Spartans Jump Out to Early Lead But Tie #20 Shippensburg
YORK, PA – The York College wrestling
team battled Division II Shippensburg University to an 18-18
stalemate Wednesday evening at York’s Grumbacher Sport &
Fitness Center. The Spartans move to 1-0-1 while the #20 Red
Raiders open their dual meet season with a 0-0-1 mark.
The lightweights proved to be
York’s strong point as the Spartans’ took five of the
first six matches. Sophomore 125-pound Jerrid Hartman (Red
Lion, Pa./Red Lion) gave the green and white an early 3-0
advantage, tying Shippensburg’s Justin Morris 5-5 but taking
the match 6-5 on riding time.
Senior Kyle Flickinger (New
Oxford, Pa./Bermudian Springs) nabbed the 133-pound bout,
also securing the win with riding time. After trailing by a slight
2-1 margin to Red Raider Andrew Jones, Flickinger made a move late
to tie the match at two apiece. The tough Spartan senior finished
out the match racking up riding time to push the score to 3-2 in
his favor and the York margin to 6-0.
The green and white extended their early
lead to 9-0 when freshman Taylor Ulm (Great Meadows,
N.J./Hackettstown) bested Tom Wiechelt 5-2 in their
141-pound match. Ulm jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead before
tallying three more points in the second. Up 5-0 entering the third
and final frame, Ulm successfully defended the on-rush of Wiechelt
and secured the 5-2 win for the Spartans.
Shippensburg notched their first victory
of the evening when Joey Anceravage captured the 149-pound class.
Anceravage shot out to a 4-1 lead over York’s Albert
Gleichauf (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Athena) before recording
a pin in the second period. With the fall, the Red Raiders cut deep
into the Spartan lead, moving the score to 9-6 in favor of the home
squad.
Eric Rush (Hershey, Pa./Milton
Hershey) put the Spartans back in the win column with a
pin in the 157-pound bout over Red Raider Nicholas Brown. Rush led
2-1 after the first frame and then captured the hard-fought pin in
the second. Rush’s win by fall pushed York’s lead back
to nine at 15-6.
Senior co-captain John Niedrich
(Freehold, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) would notch
what would prove to be York’s final win of the evening,
securing the victory at 165 pounds. Shippensburg’s Jake
Wilson led Niedrich 2-1 early in the match, however the talented
Niedrich battled back in the second frame to lead 4-2, before
fending off Wilson in the final round to win 4-3.
With the York lead standing at a
seemingly commanding 18-6, Shippensburg would go on to win the
final four bouts of the evening, two by a single point, to push the
score to 18 all and draw even with the Spartans. The regular season
dual meet, which does not require the match to go to criteria,
results in the tie for the second time in three seasons.
The Spartans return to action this Sunday
when they travel to Collegeville, Pa. for the Ursinus Fall Brawl.
The wrestling action is slated for a 9:30 am start.
COMPLETE DUAL
MEET RESULTS
Eric Rush photo courtesy of Steve Doemland