PSU DuBois wrestlers finish 3rd at NCWA MEC qualifier

photo: 133lber. runner-up Austin Sheibley

Penn State DuBois finishes in third place at NCWA-MEC National Wrestling Qualifier 

February 1, 2014

Penn State DuBois wrestlers put together another good weekend on the mats at the NCWA Mid-East Conference qualifying tournament hosted at Penn College on Saturday.  Coach Matt Park will send 11 PSU DuBois wrestlers on to compete in the NCWA National Tournament, March 13-15 in Allen Texas at the Allen Event Center.

Leading the way for the PSU DuBois was junior Logan Shirey who won title at 184lbs.  Logan was 3-0 with 2 pins and a tough 4-3 win in the finals over Alec Warner of PSU Mont Alto.  Finishing 2^nd were Austin Sheibley at 133lbs and Ryan Terwilliger at 174lbs; Sheibley dropped the decision by the score of 4-1 to Jimmy Hughes of PSU Mont Alto and Terwilliger lost 9-7 in overtime to Alex Amador of Lafayette College.

Other place winners for PSUD were 4^th place – Brett Himes (125lbs), Tim Suydan (235), and Andrew Bigley (285).  5^th place Matt Rivera (174), 7^th place Jake Himes (157) and Nate Rodgers (197).  Receiving conference Wild Cards selections were Joe Knarr (165) and Michael Bonner (141).

The team title was won by Univ. Maryland-Baltimore County with 137 pts., PSU Mont Alto 129pts., PSU DuBois 106pts., West Chester Univ. 104pts. Univ. Pitt 93pts. round out the top 5 teams.

The PSU DuBois wrestlers will compete on March 13th in the NCWA National Championships in Allen, TX with 1^st round of wrestling starting at 10am with a 42 man bracket.  Finals are slated for March 15^th at 3pm followed by an All-American banquet at 7pm.  Last year Coach Park and assistant Josh Knapp had two wrestlers achieve All-American honors in Kasey Haines and Cliff Hill.

PSUD will post NCWA tournament results on the athletic website psuduboisathletics.com or at the NCWA site at www.ncwa.net