Wrestling

Delaware Valley College 28, East Stroudsburg University 17


EAST STROUDSBURG (PA) - Jaryd Steinbacher's victory over Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion Scott Heckman highlighted Delaware Valley College's 28-17 victory at Division I East Stroudsburg University.

The Aggies, ranked fourth in Division III, improved to 16-2 in dual meets, including a perfect 3-0 against Division I opponents. The Warriors fell to 1-9.

Delaware Valley won seven of 10 weight classes, none bigger than Steinbacher's triumph at 149 pounds. The sophomore and 2006 Division III national qualifier hit the mat against Heckman who came off a conference title just five days ago. However, Steinbacher led throughout the match and finished with a 5-4 decision to improve to 26-9 on the season.

Steinbacher's victory was the second of four in a row that put the match away for the Aggies. Ricky LaForge hit the mat prior to Steinbacher and the second-ranked wrestler in Division III at 141 pounds registered a 9-1 major decision over Sean Carr for his 24th win in 26 matches.

Ryan Herwig improved to 27-12 with a 6-3 decision over Alex Bimes at 157 and Ryan Pope followed with a 4-3 victory over Leif Ruschmeyer at 165 pounds to see his mark go to 22-15. Those four victories upped the match score to 28-5 before East Stroudsburg earned pinned in the final two weight classes of the night.

The match started at 197 pounds where Delaware Valley's Joe West (12-7) picked up a win by forfeit. Aggie heavyweight Kyle Bilquist, ranked third in Division III, followed with a 4-2 decision over Charles Deighton to improve to 34-4 on the season.

Josh Proctor picked up the remaining victory for Delaware Valley as the 125-pounder pinned Steve Gambino in 4:17 to up his mark to 23-12.

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 28, EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY 17
197 - Joe West (DVC) by forfeit
285 - Kyle Bilquist (DVC) by decision over Charles Deighton, 4-2
125 - Josh Proctor (DVC) by fall over Steve Gambino, 4:17
133 - John Stout (ESU) by technical fall over Mike Handleman, 17-2
141 - Ricky LaForge (DVC) by major decision over Sean Carr, 9-1
149 - Jaryd Steinbacher (DVC) by decision over Scott Heckman, 5-4
157 - Ryan Herwig (DVC) by decision over Alex Bimes, 6-2
165 - Ryan Pope (DVC) by decision over Leif Ruschmeyer, 4-3
174 - Shane Mallory (ESU) by fall over Paul Donnell, 1:11
184 - David Williams (ESU) by fall over Martin Porter, 4:22