Army’s Winning Streak Snapped at #21 Lehigh

Saturday, February 16

Bethlehem, Pa.

1 PM

Army West Point

Lehigh

Army’s Winning Streak Snapped at #21 Lehigh

February 16, 2019 | Wrestling

BETHLETHM, Pa. – The 25th-ranked Army West Point wrestling team saw its five-meet winning streak come to an end after dropping a 28-6 decision to No. 21 Lehigh on Saturday afternoon.

The Black Knights dropped to 7-3 on the season and 6-1 in EIWA duals, while the Mountain Hawks moved to 8-9 overall and 5-1 in conference meets.

Lehigh won the first four matches of the day before 28th-ranked Cael McCormick upset No. 21 Gordon Wolf in the 165-pound bout with a 7-4 decision to get the Black Knights on the board. The Mountain Hawks won the ensuing four matches before sophomore Ryan Hetrick closed out the match with a 4-2 win over Luke Resnick.

HOW IT HAPPENED
125 lbs.: Ryan Hetrick dec. over Luke Resnick, 4-2 (Lehigh leads, 28-6)
133 lbs.: #24 Brandon Paetzell dec. over Lane Peters, 4-0 (Lehigh leads, 3-0)
141 lbs.: Dan Moran maj. dec. over Cole Wyman, 17-6 (Lehigh leads, 7-0)
149 lbs.: #26 Cortlandt Schuyler maj. dec. over P.J. Ogunsanya, 14-3 (Lehigh leads, 11-0)
157 lbs.: #17 Josh Humphreys dec. over #27 Lucas Weiland, 6-0 (Lehigh leads, 14-0)
165 lbs.: #28 Cael McCormick dec. over #21 Gordon Wolf, 7-4 (Lehigh leads, 14-3)
174 lbs.: #5 Jordan Kutler maj. dec. over #17 Ben Harvey, 13-3 (Lehigh leads, 18-3)
184 lbs.: #7 Ryan Preisch maj. dec. over #21 Noah Stewart, 10-1 (Lehigh leads, 22-3)
197 lbs.: #33 Chris Weiler dec. over Alex Hopkins, 5-2 (Lehigh leads, 25-3)
285 lbs.: #4 Jordan Wood dec. over #29 Ben Sullivan, 10-4 (Lehigh leads, 28-3)

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army saw its winning streaks of five consecutive meets and six-straight against conference foes halted.
McCormick posted his second win over a ranked opponent this season.
The Yorktown, Ind., native notched his 45th career victory and 15th of the year.
He is now tied with Harvey for the team-lead in dual wins with eight.
Hetrick earned his second-straight dual win.
Wyman and Ogunsanya made their dual debuts for the Black Knights.

WARD'S WORDS

Head coach Kevin Ward – "I think we can take a lot away from our matches today. It liked to me like we thought we were a little outclassed in a few matches, and we got ourselves in some trouble that we couldn't dig out of. The bottom line is we let some things happen to us in matches that we have to correct. We wrestled a really good team today and got beat.
"Cael McCormick looked really good and had another strong performance against a ranked opponent, and Ryan Hetrick continues to represent himself well filling in for Trey Chalifoux. We'll take some lessons from this and will be a better team because of it."

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will wrap up their regular season with the annual Star Meet against service-academy rival Navy on Saturday at 4 p.m. in Christl Arena.
Prior to the dual, Army will honor its firsties during the senior day ceremony.