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ESU-Franklin and Marshall Wrestling

LANCASTER - East Stroudsburg University won the first five matches and went on to defeat Franklin and Marshall, 27-12, in an Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association match Wednesday night.

Keith Kleckner at 149 pounds got the Warriors started by rallying from a 7-4 deficit and pinning Brian Bricker in 5:35 of the opening match.

Matt Dudeck (157) and Brandon Mihalko (165) followed with decisions, Dan Roy (174) won by forfeit and Shawn Smith (184) also won a decision to put ESU ahead, 21-0.

Dudeck, now 8-4, had two takedowns in the first period in a 6-2 win over Nate Schy. Mihalko raised his record to 11-3 by beating Isaiah Hankel, 8-3 with takedowns in all three periods. Smith, now 11-8, broke a tie with a third-period takedown to beat RP Morley, 7-5.

Other ESU winners were Marc Bauknecht at 285 and Josh Thompson in the final match at 141.

The Warriors are now 4-5 and will play host to Drexel and Bucknell for a pair of dual matches Saturday starting at 1 p.m. The Diplomats fell to 4-4.

ESU 27, Franklin and Marshall 12

125 - Will Filbert (F-M) dec. Jon Clouser, 6-5

133 - Rich Gebauer (F-M) dec. Joey Camacho, 8-2

141 - Josh Thompson (ES) dec. Jeremy Feinberg, 4-0

#149 - Keith Kleckner (ES) pinned Brian Bricker, 5:35

157 - Matt Dudeck (ES) dec. Nate Schy, 6-2

165 - Brandon Mihalko (ES) dec. Isaiah Hankel, 8-3

174 - Dan Roy (ES) won by forfeit

184 - Shawn Smith (ES) dec. RP Norley, 7-5

197 - Cornelius George (F-M) won by forfeit

285 - Marc Bauknecht (ES) dec. Dennis Maguire, 2-0

Records: ESU 4-5, Franklin and Marshall 4-4