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Bloomsburg Holds Anuual Wrestle-Offs

BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University wrestling team kicked-off their 2004-05 season with the annual wrestle offs held at the Nelson Field House on Wednesday night. The winner of each match will represent the Huskies at the Oklahoma Gold Classic on November 13th.

At 125 pounds, Brian Sellers trailed 1-0 going into the third period but used an escape and a takedown to top Ivan Usztics, 3-2.

In one of the evening's most exciting bouts, Tony Curto scored a third period takedown of Bryan Hart to come away with the 3-2 decision at 133 pounds.

At 141 pounds, Brad Forbes put in a solid effort versus Darren Kern, winning 15-3.

In a heated battle at 149 pounds, Josh Loew scored a first period takedown and added an escape in the second period to lead 3-0 over newcomer Ben Young. Young scored a point on an illegal hold and added an escape to narrow the margin to 3-2. Neither wrestler would score again and Loew earned the 3-2 decision.

At 157 pounds, Chris Tate earned a 5-1 win over Mark Piermattei. Tate scored the only takedown of the match in the first period.

Jim Bertulis pinned Frank Beasley with 15 seconds remaining in the third period to pick up the win at 165 pounds. Bertulis had built up a 12-7 lead over Beasley before the fall.

In one of the evening's most dominating performances, Bryce Hasseman won by technical fall over Brock Troutman, 20-5. Hasseman was up 16-3 before scoring two more takedowns in the third for the win at 174 pounds.

At 184 pounds, Nate Shirk scored the match's only takedown in the first to pick up the win over Jesse Hasseman. The two traded escapes for the 3-1 final.

At 197 pounds, Chad Hoare scored takedowns in the first two periods to top Brian Willis, 8-1. Hoare added two near fall points in the third to pick up the win.

Freshman Mike Spaid picked up the win at heavyweight over Sean Albert. After a scoreless first period, Albert chose bottom to start the second. Spaid caught Albert and picked up the pin with three seconds remaining in the second period.

“Overall I felt we wrestled well as a team,” said coach Dan Wirnsberger. “We are still a young team with a lot of work to do. I was just happy to get these kids into a competitive setting. I was pleased with the turnout and I'm glad how the new guys responded to this environment.”

The Huskies open their regular season on November 13th, at the Oklahoma Gold Classic at Brockport, NY.