LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University wrestling team (3-9, 1-4 EWL) won eight of 10 bouts and the Bald Eagles got bonus points at 184 and 197 to drop visiting Cleveland State (1-8, 0-3 EWL) 32-6 in Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) action today.
 
No. 33 Mac Maldarelli (Merrick, N.Y./Nassau C.C.), Billy Randt (York, Pa./West York), No. 30 Jake Kemerer (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield), No. 26 Fred Garcia (Donora, Pa./Ringgold), Phil Sprenkle (Seven Valleys, Pa./Dallastown), Kaleb LeMaire (Rehoboth Beach, Del./Caesar Rodney), Cody Wheeler (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) and No. 24 Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) all won for Lock Haven.
 
Prior to the start of the match, Lock Haven also took time to honor its three seniors – Maldarelli, Randt and Kemerer, who all won today.
 
Today's match started at 149 pounds and the Bald Eagles rolled from the opening whistle, jumping out to a 9-0 lead after the first three bouts.
 
Maldarelli grinded out a hard-fought 9-8 win at 149. Down, 8-6, Maldarelli got a takedown with under a minute to go in the bout tying the match at 8-8. His 1:25 of riding time was the difference in the win over Nick Montgomery, setting the tone for the day.
 
Randt beat RJ LaBeef 10-4 at 157 and Kemerer beat Matt Donohoe 11-6 at 165 for the early LHU lead.
 
Following a CSU win at 174, Garcia went to work on Robert Blankenship. Garcia's takedown clinic led to a 23-7 tech fall at the 4:51 mark of the match.
 
The bonus points continued at 197 as Sprenkle pinned Corbin Boone with 28 second left in the first period.
 
Garcia and Sprenkle's bonus points put LHU up 20-3.
 
Riley Shaw won for the Vikings at 285, before LeMaire, Wheeler and Neff closed things with three straight Haven wins.
 
Todays' win snapped a nine-match losing streak and marked Lock Haven's first EWL win of the season.
 
The Bald Eagles return to action next Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Edinboro Open.
 
Individual Bout-by-Bout Results:
*match started at 149 pounds
149: #33 Mac Maldarelli (LHU) dec. Nick Montgomery (CSU) 9-8
157: Billy Randt (LHU) dec. RJ LaBeef (CSU) 10-4
165: #30 Jake Kemerer (LHU) dec. Matt Donohoe (CSU) 11-6
174: Nick Corba (CSU) dec. Dylan Caprio (LHU) 4-3
184: #26 Fred Garcia (LHU) tech fall Robert Blankenship (CSU) 23-7 (4:51)
197: Phil Sprenkle (LHU) pinned Corbin Boone (CSU) 2:32
285: Riley Shaw (CSU) dec. Cody Mason (LHU) 6-0
125: Kaleb LeMaire (LHU) dec. John Martin (CSU) 9-3
133: Cody Wheeler (LHU) wins by injury default over Dan King (CSU)
141: #24 Dan Neff (LHU) dec. Jared McKinley (CSU) 3-2
*Rankings = Wrestling Report
 
FINAL: Lock Haven 32 – Cleveland State 6
CSU (1-8, 0-3 EWL)
LHU (3-9, 1-4 EWL)
 
Match Notes:
Last night (Friday), Lock Haven lost on the road at Clarion, 18-12 … LHU won four bouts (Dan Neff, Jake Kemerer, Fred Garcia & Phil Sprenkle) … Four Bald Eagles were ranked in this week's Wrestling Report National Rankings … For the first time 149-pounder Mac Maldarelli was ranked at No. 33 … Maldarelli joined Dan Neff (141, #24), Jake Kemerer (165, #30) and Fred Garcia (184, #26) … Cody Wheeler (133) was nationally ranked last week, but dropped out this week despite not competing …Wheeler, Neff, Maldarelli, Kemerer and Garcia were all ranked in first edition of the NCAA Coaches' Panel rankings, which came out last Thursday … Today's win marked the first EWL win for head coach Scott Moore … Today's match was the final home event of the 2013-14 season.