Dec. 19, 2003
NEWARK, DE -Adam Wright (Dayton, VA) took second place in the 184 weight class and Derrell Lorthridge (Wilmington, DE) finished third at heavyweight Friday, as the Old Dominion wrestling team finished 10th out of 20 teams at the 11th annual Beast of the East wrestling tournament in Newark, DE. Pittsburgh won the tournament with 126 ˝ points and Kent State of the Mid-American Conference was second with 107.
Wright dropped a 3-1 decision to Rider's Nick Catone, the CAA's top-ranked 184-pounder, in the finals. Wright defeated North Carolina's Mark Canty 4-2 in the semifinals, avenging last week's semifinal loss at the Carolina Rubbermaid Open. He improved his season record to 13-2. It was a homecoming of sorts for Delaware native Lorthridge, but there was no home mat advantage as he fell to ninth-ranked and eventual tournament champion Carmelo Marerro of Rider 3-1 in overtime. Lorthridge got in deep on several shots, but Marerro's defense kept the match tied. Marerro got behind Lorthirdge in the waning seconds of overtime to earn the victory. Lorthridge beat Ryan Adams of North Carolina 7-6 to advance to the third place bout, where he beat Pittsburgh's Travis Shirley 3-2. Adams beat Lorthridge twice the previous weekend in Chapel Hill, both in overtime. Lorthridge is now 12-4 on the season.
John Adams (Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek) had the busiest day of any Monarch competitor, wrestling six matches. Adams dropped his first bout, losing by fall in the second period after leading 5-0. Adams stormed back, winning four straight bouts, including a fall over Drexel's Steve Beard in 1:34. Jesse Pearce (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) fell to fourth-seeded Paul Bjorlo of Virginia 5-3 in the quarterfinals and was eliminated by Rider's Dave Miller 6-4. Robby Gosnell (Warrenton, Va./Fauquier) offset a first round loss to win two matches before being eliminated by Ohio's Vinny DiGiovanni at 165. Jason Earnhardt (Yorktown, Va./Tabb), Dennis Whitby (Lanoke Harbor, N.J./Lacey), Brian Roznowski (Yorktown, Va./York), Matt Ulrey (Converse, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary's), and John Dolida (Bridgewater, N.J./Bridgewater) each won matches in the second-year event that precedes the top rated high school tournament in the country.
The Monarchs are off for a holiday break before returning to action December 27-28 at the UNC-Greensboro Southern Scruffle in Greensboro, North Carolina. Full results are available at http://www.escapesports.com/Results/2003%20Beast%20College.html
Team scores:1. Pittsburgh 126.52. Kent State 1073. Rider 974. Northwestern 805. Buffalo 706. Bloomsburg 697. Ohio 67.58. North Carolina 61.5 East Stroudsburg 59.510. Old Dominion 51.5 11. Duke 48.512. Appalachian State 43.513. Virginia 42.514. George Mason 4215. Binghamton 38.516. Drexel 2617. Princeton 2018. Wagner 7.519. Delaware State 2.520. Delaware 0.5
Old Dominion Results: 133Tyshawn Scarlet (Pittsburgh) maj. dec. Mike Davis (Old Dominion) 15-6Donnie Fisch (Rider) pin Billy Hayduk (Old Dominion) 5:24Dan Quintela (Northwestern) pin Billy Hayduk (Old Dominion) 1:34Brian Kirshbaum (Princeton) dec. Mike Davis (Old Dominion) 5-1
141 Jason Earnhardt (Old Dominion) pin Walter Robeson (Delaware State) 1:56Josh Ruff (Binghamton) tech fall Jason Earnhardt (Old Dominion) 16-0Jimmy Kim (Northwestern) dec. Jason Earnhardt (Old Dominion) 10-5
149 Labe Black (Rider) pin Dennis Whitby (Old Dominion) 4:35Jason Jones (Appalachian State) maj. dec. Brian Roznowski (Old Dominion) 15-5Dennis Whitby (Old Dominion) pin Nick Lotz (Wagner College) :48Pat Lloyd (Buffalo) dec. Dennis Whitby (Old Dominion) 4-3Brian Roznowski (Old Dominion) dec. Brian Baglio (North Carolina) 5-3Brian Roznowski (Old Dominion) dec. Grant Grey (Delaware State) 7-3Matt Kocher (Pittsburgh) pin Brian Roznowski (Old Dominion) 1:04
157 Jesse Pearce (Old Dominion) pin Tim Allen (Pittsburgh) 3:40Jesse Pearce (Old Dominion) maj. dec. Justin Hoch (Binghamton) 17-5Paul Bjorlo (Virginia) dec. Jesse Pearce (Old Dominion) 5-3Jesse Pearce (Old Dominion) dec. Jason McGee (Kent State) 7-5Dave Miller (Rider) dec. Jesse Pearce (Old Dominion) 6-4
165Jason Giandomenico (East Stroudsburg) pin John Adams (Old Dominion) 4:47Keith Smith (East Stroudsburg) dec. Robby Gosnell (Old Dominion) 6-3John Adams (Old Dominion) dec. Nolan Walther (Northwestern) 8-2Robby Gosnell (Old Dominion) dec. Jon Kokinda (Bloomsburg) 9-3John Adams (Old Dominion) pin Matt Deniclo (Princeton) 3:55Robby Gosnell (Old Dominion) maj. dec. Jason Giandomenico (East Stroudsburg) 13-2John Adams (Old Dominion) dec. Nick Brenner (Kent State) 5-3Vinny DiGiovanni (Ohio) dec. Robby Gosnell (Old Dominion) 5-4John Adams (Old Dominion) pin Steve Beard (Drexel) 1:24Ryan Garner (Bloomsburg) pin John Adams (Old Dominion) :30.
174 Dominic Buckman (Appalachian State) pin Matt Ulrey (Old Dominion) 2:48Matt Ulrey (Old Dominion) dec. Joe Maroney (Rider) 9-2Nick Webster (George Mason) dec. Matt Ulrey (Old Dominion) 6-4
184 Adam Wright (Old Dominion) dec. Ian Roncoroni (Princeton) 5-2Brandon Milhako (Bloomsburg) pin Rob Valentine (Old Dominion) 6:40Adam Wright (Old Dominion) tech fall Howard Sherrell (Buffalo) 16-0Mike Croyle (Pittsburgh) dec. Rob Valentine (Old Dominion) 5-1Adam Wright (Old Dominion) maj. dec. Aaron Barnette (Appalachian State) 8-0SEMIFINAL Adam Wright (Old Dominion) dec. Mark Canty (North Carolina) 4-2FINAL Nick Catone (Rider) dec. Adam Wright (Old Dominion) 3-1
197 Joel Weimer (Ohio) tech fall John Dolida (Old Dominion) 16-0John Dolida (Old Dominion) pin Chris Toukonen (Appalachian State) 1:41Chad Hoare (Bloomsburg) dec. John Dolida (Old Dominion) 7-3
285 Derrell Lorthridge (Old Dominion) inj. def. Chris Cowen (Drexel)Derrell Lorthridge (Old Dominion) dec. Ben Connell (North Carolina) 5-3SEMIFINAL Carmelo Marrero (Rider) dec. Derrell Lorthridge (Old Dominion) 3-1, OT CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL Derrell Lorthridge (Old Dominion) dec. Ryan Adams (North Carolina) 7-6.3RD PLACE Derrell Lorthridge (Old Dominion) dec. Travis Shirley (Pittsburgh) 3-2.