Pittsburgh Competes at Mat Town USA Invitational
11/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
Nov. 25, 2000
Pittsburgh at Mat Town USA Invitational At Lock Haven Univesity November 25, 2000TEAM SCORES 1. Missouri 139.0 2. PITTSBURGH 138.0 3. Lock Haven 125.0 4. Penn State 124.0 5. Purdue 121.5 6. Rider 88.0 7. Ohio 80.5 8. Virginia 51.0 9. Old Dominion 48.0 10. Slippery Rock 42.5 11. Columbia 13.0 12. Bucknell 11.5 13. Franklin & Marshall 11.0
125 Pounds Shawn Amistade (6th with a 1-1 record) First Round - Won, maj. dec. over Charles Busch (Old Dominion), 13-2 Quarterfinals - Lost, injury default to Josh Moore (Penn State) Consolation - Lost, fall to Jerold Limongelli (Rider), 1:26
133 Pounds Rob Loper (Champion with a 4-0 record) First Round - Won, maj. dec. over Nate Pozniak (Penn State), 13-2 Quarterfinals - Won, injury default over Matthew McConnell (F&M) Semifinals - Won, maj. dec. over Scott Bair (Lock Haven), 14-0 Finals - Won, dec. over Evan Robinson (Purdue), 8-6 OT Joe Crecca (1-1 record) First Round - Won, dec. over Steven Popovitch (Columbia), 4-2 Quarterfinals - Lost, dec. to Evan Robinson (Purdue), 11-5
141 Pounds Justin Giovinco (2nd with a 3-1 record) First Round - Won, fall over Mike Harris (Rider) 1:49 Quarterfinals - Won, dec. over Blake Romano (Old Dominion), 2-2 tb Semifinals - Won, maj. dec. over Eric Narkiewicz (Penn State), 9-0 Finals - Lost, dec. to Mike Maney (Lock Haven), 5-1
149 Pounds Blaise Mucci (0-1 record) First Round - Lost, dec. to Kenny Burleson (Missouri), 6-5 Matt Kaus (0-1 record) First Round - Lost, maj. dec. to Cam Plocus (Rider), 9-0
157 Pounds Zach Doll (Champion with a 5-0 record) Pigtails - Won, fall over Dave Martini (Penn State), 5:38 First Round - Won, tech. fall over Michael Saunders (Bucknell), 15-0, 4:16 Quarterfinals - Won, fall over Don Carlos-Clauss (Virginia), 4:31 Semifinals - Won, maj. dec. over Rob Weikel (Lock Haven), 9-0 Finals - Won, dec. over Cory Debias (Rider), 11-6 Matt Catullo (0-1 record) First Round - Lost, maj. dec. to Jeremy Reitz (Penn State), 10-2
165 Pounds Carl Fronhofer (2nd with a 3-1 record) First Round - Won, maj. dec. over Matthew Waller (Bucknell), 12-2 Quarterfinals - Won, dec. over Chris Vecchio (Penn State), 9-3 Semifinals - Won, dec. over John Wervey (Ohio), 5-3 Finals - Lost, dec. to Doug Cieleski (Slippery Rock), 5-4
174 Pounds Brendan O'Connell (0-1 record) First Round - Lost, dec. Jonathon Fitch (Purdue), 4-2 Rob Black (0-1 record) First Round - Lost, dec. to Ryan Lange (Purdue), 12-7
184 Pounds Dan Stine (5th with a 2-1 record) First Round - Won, fall over Scott Mania (Virginia), 2:43 Quarterfinals - Lost, dec. to Ry Stone (Missouri), 3-2 Consolation - Won, dec. over Jimi Massey (Virginia), 12-5
197 Pounds David Sandberg (5th with a 2-1 record) First Round - Won, dec. over Brian Falciglia (Bucknell), 3-2 Quarterfinals - Lost, dec. to Dante Stone (Missouri), 2-1 tb Consolation - Won, forfeit over Josh McCullough (Pittsburgh) Josh McCullough (6th with a 1-2 record) First Round - Won, dec. over Dave Heckard (Penn State), 1-0 Quarterfinals - Lost, dec. to Jon Bush (Purdue), 4-1 Consolation - Lost, forfeited to David Sandberg (Pittsbugh)
HWT Jacob Lininger (3rd with a 2-1 record) Quarterfinals - Won, dec. over Brad Bauer (Ohio), 4-3 Semifinals - Lost, dec. to Jacob Vercelli (Purdue), 9-4 Consolation - Won, dec. over Kevin Shippos (Penn State), 3-2 Brent Beckstein (0-1 record) First Round - Lost, dec. to Josh Etu (Virginia), 5-4