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Drew Phipps Upsets Nationally Ranked Wrestler in 18-13 Loss to Brown
1/20/2018 8:26:00 PM | Wrestling
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Drew Phipps knocked off No. 16 C.J. LaFragola in sudden victory overtime, and No. 14 Tyler Smith improved to 10-0 in dual action, but the Bucknell wrestling team was edged by Brown, 18-13, Saturday evening at Davis Gym.
After opening the dual with three-straight wins at 165, 174 and 184 pounds, the Bison (2-9, 1-3 EIWA) ceded six of the next seven bouts to suffer their first loss to the Bears (2-3, 2-0 EIWA) since the 2006-07 campaign. Overall, seven of the 10 bouts were decided by two or fewer points, including three by just one.
D.J. Hollingshead (165) gave Bucknell early momentum by downing Jon Viruet, 3-2, on a takedown in the third period's final minute. Then, Nick Stephani (174), who Friday pulled off a tiebreaker victory over Harvard's Josef Johnson, escaped in the third period's final 30 seconds to edge Bryce Rogers by a 4-3 margin.
Phipps (184) gave the Bison a 9-0 lead with his upset of LaFragola. Phipps, who was 0-5 against nationally ranked wrestlers in his collegiate career entering the night, scored a takedown with 21 seconds left in the sudden victory period of overtime to stun LaFragola, 6-4. Phipps previously faced off against LaFragola, who was then unranked, on Jan. 22, 2017; LaFragola won that bout by a single point, 4-3.
WHAT A MATCH! Drew Phipps knocks off #16 C.J. LaFragola, 6-4, in sudden victory overtime! #DoMore #rayBucknell pic.twitter.com/iI3sNIASxf
— Bucknell Wrestling (@Bucknell_WRST) January 20, 2018
After watching their lone nationally ranked wrestler fall, the Bears responded by winning the next four bouts to take a 12-9 lead. After Brown was deducted a team point due to unsportsmanlike conduct following the 133 bout, Smith (141) put Bucknell up by a 13-11 margin with his commanding 22-9 major decision win over Jimmy Pawelski.
Smith posted nine takedowns during his victory, securing the bonus point for having over a minute of riding time. Smith, who is a perfect 10-0 in duals during the 2017-18 campaign, has now won his past 20 dual bouts; he suffered his last loss on Jan. 13, 2017 to Virginia's George DiCamillo, who was ranked seventh in the country at the time.
10-0! Tyler Smith improves to 10-0 in dual action in 2017-18 with a 22-9 rout of Jimmy Pawelski. #DoMore #rayBucknell pic.twitter.com/dP18Eu9j7h
— Bucknell Wrestling (@Bucknell_WRST) January 21, 2018
Zach Krause (149) and Justin Staudenmayer (157) ultimately won their bouts to propel the Bears to victory, snapping an eight-dual losing skid to the Bison in the process.
Bucknell next hits the road to face Penn (12 p.m.) and Columbia (7 p.m.) on Saturday, Jan. 27.
125: Trey Keeley (Brown) dec. over Geo Barzona (BU) 6-2
133: Hunter Kosco (Brown) dec. over David Campbell (BU) 3-2
141: No. 14/12/14 Tyler Smith (BU) maj. dec. over Jimmy Pawelski (Brown) 22-9
149: Zach Krause (Brown) maj. dec. over Seth Hogue (BU) 10-2
157: Justin Staudenmayer (Brown) dec. over Christian Bassolino (BU) 3-1
165: D.J. Hollingshead (BU) dec. over Jon Viruet (Brown) 3-2
174: Nick Stephani (BU) dec. over Bryce Rogers (Brown) 4-3
184: Drew Phipps (BU) dec. over No. 16/16/- C.J. LaFragola (Brown) 6-4 (SV-1)
197: Tucker Ziegler (Brown) dec. over Chad Reese (BU) 8-6
285: Ian Butterbodt (Brown) dec. over Brandon Stokes (BU) 2-0
Note: Rankings are Intermat/The Open Mat/FloWrestling
Drew Phipps talks about his upset of #16 C.J. LaFragola in sudden victory overtime. #DoMore #rayBucknell pic.twitter.com/eTgIwS9JIi
— Bucknell Wrestling (@Bucknell_WRST) January 21, 2018
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