Wrestling beats King’s, honors seniors

Wrestling beats King’s, honors seniors

Friday, Feb. 2 launched senior wrestling night at Elizabethtown College. Etown won by their highest margin of victory all season against King’s College (Pennsylvania).

Six seniors were honored: Eric Eckstein, Rocco Hladney, Chris Kummerer, Quinn Ruble, Philip Torresani and Joe Ghione.

Torresani, who was injured in the Pete Wilson-Wheaton Invitational, stepped out onto the floor to have his hand raised for his 75th career victory in the 149-pound weight class. The previous 74 victories were in the 125-pound weight class.

Four pins and four forfeits helped the Jays get victory over King’s. The four pins came from Ghione, first-year Tyler Mentzer, Ruble and Hladney.

Ghione was the first to see action in the 141-pound weight class, building on his successful weekend at Wheaton. Kummerer, in 157-pound weight class, was able to do a last-minute reversal against Monarch senior David White and extend the Blue Jays’ lead.

Following a pair of takedowns, Hladney in the 197-pound weight class stuck first-year Monarch Anthony Harmon-Miller.

The victory was Hladney’s 26th of the season, a new career-high.

Friday, Feb. 9, the Blue Jays wrestling team was at it again. Etown won three of the first five weight classes against Gettysburg College, but fell short of the win after a back-to-back pins.

First-year Austin Jones earned victory by forfeit, putting Etown ahead early in the match.

First-year Josh McLaughlin also battled hard but lost in a last-minute takedown.

Although a tough loss, Etown left the night on a high note.

Eckstein hit the 20-win mark for the second straight season. Eckstein additionally rolled his opponent early in overtime.

The regular season for the wrestling team ends Thursday, Feb. 15 against Johns Hopkins University in Thompson Gymnasium at 7 p.m.

Senior Edition

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. Title: Senior Edition, Author: The Etownian, Name: Senior Edition, Length: 10 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2020-04-30