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EAST STROUDSBURG – Redshirt senior Adam Hluschak posted his 25th win of the season and 75th of his career and No. 7-ranked Ed Ebewo won a match-up of NCAA qualifiers at 197 pounds in East Stroudsburg University's 25-13 dual loss to Centenary on Friday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Hluschak improved to 25-6 with his eighth straight win, and 12th in 13 bouts, in a 5-3 decision over Craig Montgomery at 141. Hluschak had a takedown 15 seconds into the first period and three near fall points before holding off Montgomery (14-6), who got two back points in the second period and an escape in the third.

Hluschak was 26-15 last year and 21-16 two years ago, when he was an NCAA Division II qualifier. His 75 career wins include 41 by bonus points – 15 this season.

Ebewo, ranked No. 7 in Division II at 197, had takedowns in the second and third periods after a scoreless first period for a 5-2 decision over Centenary's Tim Lutke, a Division III All-American last season. Ebewo, a Division II national qualifier last year, improved to 12-3 while handing Lutke (11-1) his first loss of the season.

ESU also got wins from redshirt senior Andrew Ritchie (149) and redshirt sophomore Will Esposito (184), who had his first career victory for the Warriors.

Ritchie led 8-0 after the first period, getting a takedown 10 seconds in and two sets of near fall points, for a 15-5 major decision over Joe Bartolini.

Esposito went down to the wire with James Valcius, earning an escape just before the final buzzer for a 7-6 decision. Valcius had tied the bout at 6-6 with a takedown with two seconds left as the two wrestlers went out of bounds.

Centenary, ranked No. 22 in Division III, won the other six bouts with two pins, a major decision and three decisions.

One of the closest contested bouts of the night featured Centenary's Chris Burdge (22-1), a returning All-American ranked No. 4 in Division III, against ESU redshirt sophomore Braden Turner at 157 pounds. Burdge had an escape in the second period and Turner escaped in the third period before Burdge had a takedown with two seconds left for a 3-1 decision. Turner falls to 19-11 on the year.

No. 4-ranked J.D. Zitone (21-0) remained undefeated for Centenary with a 4-0 decision over redshirt junior Joe Blaes at 285.

The Warriors return to dual action next weekend with trips to Delaware Valley on Friday and American International on Saturday. They finish their dual schedule against Kutztown on Monday, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Centenary 25, ESU 13
125 – Chris Parker (C) pinned Nick Kaiser, 2:35; Centenary 6-0
133 – Adam Swift (C) maj. dec. Chris Davis, 12-3; Centenary 10-0
141 – Adam Hluschak (ESU) dec. Craig Montgomery, 5-3; Centenary 10-3
149 – Andrew Ritchie (ESU) maj. dec. Joe Bartolini, 15-5; Centenary 10-7
157 – #4 Chris Burdge (C) dec. Braden Turner, 3-1; Centenary 13-7
165 – Nick  Bach (C) pinned Michael Honeywell, 1:56; Centenary 19-7
174 – Khalid Shakir (C) dec. Tony Vorndran, 6-1; Centenary 22-7
184 – Will Esposito (ESU) dec. James Valcius, 7-6; Centenary 22-10
197 – #7 Ed Ebewo (ESU) dec. Tim Lutke, 5-2; Centenary 22-13
285 – #4 J.D. Zitone (C) dec. Joe Blaes, 4-0; Centenary 25-13

Records: ESU 5-11 (3-7 DII); #22 Centenary 5-4 (4-4 DIII)