Clinging to a 10-9 lead after the first five bouts, Bucknell rattled off five straight wins to roll to a 28-9 victory over East Stroudsburg in EIWA wrestling action on Friday evening in Davis Gym. With the win, the Bison move to 8-10-1 on the year and 3-3 in the EIWA, while the Warriors fall to 3-11, 2-4 in the EIWA.
The Bucknell wrestling squad will wrap up its 2007-08 home schedule with dual meets against East Stroudsburg and American this Friday and Sunday, Feb. 15 and 17. On Friday evening, the Bison (7-10-1, 2-3 EIWA) will face the Warriors at 7 p.m., while their contest versus the Eagles is set for 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Nebraska defeats the Sooners by a 21-9 final Sunday afternoon
Feb. 10, 2008
The Bucknell wrestling team begins the final stretch of its dual meet schedule as the Bison (7-9-1, 2-3 EIWA) will play host to Lock Haven this Friday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in Davis Gym. The match-up against the Bald Eagles marks the first of three straight home meets for the Orange and Blue prior to the squad’s dual meet season finale at Cornell on Feb. 23.
The Bucknell wrestling team held a 6-5 lead after three bouts, but could not fend off No. 8 Missouri, falling by the score of 30-9 on Friday evening in the Hearnes Center. With the loss, the Bison drop to 3-5, while the Tigers remain undefeated at 5-0.
The Bucknell wrestling team wrapped up the fall semester by extending its winning streak to three straight duals as the Bison downed Franklin & Marshall, 41-6, in Davis Gym on Tuesday evening. With the victory, Bucknell improves to 3-4 (1-1 EIWA), while the Diplomats fall to 2-2 (0-2 EIWA).
The Bucknell wrestling team will kick off its 2007-08 season on Saturday as the squad will travel to Annapolis, Md., to compete in the Navy Classic. This marks the first official competition of the season for the Orange and Blue after already seeing action as unattached individuals last weekend at the Binghamton Open. At the 2006 Navy Classic, the Bison placed fourth out of 13 teams.
The Bucknell wrestling squad, in preparation for the upcoming 2007-08 schedule, held wrestle-offs in Davis Gym on Tuesday evening where 20 of the team’s 25 student-athletes were in action in intrasquad matchups.
Wesley Moodie
Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - South African Wesley Moodie and American Zack Fleishman were among Monday’s unseeded winners at the $832,000 Japan Open.
The 2005 Tokyo titlist Moodie snuck past Italian Simone Bolelli 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (10-8), while Fleishman held off Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1 at Ariake Colosseum.
Up next for Moodie will be this week’s top seed, Spaniard David Ferrer, while Fleishman will encounter last week’s Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet.
In other Day-1 action, Chilean Paul Capdeville topped Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (7-4), 7-5; Spaniard Ivan Navarro edged out Dutchman Robin Haase 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-0); Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu overcame Thai Danai Udomchoke 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-1; and German Mischa Zverev beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).
Last year’s winner here was the great Roger Federer, but the Swiss star pulled out of this year’s event last week, citing fatigue. Federer defeated the recently-retired Tim Henman in last year’s Tokyo finale.
The 2007 titlist here will collect $145,000.
Source: www.tsn.ca
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