Jimenez Finishes Third At Wilkes Open Tournament

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Old Dominion junior Paul Jimenez (Norfolk, Va), from nearby Lake Taylor High School, took third place last week at the Wilkes Open Wrestling Tournament in Wilkes-Barre, PA. The former CAA Champion at 125 rolled to 4-1 record over the meet, with his only blemish coming in a overtime loss to Lehigh's Terrance Clendenin.

Several other Monarch wrestlers also had solid showings at the tournament. Sophomores Matt Epps (Mechanicsville, VA) and Jesse Pearce (Norfolk, VA) finished with 3-2 records, as did freshman heavyweight Derrell Lorthridge (Wilmington, DE).

WILKES OPEN
Final Results-December 28/29

125 lbs.Adam Renner (Slippery Rock) WBTF Roger Stewart (Unatt-ODU), 15-0; 5:35Tom Prairie (Blair) dec. Charlie Busch (ODU), 9-3Paul Jimenez (ODU) dec. Doug Jesse (Cornell), 5-1Charlie Busch (ODU) WBTF Roger Stewart (Unatt-ODU), 17-2; 5:25Paul Jimenez (ODU) MED FORF. Matt Zerby (UPJ)Omar Porrata (Unatt-Millersville) def. Charlie Busch (ODU)Terrance Clendenin (Unatt-Lehigh) OT Paul Jimenez (ODU), 3-1; svPaul Jimenez (ODU) dec Josh Perrin (Bucknell), 4-3Paul Jimenez (ODU) dec Adam Renner (Slippery Rock), 5-3*3rd place bout*

133 Matt Epps (ODU) dec. Jeremy Weller (Bucknell), 15-8Chris Matarrese (Unatt-Slippery Rock) dec. Matt Epps (ODU), 9-2Matt Epps (ODU) Major Greg McCarty (Slippery Rock) 18-4Matt Epps (ODU) WBF Louis Vecchio (Hofstra), 3:43Byron Warner (Cornell) dec. Matt Epps (ODU), 11-9

141Jared Sullivan (UTC) dec. Will Carroll (ODU), 10-6Eric Eisenhart (Cornell) dec. Will Carroll (ODU), 12-11

149Dennis Whitby (ODU) dec. Dave Edwards (Buffalo), 11-6Brad Cieleskie (Slippery Rock) dec. Dennis Whitby (ODU), 7-6Brad Washburn (ESU) MED FORF. Dennis Whitby (ODU)

157Jesse Pearce (ODU) dec. Artie Weidler (Nassau), 8-2Drew Zollars (Unatt-Mt. Union) OT Jesse Pearce (ODU), 5-3, svJesse Pearce (ODU) WBTF Roger Clancy (Slippery Rock) 15-0; 4:25Jesse Pearce (ODU) WBF Joe Amalfitano (Nassau), 2:35Matt Catullo (Pitt) dec. Jesse Pearce (ODU), 5-3

165Jake Cairns (ODU) dec. Robbie Griffin (Harvard), 11-4Andy Cote (Unatt-Millersville) OT Jake Cairns (ODU), 2-1, tbJeremy Sauve (Penn St.) MED FORF. Jake Cairns (ODU)

184Rich DeSoto (Cornell) WBF Matt Small (ODU), 0:55Chris Gafner (Cornell) dec. Matt Small (ODU), 11-5

197Brad Krepps (ODU) WBF Dave Irizarry (Nassau), 1:35Ryan Cummins (Penn St.) WBF Louverture Jones (ODU), 2:51Todd Cerone (Montclair St.) dec. Brad Krepps (ODU), 9-8Ben Bonaventura (Unatt-Hofstra) WBF Louverture Jones (ODU) 3:30Craig Buckley (Rutgers) OT Brad Krepps (ODU), 4-3, tb

Hwt.Derrell Lorthridge (ODU) WBF James Feeley (ESU), 5:23Kevin Herron (Missouri) WBF Derrell Lorthridge (ODU), 1:20Derrell Lorthridge (ODU) TB Russell Keefe (UPJ), 1-1; tbDerrell Lorthridge (ODU) dec. Frank Sabatino (Rutgers), 3-2Jacob Lininger (Pitt) WBF Derrell Lorthridge (ODU), 1:50