ELIZABETHTOWN, PA – Host Elizabethtown built an 18-point lead midway through the match and held off a late rally by Johns Hopkins with wins by forfeit in the final two bouts to claim a 33-16 victory in non-conference wrestling action Saturday evening.  Etown improves to 1-2 in the year, while Hopkins slips to 5-7.
 
In the annual Battle of the Blue Jays, Hopkins jumped out to an early 3-0 lead as freshman Brent Lorin scored the final nine points to turn a 3-1 second period deficit into a 10-3 win over Austin Jones at 125.

Etown won the next four bouts and scored bonus points in each to turn the early three-point deficit into the 21-3 lead.  Zach Rupp (133) and Josh Paisley (149) fueled the 21-point run with wins by fall and EC added a technical fall at 141 and a major decision at 157 during the spree.
 
Johns Hopkins won the last three contested bouts as junior Dominick Reyes (165) used six takedowns to fuel an 18-5 win that was followed by sophomore Joe Paul's first-period pin against Hunter Beaudet.  Senior Nathan Wertheimer added an 8-1 win at 184, but Etown won the last two bouts by forfeit to halt the rally and claim the victory.
 
Notes of Interest
Reyes, who is ranked 10^th in the nation, won his 14^th consecutive match, while Lorin won his 10^th straight • Paul picked up his 30^th career victory, while Wertheimer is now just one win shy of 50 for his career.
 
What's Next
Johns Hopkins will travel to Ursinus on Saturday, February 1 to take on the host Bears and the Merchant Marine Academy in a pair of Centennial Conference duals.
 
Elizabethtown-33, Johns Hopkins-16
125: Brent Lorin (J) dec.  Austin Jones (E), 10-3 (3-0)
133: Zach Rupp (E) pin Jeremy Berger (J) (2:33) (3-6)
141: Colton Rex (E) tech. fall Hanting Wong (J), 15-0 (3-11)
149: Josh Paisley (E) pin Justin Valdoria (JHU) (3:30) (3-17)
157: Brian Schneider (E) major dec. Bradlee Lamontagne, 13-2 (3-21)
165: #10 Dominick Reyes (J) major dec. Kyle Bythell (E), 18-5 (7-21)
174: Joe Paul (JHU) pin Hunter Beaudet (E) (1:46) (13-21)
184: Nathan Wertheimer (J) dec. Jakob Latham (EC), 8-1 (16-21)
197: Tyler Phenegar (EC) wins by forfeit (16-27)
285: Keegan McCord (EC) wins by forfeit (16-33)
 
Exhibition One (149): Shane Strausser (E) dec. Jack Albin (J), 10-6
Exhibition Two (149): Nick Gonzalez (E) dec. Jack Albin (JHU), 5-4