saw seven matches, I would have liked to see a couple more guys wrestle, but the aggressiveness, the confidence, and the conditioning was pretty good. But always some stuff to take away from and get back to work."
Sean Logue (125), Tyler Stoltzfus (174), and Colin Fegley (184) all won by forfeit.
Following the forfeit victory at 125, No. 17 Anthony Noto defeated Major Lewis by tech fall, 17-2, needing just 1:37 to do so. After wrestling at 125 pounds last season, Noto, a two-time All-American, made the jump to 133, where he currently sits at a 4-1 overall record.
"[Noto's] been adjusting well," Moore mentioned. "He has to wrestle with confidence and believe in himself. It's going to take a little bit more effort to get the wins this year and he seems ready."
Nationally ranked – No. 25 – Wyatt Henson (141) improved to 5-0 on the season after earning a 19-4 tech fall victory in 3:48 over Ashton Campbell. For Henson, this was his 22nd career tech fall, tying him for fifth all-time in Lock Haven history.
Redshirt freshman Lucas Kapusta kept the tech-fall streak going with an 18-3 victory at 149. He had built a 17-3 lead but pushed the victory to a tech fall with the ride-time bonus point.
Nick Stampoulos and Caden Dobbins posted back-to-back victories by major decision at 157 and 165, respectively, which gave the Bald Eagles a 29-0 lead.
Last season, the Bald Eagles struggled in the backweights, building leads on their opponents before letting the win slip out of their hands.
Tonight, however, was a different story.
Pittsburgh transfer James Lledo jumped from 184 to 197 and posted a 10-2 major decision victory over Kolby Flank.
Then, heavyweight Ethan Miller was the final Bald Eagle to earn a victory, capping off Lock Haven’s first shutout since the 2018-19 season with a win over Tyler McCartharn. Miller went down 1-0 early but a second-period takedown along with an escape in the third gave him the advantage. A bonus point via ride-time was awarded to Miller for the 5-1 decision.
UP NEXT
Lock Haven will travel to Philadelphia on Sunday, Nov. 24, to compete in the PRTC Keystone Classic. Action gets underway at 9:30 a.m.