Pitt shocked Lehigh's home crowd by snapping their 26 home dual win streak with an 18-16 upset. Perhaps this was doing Lehigh a favor though since PSU will visiting their gym this year.
There were three ranked grapplers that did not participate in the dual. For Lehigh, #6 Stephen Dutton at 141 has been out after getting hurt at the Clarion Open (although he may have been red shirting anyway). For Pitt, neither of the Thomusseit brothers wrestled, Max being #18 at 184 and Zac #15 at HWT. Looking at the results of the dual I have to believe Lehigh having Dutton back in the lineup more or less guarantees them the win. The only thing I think the Thomusseit brothers would achieve is giving Lehigh less points. Despite missing Dutton, Lehigh still had chances to win, especially at 149 where unranked Rosser took #3 Nauman the distance and only lost 7-6.
The marquee matchup of the event was at 197 where #7 (Pitt) faced off against #9. Wilps and Kennedy already wrestled once this season, with Wilps eeking out a win.
Penn State will visit Lehigh on December 9th, for their historic 100th dual.
Results:
125 - #19 Anthony Zanetta (Pitt) dec. Mason Beckman (Lehigh) 9-2
133 - Shelton Mack (Pitt) dec. Chris Dinnien (Lehigh) 10-5
141 - Travis Shaffer (Pitt) dec. Alex Abreu (Lehigh) 3-0
149 - #3 Tyler Nauman (Pitt) dec. Kyle Rosser (Lehigh) 7-6
157 - Donnie Tasser (Pitt) dec. Shane Welsh (Lehigh) 6-2
165 - #4 Brandon Hatchett (Lehigh) dec. Tyler Wilps (Pitt) 7-4
174 - Nate Brown (Lehigh) dec. P.J. Tasser (Pitt) 4-3
184 - #2 Robert Hamlin (Lehigh) major dec. Andy Vaughan (Pitt) 18-6
197 - #7 Matt Wilps (Pitt) dec. #9 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) 4-3
285 - #1 Zach Rey (Lehigh) pinned Joel Yahner (Pitt) 1:01
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