Behrend Wrestling Poised For AMCC Championships
The Penn State Behrend wrestling team will compete in the second Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships this weekend held at Alfred State. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend wrestling team will compete in the second Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships this weekend held at Alfred State. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m.
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Penn State Behrend News & Notes
* The Lions are looking to improve on their fourth-place finish from last year's AMCC Championships
* Behrend is 2-1 against AMCC competition this year
* The Lions have two regionally-ranked wrestlers in the lineup
* Senior Peyton Hearn (Conneaut, PA/Conneaut) ranking first at 149 in the Southeast Region and freshman Cole Neil (Saint Marys, PA/Saint Marys) eight at the 133 weight class
* Neil leads the team with 23 wins and Hearn is second with 20
* Jake Brown (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) paces Behrend with 10 pins, three major decisions and two technical falls in his 19 wins
* Hearn ranks first on the team in technical falls with six
* The Lions have 10 wrestlers with double-digit wins
* As a team, Behrend has registered 73 pins, 22 technical falls and 18 major decisions
* Behrend is going for its first AMCC Title as a team and looking for its first individual champion
Behrend Lineup
125 – Ja'Shad Bumpers/Mitch Headley
133 – Cole Neil/Hunter Williams
141 – Jake Brown/Clayton Carpenter
149 – Peyton Hearn/Michael Ruiz
157 – Martin Ohlsson/Hunter Savitz
165 – Lane Dellaquila/Justin Hockenberger
174 – Ryan Gildersleeve/Matthew Melchior
184 – Alexander Cole
197 – Matthew Caldwell/Nolan Fenton
285 – Eric Morales/CJ Mullings