Sacred Heart’s Nick Palumbo picked up his fifth win of the year in Saturday’s EIWA loss to Bucknell. (Photo courtesy Kristen Jarosz)
Powered by four pins and two major decisions, the Bucknell wrestling team won their ninth match with a 43-9 rout of Sacred Heart at Davis Gym on Saturday night in Lewisburg, Pa.
Visiting Sacred Heart (1-4, 0-3 EIWA) ran out to an early three-point lead, 9-6, on victories from Nick Palumbo (157) and Robert Hetherman (174) but it was all Bison after that. Bucknell (9-2, 5-0 EIWA) has won six straight dual meets. Palumbo improved to 5-2 on the season with his 4-2 decision over Nick Delp in the first match of the day. Hetherman (4-2) got his first pin of the season.
Trailing 9-6 through the first three bouts, the Bison rattled off three-straight pins to flip their deficit into a sizable 24-9 advantage. Bucknell’s Logan Deacetis (184), Mason McCready (197) and Luke Niemeyer (285) each had consecutive first period pins for Bucknell with Niemeyer being the fastest at 1:49.
Standout freshman Kolby DePron (149) put an exclamation mark on Bucknell’s commanding triumph, needing just 1:57 to dispatch Cole McGill by fall in the night’s final bout.
Sacred Heart returns to action on Sunday when they host Franklin & Marshall at noon at the the Pitt Center in Fairfield.
Bucknell 43, Sacred Heart 9
At Lewisburg, Pa.
157: Nick Palumbo (SH) dec. Nick Delp, 4-2
165:(18) Zach Hartman (B) injury default over Scott Jarosz, 0:33
174: Robert Hetherman (SH) pin Sam Barnes, 0:39
184: Logan Deacetis (B) pin Joe Accousti 2:28
197: Mason McCready (B) pin Logan Michael 2:48
285: Luke Niemeyer (B) pin Nick Copley 1:49
125: Brandon Seidman (B) maj. dec. Jacob Venezia 10-0
133: Kurt Phipps (B) maj. dec. Anthony Petrillo 13-2
141:(21) Darren Miller (B) tech fall Jordan Carlucci 17-2 (6:09)
149: Kolby DePron (BU) pin Cole McGill 1:57
Records: Sacred Heart 1-4, 0-3 EIWA; Bucknell (9-2, 5-0 EIWA)
Extra Matches
133: Calvin Dalton (B) fall over John Lafferty 1:23
141: John Lafferty (SH) dec. over Trey Trejo 10-3
174: Nolan Springer (B) dec. over Ryan Bolletino 6-1
