The Shippensburg wrestling team traveled to Waynesburg to face the Hornets on Wednesday night. The match was decided in the heavyweight 285-pound class when Danny Scheib defeated Trent Patrick 3-2.
In the 125 pounds weight class Josh Jackson pinned William Wilson to give the Raiders an early 6-0 lead.
The next match Seth Blomquist fell to Dylan Winter 19-4 to bring the match score to 6-5.
In the 141-pound weight class, SU’s DeAndre Reed won by forfeit, extending the Raider lead to 12-5.
In the next weight class, the Raiders had to forfeit and the class would be given to Damion Finnegan, tightening the match score at 12-11.
In the 157-pound weight class, Raiders junior Matt Milbrand pinned Alex Copolu. The pin extended the Raider lead to 18-11.
In the 165-pound weight class, John Bacher pinned Seth Evans. The Raiders pin extended the lead to 24-11.
In the 174-pound weight class, Kyle Hinerman won the class due to the Raiders having to forfeit which cut down the match score to 24-17.
Neither team had a wrestler for the 184-pound weight class, and in the 197-pound weight class Luke LaVanway pinned Alex Fouse. This gave the lead back to the Yellow jackets 24-23.
The Raiders won the final match of the night when Danny Scheib defeated Leo Fettrolf in a 6-0 decision to give the Raiders their first win of the season 27-23.
Shippensburg will return to the mat on Wednesday when they travel to Bloomsburg University to take on the Huskies at 5 p.m.
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