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EDINBORO - East Stroudsburg University had four placewinners in freshman Ray Nicosia (149), redshirt senior Braden Turner (165), freshman Joey Fogle (174) and sophomore Tyson Searer (197) at the 2013 PSAC Wrestling Championships, held Saturday at Edinboro.

Nicosia placed fifth and Turner, Fogle and Searer were all sixth in their weight classes.

ESU placed eighth of 12 schools overall, and fourth of the eight Division II schools in the PSAC. Edinboro had six individual champions and won its third straight PSAC title, and eighth in nine years.

ESU junior Joseph Hoy (141) was named the PSAC "Champion Scholar" as the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the championship site. He gives ESU its second Champion Scholar in wrestling in as many years, following Tony Vorndran from a year ago.

Nicosia highlighted the Warriors' opening round action, advancing to the semifinals with a first-period pin (2:23) of No. 3 seed Justin Arthur of Clarion, ranked No. 18 in Division I by Intermat. Nicosia was one of five unseeded wrestlers among the 40 semifinalists, and one of 12 DII wrestlers to reach the semis.

Nicosia lost a 9-2 decision to No. 2 seed Bryce Busler (Bloomsburg) in the semifinals, and dropped his first consolation bout by first-period fall to Joe Esposito (Kutztown). He placed fifth by forfeit over Arnold.

The Warriors had six wrestlers in the quarterfinals, including Nicosia, Turner and Searer. Also making quarterfinal appearances were freshman Joey Kratochvil at 133 (opening round bye), redshirt sophomore Eric Howey at 157 (16-12 decision vs. Nicolas Lospinoso of Kutztown) and redshirt junior Luke DeLuise at 184 (second-period pin vs. Andrew Wood of Gannon).

Turner, the No. 2 seed at 165, opened with a technical fall before a 5-1 setback to Kasey Davis (Edinboro), who was unseeded but was one of six Fighting Scots to win individual titles.

Turner came back with a technical fall over James Shields (Millersville) and a 16-2 major decision against No. 3 Clint Schaefer (Mercyhurst), then lost a 5-2 decision to No. 4 Gary Lantz (Pitt-Johnstown) in the consolation semifinal.

At 174, Fogle rallied from a first-round loss by decision to score decisions over Nikos Garofola (Pitt-Johnstown) and Nick Mancini (Millersville), before being pinned in the first period by No. 4 Adam Mackie (Lock Haven) in the consolation semis.

Searer, seeded No. 4 at 197, won a 4-0 decision against Zak Newton (Pitt-Johnstown) to reach the quarters, where he fell 9-5 to No. 5 Brandon Clark (Kutztown). He won by decision and fall before bowing to No. 2 Phil Sprenkle (Lock Haven) by medical forfeit.

Howey also posted a consolation win for the Warriors, pinning Colton Rebert (Shippensburg) in the second period of his opening consolation bout.

Freshman Connor Maliff (125), Hoy (141) and junior Kenny Taffur (285) also competed for the Warriors.

Edinboro (172.5 points) was followed by Bloomsburg (135.0), Lock Haven (102.0) and Clarion (92.0) as the four Division I schools finished first through fourth.

Mercyhurst (90.0) was the top DII finisher, followed by Pitt-Johnstown (62.0), Kutztown (48.5), ESU (44.5), Shippensburg (26.0), Gannon (17.5), Seton Hill (13.0) and Millersville (12.0).


125 - Connor Maliff
1st round - L,  6-1 dec. vs. David Calambas (Shippensburg)
Consolations - L, 15-0 tech. fall vs. Jonathan Mele (Clarion)

133 - Joey Kratochvil
Quarterfinal - L, 9-0 maj. dec. vs. Kody Young (Mercyhurst)
Consolations - W, fall (1:24) vs. Kyle Loeb (Millersville)
Consolations - L, 3-2 dec. vs. Evan Link (Pitt-Johnstown)

141 - Joseph Hoy
1st round - L, 11-1 maj. dec. vs. David Charles (Millersville)
Consolations - L, 19-8 maj. dec. vs. Karl Lightner (Shippensburg)

149 - Ray Nicosia
Quarterfinal - W, fall (2:23) vs. No. 3 Justin Arthur (Clarion)
Semifinal - L, 9-2 dec. vs. No. 2 Bryce Busler (Bloomsburg)
Consolations - L, fall (1:34) vs. Joe Esposito (Kutztown)
5th/6th - Nicosia places 5th (No. 3 Justin Arthur, Clarion forfeit)

157 - Eric Howey
1st round - W, 16-12 dec. vs. Nicolas Lospinoso (Kutztown)
Quarterfinal - L, 16-0 tech. fall vs. No. 4 Elias Biddle (Lock Haven)
Consolations - W, fall (4:07) vs. Colton Rebert (Shippensburg)
Consolations - L, 12-4 maj. dec. vs. Zach Voytek (Seton Hill)

165 - No. 2 Braden Turner
1st round - W, 17-2 tech. fall vs. Christian Bosco (Seton Hill)
Quarterfinal - L, 5-1 dec. vs. Kasey Davis (Edinboro)
Consolations - W,  15-0 tech. fall vs. James Shields (Millersville)
Consolations - W, 16-2 maj. dec. vs. No. 3 Clint Schaefer (Mercyhurst)
Consolations - L, 5-2 dec. vs. No. 4 Gary Lantz (Pitt-Johnstown)
5th/6th match - Justin Heller (Kutztown) places 5th by medical forfeit

174 - Joey Fogle
1st round - L, 6-2 dec. vs. Andrew Kinney (Kutztown)
Consolations - W, 3-1 dec. vs. Nikos Garofola (Pitt-Johnstown)
Consolations - W, 8-6 dec. vs. Nick Mancini (Millersville)
Consolations - L, fall (2:16) vs. No. 4 Adam Mackie (Lock Haven)
5th/6th match - No. 2 Ryan Darch (Clarion) places 5th by medical forfeit

184 - Luke DeLuise
1st round - W, fall (3:55) vs. Andrew Wood (Gannon)
Quarterfinal - L, 14-3 maj. dec. vs. No. 1 Victor Avery (Edinboro)
Consolations - L, 11-10 dec. vs. Dustin Conti (Clarion)

197 - No. 4 Tyson Searer
1st round - W, 4-0 dec. vs. Zak Newton (Pitt-Johnstown)
Quarterfinal - L, 9-5 dec. vs. No. 5 Brandon Clark (Kutztown)
Consolations - W, 8-2 dec. vs. Aram Moffitt (Millersville)
Consolations - W, fall (4:21) vs. Jalail Page (Shippensburg)
Consolations - No. 2 Phil Sprenkle (Lock Haven) advances by med. forfeit
5th/6th match - Brian Beattie (Mercyhurst) places 5th by medical forfeit

285 - Kenny Taffur
1st round - L, fall (5:43) vs. Jacob Nale (Shippensburg)
Consolations - L, 5-1 dec. vs. Daniel Ortiz (Kutztown)


Team Standings
1. Edinboro - 172.5
2. Bloomsburg - 135.0
3. Lock Haven - 102.0
4. Clarion - 92.0
5. Mercyhurst - 90.0
6. Pitt-Johnstown - 62.0
7. Kutztown - 48.5
8. ESU - 44.5
9. Shippensburg - 26.0
10. Gannon - 17.5
11. Seton Hill - 13.0
12. Millersville - 12.0