Wrestling

WRESTLING - MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE NORTH/SOUTH DUALS
Delaware Valley 30, King's College 10
Delaware Valley 55, University of Scranton 0
Delaware Valley 52, Elizabethtown College 3

WILLIAMSPORT (PA) - The Delaware Valley College wrestling team, ranked ninth in Division III, improved to 13-5 overall and 5-0 in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) as the Aggies swept a trio of matches at the 2004 MAC North/South Duals held at Lycoming College.

Delaware Valley opened with a 30-10 triumph over King's College (7-9) and followed with 55-0 and 52-3 victories over The University of Scranton (1-11) and Elizabethtown College (1-8) respectively.

Nationally-ranked wrestlers Barry Wise (133), Jason Shivak (174), Josh Housekeeper (184) and Andrew Helms (197) each went 3-0 at the Duals as did senior Jeremy Messinger (157). Heavyweight Wayne Helms was a perfect 2-0 on the afternoon.

Wise, ranked third in Division III in his weight class, pinned John Houssouck of King's in 31 seconds and Tom Elicker of Elizabethtown in 1:50 and received a forfeit victory against Scranton.

Shivak, ranked sixth in his weight class, remained unbeaten at 21-0 as he downed Zach Dictrick of King's in 2:53 and Mike Zulkowski of Elizabethtown in 1:26. His other triumph was a 14-4 major decision over Scranton's Ron Saglimbene.

Housekeeper, who is fourth nationally, opened with major decision victories of 8-0 over Mike O'Hara of King's and 12-0 over Trevor Needham of Scranton before notching a seven-second pin of Elizabethtown's John Garganta.

Andrew Helms, who is ranked fourth at 197 pounds, began with a 16-6 major decision against Jason Reilly of King's. He then dropped Scranton's Matt Butler in 31 seconds and Elizabethtown's Eric Guise in 2:24.

Messinger moved up a weight class and responded with three victories. He earned a 9-3 decision against Drew Dehaut of King's and followed with a first-period fall (2:16) over Donell Young of Scranton. He ended the day by pinning Vinny Camacho of Elizabethtown in 20 seconds.

Wayne Helms blanked James Bishop of King's for an 8-0 major decision and sat out of the Scranton match. He then concluded Delaware Valley's perfect day by pinning Elizabethtown's Paul Mazzei in just 17 seconds. It was the sixth straight pin and seventh overall in the match against the Blue Jays.

DELAWARE VALLEY 30, KING'S COLLEGE 10
125 - Mitch Marcks (K) by decision over Mike Weston (DVC), 7-3
133 - Barry Wise (DVC) by fall over John Houssock, 0:31
141 - Dan Hall (DVC) by decision over Jeremy Ackerman, 11-4
149 - Jim Morgan (K) by major decision over Tom Becker, 12-3
157 - Jeremy Messinger (DVC) by decision over Drew Dehaut, 9-3
165 - Joe Arnone (K) by decision over Mike Berlanda, 4-1
174 - Jason Shivak (DVC) by fall over Zach Dictrick, 2:53
184 - Josh Housekeeper (DVC) by major decision over Mike O'Hara, 8-0
197 - Andrew Helms (DVC) by major decision over Jason Reilly, 16-6
Hwt. - Wayne Helms (DVC) by major decision over James Bishop, 8-0

DELAWARE VALLEY 55, UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON 0
125 - Mike Weston (DVC) by forfeit
133 - Barry Wise (DVC) by forfeit
141 - Dan Hall (DVC) by fall over Tom Phillips, 1:18
149 - Tom Becker (DVC) by fall over Kevin Byrne, 2:42
157 - Jeremy Messinger (DVC) by fall over Donell Young, 2:16
165 - Mike Berlanda (DVC) by technical fall over Tim Grover, 16-1 (6:13)
174 - Jason Shivak (DVC) by major decision over Ron Saglimbene, 14-4
184 - Josh Housekeeper (DVC) by major decision over Trevor Needham, 12-0
197 - Andrew Helms (DVC) by fall over Matt Butler, 0:31
Hwt. - Forest Smith (DVC) by fall over A.J. Caprio, 1:50

DELAWARE VALLEY 52, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 3
125 - Mike Weston (DVC) by forfeit
133 - Barry Wise (DVC) by fall over Tom Elicker, 1:50
141 - Rob Bozart (E) by decision over Dan Hall, 13-7
149 - Tom Becker (DVC) by major decision over Wayne Hummer, 13-5
157 - Jeremy Messinger (DVC) by fall over Vinny Camacho, 0:20
165 - Mike Berlanda (DVC) by fall over Joe Sahd, 1:45
174 - Jason Shivak (DVC) by fall over Mike Zulkowski, 1:26
184 - Josh Housekeeper (DVC) by fall over John Garganta, 0:07
197 - Andrew Helms (DVC) by fall over Eric Guise, 2:24
Hwt. - Wayne Helms (DVC) by fall over Paul Mazzei, 0:17