in its First Match at the Annual Olivet (Mich.) Duals
BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College wrestling team defeated Tri-State (Ind.) University, 15-13, in its first match today (Saturday, November 18, 2006) at the annual Olivet College Comet Dual Match Tournament in Olivet, Michigan.
This was the second week of competition in 2006-2007 for the Yellow Jacket grapplers. In addition to facing Tri-State, B-W also will wrestle the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, host Olivet and then Rose-Hulman (Ind.) Institute of Technology.
In its victory against Tri-State, sophomore 133-pounder Brian Bucher (Avon Lake), junior RayShawn Eatmon (East Cleveland/ Shaw), sophomore 149-pounder Mohamed Salem (Westlake), sophomore 157-pounder Joe Incorvaia (Medina/ Highland), junior All-Ohio Athletic Conference 165-pounder Gino Russo (Northfield Center/ Nordonia) and junior 285-pounder Mike Pelton (Parma/ Normandy) all won by decision and freshman 197-pounder Tavis Sokolow (Avon Lake) won by technical fall, 18-0.
The Yellow Jacket wrestlers will be back in action on Tuesday, November 28 when they host Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg College in The Lou Higgins and Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. Heidelberg was the pick of the OAC Coaches to win the 2007 OAC title and B-W was picked second.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu . To contact Head Coach Rich Fleming, please call his office at 440-826-3258, FAX him at 440-826-2192 or e-mail him at rfleming@bw.edu .
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