Dragons flatten Lake Erie 29-18

Dragons flatten Lake Erie 29-18

Tiffin University (ranked 11th nationally) won its first GLIAC dual of the season, posting three falls in the final four matches to come from behind and beat 12th-ranked Lake Erie on the road 29-18.

The Dragons fell behind 12-0 early after two pins at 125 and 133 pounds. Rico Puente (141) got TU on the board with a 12-7 win while Michael Screptock (149) followed that up with a big 16-5 victory to pull the Dragons to within 12-7.

Sam Viengmany kept the streak going with a 13-3 victory to pull TU to within 12-11 but Beau Minnick (165) lost a close 4-2 decision as the Storm went back up by four points.

Then the Dragons flexed their upper weight class muscle, as Chase Boyd (174) posted a big pin in 2:21 to put TU on top for the first time 17-15. After Jared Chambers (184) fell 5-1, the Storm were back on top 18-17 with two matches left but it wasn't even close, as Kevin Christman (197) smashed his opponent via pin in just 1:30 and Garrett Gray continued his dominance with a 22 second pin at 285 pounds to put the Storm away.

Results

125 Blake Glogouski (Lake Erie College) over Landon Elliott (Tiffin University) (Fall 1:41)
133 Andrew Lieb (Lake Erie College) over Hunter Langeloh (Tiffin University) (Fall 4:55)
141 Richetshaye Puente (Tiffin University) over Zach Ruggles (Lake Erie College) (Dec 12-7)
149 Michael Screptock (Tiffin University) over Joshua Pappas (Lake Erie College) (MD 16-5)
157 Samphanh Viengmany (Tiffin University) over Christian Baughman (Lake Erie College) (MD 13-3)
165 Nick Vandermeer (Lake Erie College) over Beau Minnick (Tiffin University) (Dec 4-2)
174 Chase Boyd (Tiffin University) over Santino Lucas (Lake Erie College) (Fall 2:21)
184 Tyler Hughes (Lake Erie College) over Jared Chambers (Tiffin University) (Dec 5-1)
197 Kevin Christman (Tiffin University) over Evan Rosborough (Lake Erie College) (Fall 1:30)
285 Garrett Gray (Tiffin University) over Zach Wood (Lake Erie College) (Fall 0:22)

Team Score: TU 29, LE 18