Pioneers Stopped by Bucknell 33-6

Friday, December 16

Fairfield, Conn.

7:00 PM

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

Bucknell University

12/16/2022 8:37:00 PM | Men's Wrestling

Manta and Laurie produce victories

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The home mat advantage wasn't enough for the Sacred Heart University men's wrestling team to pick up a victory on Friday night. The Pioneers lost a 33-6 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association contest to Bucknell at the Pitt Center.

The loss dropped the Pioneers to 0-6 while the Bison improved to 1-1.

Sacred Heart won the opening bout when Mike Manta took down Grayson McLellan at 125 pounds. The riding time bonus and a stalling penalty against McLellan was the difference in the 3-1 victory. A flurry in the final 30 seconds of the 149-pound match got a victory for Matt Laurie. He reversed Kolby DePron then got a take down just before the horn for the 6-5 decision.

The Pioneers are back at home on Wednesday to face American at 1 p.m.

Bucknell 33, Sacred Heart 6                                                                                                               SHU-BU
125     Mike Manta (SHU) def. Grayson McLellan (BU) Decision 3-1                                                              3-0
133     Kurt Phipps (BU) def. Andrew Fallon (SHU) Decision 5-2                                                                    3-3
141     Darren Miller (BU) def. Seth Brown (SHU) Decision 2-0                                                                     3-6
149     Matt Laurie (SHU) def. Kolby DePron (BU) Decision 6-5                                                                     6-6
157     Nick Delp (BU) def. Jon Siemsen (SHU) Fall 2:41                                                                             6-12
165     Chase Barlow (BU) def. Aiden Zarrella (SHU) Decision 5-2                                                               6-15
174     Sam Barnes (BU) def. Ryan Bollentino (SHU) Decision 7-3                                                               6-18
184     Logan Deacetis (BU) def. Hunter Perez (SHU) Major Decision 11-3                                                  6-22
197     Nolan Springer (BU) def. Nick Copley (SHU) Fall 1:41                                                                      6-28
285     Logan Shepard (BU) def. Matt Walker (SHU) Tech Fall 24-6                                                             6-33