WILLIAMSPORT, PA—The Ephs wrapped up the
Budd Whitehill National Duals today placing second overall. After
yesterday's success, Williams was placed in the championship
bracket.
"We wrestled great today. We didn't head to Williamsport to see
second-tier competition, and we got what we wanted in a match with
Messiah, one of the best teams in the country," noted Coach Scott
Honnecker.
The first opponent for the Ephs was Lycoming. Williams was
considered the underdog in this match, but came out with a decisive
24-12 victory.
The Ephs lost to Messiah in the championship match 34-6.
Junior Jake Savoca and sophomore Christopher
Chorzepa were the only two to scrape out wins in the
championship match. There were a lot of close matches, but all
ended in Messiah's favor. Honnecker emphasized the valiant efforts
put forth by every wrestler each in every match. The Ephs certainly
did not go down without a fight.
"The match against Messiah was some of the hardest wrestling we
have displayed all season," said Honnecker. "If we take anything
away from this match, it is that we need to keep that fighting
attitude every time out. I honestly was prouder of our effort in
that loss than I was in some of our wins earlier in the
weekend."
Both the Williams wrestlers and their coach were very proud of
this weekend's performances. "This was our first trip to the finals
of this event in many years of attendance. The squad should be very
happy, but still far from satisfied as our best wrestling needs to
be ahead of us."
Sophomore Chris Chorzepa was named to the All-Tounament Team at
184.
The Ephs continue to have high expectations for the remainder of
the season. All of the Ephs wrestlers are healthy after battling
some injuries. The Ephs will next travel to Norwich on January
17th.
Match #1 Semifinal: Williams College defeated Lycoming
24-12
125 - Matt
Morris (Williams College) over Kyle Drick (Lycoming) Dec
7-6
133 - Dan Evangelakos (Williams College) over Cody Barbiche
(Lycoming) Dec 1-0
141 - Caleb Willey (Lycoming) over Gabriel
Corrochano (Williams College) Dec 5-1
149 - Seth Lansberry (Lycoming) over Jake Savoca
(Williams College) Dec 4-3
157 - Jorge Lopez
(Williams College) over Ross Orler (Lycoming) Fall 1:35
165 - Timothy Garripoli (Williams College) over Nolan Barger
(Lycoming) Dec 10-3
174 - Martin Strenk
(Williams College) over Brandon Conrad (Lycoming) Dec 3-2
184 - Christoper Chorzepa (Williams College) over Nikolas
Christine (Lycoming) Fall 3:23
197 - Johnathan Secor (Lycoming) over Anthony Brooks
(Williams College) Dec 5-2
285 - Samuel Batchelor (Lycoming) over Ben Wertz (Williams
College) Dec 3-1
Match #2 1st Place Match: Messiah defeated Williams
College 34-6
125 - Lucas Malmberg (Messiah) over Matt Morris (Williams
College) Maj 13-4
133 - Hunter Harris (Messiah) over Dan Evangelakos (Williams
College) Dec 9-6
141 - Kaleb Loht (Messiah) over Gabriel Corrochano (Williams
College) Fall 2:12
149 - Jake Savoca (Williams College) over Chris Williamson
(Messiah) Dec 8-4
157 - Larry Cannon (Messiah) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
165 - Derek Beitz (Messiah) over Timothy Garripoli (Williams
College) Dec 6-3
174 - Josh Thomson (Messiah) over Kyle Gaffney
(Williams College) Fall 2:23
184 - Christoper Chorzepa (Williams College) over Jeremy Bailes
(Messiah) SV-1 15-13
197 - Kyle Koser (Messiah) over Anthony Brooks (Williams
College) Dec 11-8
285 - Jason Wright (Messiah) over Ben Wertz (Williams College)
Dec 4-1
