King's Falls to No. 6 Centenary in Metropolitan Action

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -- The King's College wrestling team found themselves shorthanded as they dropped a 43-6 decision to nationally ranked Centenary in Metropolitan action Tuesday night at Scandlon Gymnasium.

The Monarchs dug a hole early forfeiting the first four matches of the night to fall behind 24-0. Chris Burdge extended the Cyclone lead with a pin of Nathaniel Seals just before the end of the first period.

Centenary picked up a decision at 165 where Matt Vernon held off a late charge by Tommy Desir, 14-10, and push the lead to 33-0. The Cyclones also scored a win at 174 with a 13-1 decision by Kevin Dufresne over Anthony Clifford.

Shane Stark scored the first win of the night for the Monarchs battling to a 4-2 decision over Khalid Shakir. King's also got a 5-1 decision from Ryan Longenberger at 197. The night ended with Joseph Vitone accepting an injury default as King's Peter Dwyer appeared to aggravate a leg injury early in the second period.

King's is now 6-10 in dual meets and hosts Wilkes on Friday in their dual meet finale at 7:00 p.m. in Scandlon Gymnasium.


Centenary 43 King's 6
125-- Erick Orellana (C) forfeit (6-0)
133-- Zachary Huxford (C) forfeit (12-0)
141-- Corey Vernon (C) forfeit (18-0)
149-- Craig Montgomery forfeit (24-0)
157 -- Chris Burdge (C) pinned Nathaniel Seals (K) 2:59 (30-0)
165-- Owen Vernon (C) dec. Tommy Desir (K) 14-10 (33-0)
174-- Kevin Dufresne (C) maj dec. Anthony Clifford (K) 13-1 (37-0)
184-- Shane Stark (K) dec. Khalid Shakir (C) 4-2 (37-3)
197-- Ryan Longenberger (K) dec. Brandon Hull (C) 5-1 (37-6)
285-- Joseph Vitone (C) via injury default Peter Dwyer (K) 4:27 (43-6)

Exhibition Match
Matt Malejko (C) dec. Steven Radzwilla (K) 6-1