ELIZABETHTOWN, PA – The Elizabethtown wrestling team won seven of 10 bouts and five of the seven scored bonus points as the Blue Jays topped Johns Hopkins 32-11 in the Battle of the Blue Jays Friday night.
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Etown picked up wins by fall at 141 and 165, technical falls at 157 and 285 and added a major decision at 125 to fuel the victory.
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Senior
Brent Lorin grabbed a 10-2 win at 133 for Johns Hopkins and graduate student
Joe Paul added a major decision of his own with a 15-6 victory at 174. Johns Hopkins scored its last win of the night at 197 with an 8-5 victory by decision.
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What's Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday (December 3) as they will remain in Elizabethtown and compete in Etown's Blue Jay Classic (10 am).
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Elizabethtown-32, Johns Hopkins-11
125:Â Liptzin (E) major dec. Patel (J), 16-3
133:Â Lorin (J) major dec. Reagan (E), 10-2
141:Â Rupp (E) pin Tinan (J), 1:28
149:Â Strausser (E) dec. Powell (J), 4-0
157:Â Gonzalez (E) tech. fall Osborne (J), 18-3
165:Â Schneider (E) pin Hoffman (J), 3:23
174:Â Paul (J) major dec. Smith (E), 15-6
184:Â Davis (EC) dec. Walnoha (J), 5-2
197: Libby (J) dec. Droege (EC), 8-5
285:Â Waller (EC) tech. fall Shiber (J), 15-0
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