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EAST STROUDSBURG —The Bloomsburg University wrestling team rallied from a early 12-6 deficit to defeat East Stroudsburg University 23-15 in college wrestling action Friday night.

East Stroudsburg took the early lead picking up a forfeit win at 125 to go up 6-0. After the Huskies Justin Haupt pinned Jeff Smith in 50 seconds at 133 pounds to tie the score, the Warriors Mark Smith posted a 5-3 win over Mark Piermattei to give ESU a 9-6 lead. At 149 pounds, Keith Kleckner scored a 7-1 decision over Bloomsburg's Brad Forbes leaving the Huskies with a 12-6 deficit.

At 157 pounds, George Carter won his 27th match of the year with a 10-2 major decision over Keith Smith to make the score 12-10 in favor of ESU. Then at 165 pounds Ryan Garner scored a 12-7 win to give Bloomsburg its first lead of the night at 13-12. Bloomsburg's Hunter Guenot then won 10-2 over John Carr at 174 pounds giving Bloomsburg a 17-12 lead.

The Huskies extended their lead to 23-12 when Chad Hoare won 6-2 at 184 pounds and Andy Ludlow, an East Stroudsburg native), beat Stanley Foster 6-2.

The final bout of the night went to East Stroudsburg's heavyweight Mike Pahira who knocked off Pat Spirelli, 7-3.

Bloomsburg, 8-7, will host Rutgers Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the final dual meet of the year.

125 - Mark Koszyk (ESU) forfeit ESU	ESU 6-0
133 - Justin Haupt (BU) pinned Jeff Smith (ESU), 0:50	6-6
141 - Mark Smith (ESU) dec. Mark Piermattei (BU), 5-3	ESU 9-6
149 - Keith Kleckner (ESU) dec. Brad Forbes (BU), 7-1	ESU 12-6
157 - George Carter (BU) maj. dec. Keith Smith (ESU), 10-2	ESU 12-10
165 - Ryan Garner (BU) dec. Brandon Mihalko (ESU), 12-7	BU 13-12
174 - Hunter Guenot (BU) maj. dec. John Carr (ESU), 10-2	BU 17-12
184 - Chad Hoare (BU) dec. Shawn Smith (ESU), 10-8	BU 20-12
197 - Andy Ludlow (BU) dec. Stanley Foster (ESU), 6-2	BU 23-12
HWT - Mike Pahira (ESU) dec. Pat Spirelli (BU), 7-3	BU 23-15