KUTZTOWN – East Stroudsburg University had wins at 165, 174 and 184 pounds but came out on the short end of a 36-11 decision at Kutztown in the Warriors' final dual of the 2012-13 season on Tuesday night.

Two of ESU's three highly-ranked regional wrestlers posted victories in their final action before the Super Region 1 Championships, which will be held February 22-23 at Kutztown.

Redshirt junior Braden Turner, ranked No. 6 in Division II and No. 1 in the region at 157 pounds, wrestled up at 165 and won a 10-4 decision over Ricky Pena to improve to 17-5 on the season, and 12-1 against DII competition. Turner is 3-0 at 165 this year. He has won 11 of his last 12 matches entering the regional, where he was the runner-up at 157 last year and earned All-America status at the NCAA Championships.

Redshirt junior Brendan McKeown, ranked No. 2 in the region at 174, will enter the regional with a 12-match winning streak after improving to 16-1 on the season, and 10-1 in DII action. McKeown had a dominant 16-4 major decision over Andrew Wesner, his sixth major and 10th bonus point win of the season. He also goes into the regional as the defending runner-up in his weight class.

At 184, redshirt sophomore Luke DeLuise won a 10-2 major decision over Matt Cosgrove, improving to 13-9 on the year and finishing his first season at ESU with a 10-5 dual record.

Freshman Tyson Searer, ranked No. 5 in Division II and No. 1 in the region at 197 pounds, did not take the mat for the second straight dual after being introduced at 285 due to an injury to regular 285-pounder Joe Blaes.

Searer is 14-7 overall and 11-2 against Division II competition entering the SR1 Championships next weekend.

At 197, junior Frank Marinucci dropped a 1-0 decision to Kutztown's Vinny Campanile, ranked No. 8 in DII and No. 2 in the region behind Searer. Campanile and Searer split their two meetings this season, with Searer winning a 2-1 decision in the PSAC Championships on December 8.

ESU forfeited due to injuries at 149 and 285 pounds and had several other wrestlers bump up a weight class, due to an injury at 141.

The Super Region 1 Championships open Friday, February 22 at Kutztown. The region's four NCAA qualifiers at each weight class will be determined on Saturday.


#7 Kutztown 36, ESU 11
125 – Tony Farace (Kutztown) pinned Anthony Marino, 6:35
133 – Brandon Davis (Kutztown) pinned Nick Kaiser, 0:25
141 – Evan Yenolevich (Kutztown) pinned Devin Holmes, 1:18
149 – Mitch Voelker (Kutztown) won by forfeit
157 – Matt Martoccio (Kutztown) dec. Nate Silverthorn, 10-4
165 - #6 Braden Turner (ESU) dec. Ricky Pena, 10-4
174 – Brendan McKeown (ESU) maj. dec. Andrew Wesner, 16-4
184 – Luke DeLuise (ESU) maj. dec. Matt Cosgrove, 10-2
197 – #8 Vinny Campanile (Kutztown) dec. Frank Marinucci, 1-0
285 – #6 Ziad Haddad (Kutztown) won by forfeit

SR1 rankings:
141 – Yenolevich (KU) #4
149 – Voelker (KU) #6
165 – Turner (ESU) #1 at 157
174 – McKeown (ESU) #2
197 – Campanile (KU) #2
285 – Haddad (KU) #1