WAYNESBURG, Pa. (December 12, 2015) – The No. 12 Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team knocked-off Waynesburg University and West Virginia University Institute of Technology Saturday in a pair of wins at the Waynesburg Duals.

The Ducks dropped their first match of the day, 22-13 to No. 16 Baldwin Wallace University, putting their record at 6-2 overall. The four-team quad match took place on the campus of Waynesburg, and served as the Ducks 2015 finale.

No. 16 Baldwin Wallace 22, No. 12 Stevens 13
The Ducks jumped out to the early lead with junior Rob Murray's 14-6 major decision win at 125 lbs., however Baldwin Wallace answered with three straight wins to go up 10-4.

Freshman Thomas Poklikuha and junior Colin Navickas combined to get the match tied with wins at 157 and 165 respectively, before Baldwin Wallace took three of the final four matchups to seal the win.

Sophomore A.J. Kowal tallied the Ducks fourth win of the match by decision, 3-0.

125 – Rob Murray (S) 14-6 Maj. Dec.Chris Doyle 0-4
133 – Jesse Gunter (BW) 7, Joey Borai 3 3-4
141 – Josh Decatur (BW) 19-6 Maj. Dec. Gianpierre DiBattista 7-4
149 – Joey Schmidt (BW) 6, Zach Wilhelm 1 10-4
157 – Thomas Poklikuha (S) 4, Richard Burke 3 10-7
165 – Colin Navickas (S) 7, David Shapiro 6 10-10
174 – Garrett Chase (BW) 4, Phil Woods 0 13-10
184 – Ben Lebrun (BW) 10, Danny Moore 4 16-10
197 – AJ Kowal (S) 3, Tyler McClellan 0 16-13
285 – Joe Belford (BW) Pin 4:36 Pete Andrich 22-13

No. 12 Stevens 26, Waynesburg 19
Murray once again got the Ducks an early lead with a 5-3 win at 125, before sophomore Zach Wilhelm answered two straight losses with a technical fall win at 149. Poklikuha kept the momentum going with a pin at 157, followed by decision wins for Navickas and sophomore Phil Woods at 165 and 174 respectively.

Waynesburg won at 184 and 285, but the match was already in-hand after Kowal's pin in 3:50 at 197.

125 – Rob Murray (S) 5, Tristan Buxton 3 3-0
133 – Zach Swarrow (W) 8-0 Maj. Dec. Joey Borai 3-4
141 – Filippo Crivelli (W) 15-3 Maj. Dec. Gianpierre DiBattista 3-8
149 – Zach Wilhelm (S) 17-0 Tech. Fall (5:39) D.J. Grindle 8-8
157 – Thomas Poklikuha (S) Pin 4:56 Derek Hull 14-8
165 – Colin Navickas (S) 6, Landon Lohr 2 17-8
174 – Phil Woods (S) 3, Mike Millero 2 20-8
184 – Ryan Shank (W) wins by forfeit 20-13*
197 – AJ Kowall (S) Pin 3:50 Joshua Sneeringer 26-13
285 – Jake Evans (W) Pin 2:14 Pete Andrish 26-19

No. 12 Stevens 48, WVU Tech 3
Murray and freshman Joey Borai got the Ducks off to a good start with wins by technical fall and pin, before freshman Gianpiero DiBattista and Wilhelm picked-up forfeit wins to extend the lead to 23-0.

WVU Tech forfeited three more matches at 165, 174, and 184, before Kowal and junior Pete Andrich won by major decision and decision respectively to close out the match.

125 – Rob Murray (S) 17-2 Tech. Fall Denis Robles Gomez 5-0
133 – Joey Borai (S) Pin 1:13 Brannon King 11-0
141 – Gianpiero DiBattista (S) wins by forfeit 17-0
149 – Zach Wilhelm (S) wins by forfeit 23-0
157 – Conrad Lacy (WVT) 3, Thomas Poklikuha 2 23-3
165 – Colin Navickas (S) wins by forfeit 29-3
174 – Phil Woods (S) wins by forfeit 35-3
184 – Danny Moore (S) wins by forfeit 41-3
197 – AJ Kowal (S) 13-5 Maj. Dec. Terry Nance 45-3
285 – Pete Andrich (S) 8, Andrew Reininger 5 48-3

With the 2015 portion of the schedule now complete, the Ducks will set their sights on the home opener on Jan. 3 against Trinity College and Hunter College. 

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