WEST LIBERTY, W.V. - Sophomore Tyler Richardson (197) had his second key regional win of the week as East Stroudsburg University swept a pair of duals on Saturday, posting a 42-12 win over Ohio Valley and a 21-17 victory against host West Liberty.

Richardson pinned Ohio Valley's Chase Long, ranked second in Super Region 1, after earning an 8-6 win over Shippensburg's Jalal Paige (SR1 #1, DII #7) on Tuesday. Richardson (11-6) entered the week ranked No. 4 in the region.

ESU won five weight classes by forfeit against Ohio Valley, and redshirt senior Luke DeLuise had a first-period pin at 184.

DeLuise had a key win in the victory over West Liberty, posting a 1-0 decision over Danny Doyle in the final bout of the day on the mat. DeLuise's decision pulled ESU within 17-9, and the Warriors won by forfeit at 197 and 285 for a 21-17 dual victory.

Senior Anthony Marino won an 8-7:tb1 decision over Zach Brown at 125 and sophomore Connor Maliff won a 6-1 decision over Joe Wagstaff at 133.

The Warriors travel to Erie for PSAC duals against No. 5-ranked Mercyhurst on Friday and Gannon on Saturday.


ESU 42, Ohio Valley 12
125 – Anthony Marino (ESU) wins by forfeit
133 – Connor Maliff (ESU) wins by forfeit
141 – Dalton George (OVU) dec. Marius Kola, 6-1
149 – Tyler Green (OVU) pinned Eric Januszkiewicz, 2:29
157 – Ardis Smith (ESU) wins by forfeit
165 – Matt Wax (ESU) wins by forfeit
174 – Austin Antill (OVU) dec. Dan Ingulli, 3-2
184 – Luke DeLuise (ESU) pinned Jabari Irons, 2:38
197 – Tyler Richardson (ESU) pinned Chase Long, 3:10
285 – Tyson Searer (ESU) wins by forfeit

SR1 rankings:
184 - #5 DeLuise (ESU)
197 – #2 Long (OVU), #4 Richardson (ESU)

ESU 21, West Liberty 17
125 – Anthony Marino (ESU) dec. Zach Brown, 8-7:tb1 … ESU leads, 3-0
133 – Connor Maliff (ESU) dec. Joe Wagstaff, 7-1 … ESU leads, 6-0
141 – Anthony Craig (WLU) maj. dec. Marius Kola, 11-2 … ESU leads, 6-4
149 – Joel Paolo (WLU) maj. dec. Eric Januszkiewicz, 10-2 … WLU leads, 8-6
157 – David Schlieper (WLU) dec. Ardis Smith, 7-2 … WLU leads, 11-6
165 – DeMadre Turner (WLU) dec. Matt Wax, 4-0 … WLU leads, 14-6
174 – Eric Antesberger (WLU) dec. Dan Ingulli, 4-1 … WLU leads, 17-6
184 – Luke DeLuise (ESU) dec. Danny Doyle, 1-0 … WLU leads, 17-9
197 – Tyler Richardson (ESU) wins by forfeit … WLU leads, 17-15
285 – Tyson Searer (ESU) wins by forfeit … ESU wins, 21-17

SR1 rankings:
149 – #4 Paolo (WLU)
174 - #5 Ansteberger (WLU)
184 - #5 DeLuise (ESU)
197 - #4 Richardson (ESU)