Senior Scott Ervin (Photo: ASU Athletics)

Ervin Places Fifth, Mountaineers Claim 17th At Southern Scuffle
by ASU Sports Information

Dec. 30, 2007 - GREENSBORO, N.C. - Thanks to a fifth place effort by senior Scott Ervin at 149-pounds, the Appalachian State wrestling was able to finish in 17th place out of 28 total teams. ASU narrowly missed claiming top honors for any SoCon squad, finishing 5.5 pounds shy of host UNC Greensboro.

The No. 4 seed, Ervin made a nice run on Championship Sunday, winning five of his six matches to advance to the medal round. In the opener, Ervin defeated the No. 7 seed by a tech fall, 17-0. Next up was the No. 2 seed Darrion Caldwell, ranked No. 3 in the USA Today/NWCA NCAA Division I poll. Ervin pinned Caldwell after 4:15 to stay alive in the tournament. A pair of 5-1 and 3-0 victories put Ervin in position to take home a medal at the end of the tournament.

A loss at the hands of the No. 5 seed, Adam Hall of Bosie State, relegated Ervin to the fifth place match. In the medal match, Ervin was able to exact revenge on Mitch Smith of Hofstra, who defeated Ervin on Saturday evening. The medal is Ervin’s third of the season, the fifth place finish joins Ervin’s gold medals from the Reno Tournament of Champions and Keystone Classic earlier in the season.

Freshman Dylan Temple was one of three Mountaineers to win a match on Championship Sunday. Temple earned a 6-5 decision over Erik Schuth of Ohio to proceed in the 184-pound wrestle-back bracket. Temple fell in the next round to UNC’s Nick Tenpenny, 1-4, eliminating the ASU freshman. Senior Eddie Hutchinson advanced to Sunday’s second round of wrestle-backs at 157-pounds when his opponent forfeited, giving Hutchinson the pass. In the next round, Hutchinson was downed by Thomas Scotton of UNC, 3-5.

Sophomore Frank Celorrio failed to advance in the 125-pound wrestle-back bracket, 2-5 to UVA’s Anthony Burke. Senior Tommy Hutchinson (Brandon, Fla./Brandon) was eliminated in the 165-pound wrestle-back by Edinboro’s Paul
Paddock, 1-2. Freshman John Allen Griswold was bounced from the 197-pound wrestle-back by Binghamton’s Corey Waite, 4-7.

Senior Terreyl Williams suffered a 5-13 majority decision loss to Bloomsburg’s Jason Guffey. Freshman
Austin Trotman, who advanced to Sunday in the 184-pound wrestle-back, was forced to forfeit his match due to injury.

Appalachian will now return to Boone before traveling to Arlington, Texas for the Lone Star Duals. Appalachian will compete in four dual matches against opponents to be determined starting at 10 a.m. on January 5.

Individual Results (Day 2 in Bold)
125:
John Trumbetti (Lynn Haven) pins. Frank Celorrio (ASU), 0:33.
Celorrio (ASU) tech. fall. Allan Stein (Navy), 20-2.
Anthony Burke (UVA) dec. Celorrio (ASU), 2-5.
125:
(4) Nichollas Bedelyon (Kent St.) tech. fall. Corey Hulsey (ASU), 2-17.
William Chamberlain (Old Domion) maj. dec. Hulsey (ASU), 12-4.
133:
Terreyl Williams (ASU) maj. dec. Casey Boyle (UNC Greensboro), 17-8.
Dan Mitcheff (Kent St.) dec. Williams (ASU), 4-7.
Jason Guffey (Bloomsburg) maj. dec. Williams (ASU), 5-13.
141:
Germane Lindsey (Ohio) dec. Mark Maya (ASU), 8-13.
Darren Kern (Bloomsburg) pins. Maya (ASU), 2:58.
141:
(6) Ryan Williams (Old Dominion) maj. dec. Ryan Scott (ASU), 4-19.
Glenn Shober (Navy) pins. Scott (ASU), 6:42.
149:
(4) Scott Ervin (ASU) maj. dec. Colton Palmer (N.C. State), 9-0.
(4) Ervin (ASU) dec. Matt Kaylor (Binghamton), 3-0.
Mitch Smith (Hofstra) dec. (4) Ervin (ASU), 2-7.
(4) Ervin (ASU) tech. fall. (7) Clint Sponseller (Kent St.), 17-0.
(4) Ervin (ASU) pins. (2) Darrion Caldwell (N.C. State), 4:15.
(4) Ervin (ASU) dec. Corey Manson (Cornell), 5-1.
(4) Ervin (ASU) dec. Jeremy Doyle (Cal St. Bakersfield), 3-0.
(5) Adam Hall (Bosie St.) dec. (4) Ervin (ASU), 3-4.
(4) Ervin (ASU) dec. Mitch Smith (Hofstra), 9-4.
149:
Mike Roberts (Boston U.) maj. dec. Chip Powell (ASU), 6-17.
Dennis Bermudez (Bloomsburg) pins. Powell (ASU), 4:34.
157:
Eddie Hutchinson (ASU) pins. Austin Reece (Gardner-Webb), 0:31.
(5) Matt Moley (Bloomsburg) maj. dec. Hutchinson (ASU), 2-9.
Hutchinson (ASU) fft.(2) Jordan Leen (Cornell), medical.
Thomas Scotton (UNC) dec. Hutchinson (ASU), 3-5.
157:
(7) Kody Hamrah (N.C. State) tech. fall. Alex Cooke (ASU), 0-16
Cooke (ASU) fft. Clint Stout (Maryland), (medical).
Anthony Tortora (Hofstra) maj. dec. Cooke (ASU), 3-11.
165:
Tommy Hutchinson (ASU) dec. Anthony Trongone (Va. Tech), 4-1.
(3) Kent Gross (Kent St.) dec. Hutchinson (ASU), 5-3.
Paul Paddock (Edinboro) dec. Hutchinson (ASU), 1-2.
165:
Obie Simpson (Kent St.) dec. Brett Houghton (ASU), 2-5.
Houghton (ASU) maj. dec. Matt Coleman (Edinboro), 17-5.
Rickey Schmelyun (Bloomsburg) pins. Houghton (ASU), 4:13.
174:
Nate Lee (Boise St.) dec. (9) Neal Martin (ASU), 4-10.
(9) Martin (ASU) dec. Sam Hunt (Old Dominion), 9-5.
Justin Kerber (Cornell) dec. (9) Martin (ASU), 3-4.
184:
Sam O’Hair (Davidson) dec. Dylan Temple (ASU), 2-6.
Temple (ASU) dec. Robert McCarthy (UNC), 6-2.
Temple (ASU) dec. Erik Schuth (Ohio), 6-5.
Nick Tenpenny (UNC) dec. Temple (ASU), 1-4.
184:
Glen Holmes (ASU) dec. Corey Vasbiner (Liberty), 8-1.
(5) Eric Chine (Kent St.) maj. dec. Holmes (ASU), 3-13.
Nick Purdue (Ohio) dec. Holmes (ASU), 8-10.
184:
Austin Trotman (ASU) dec. Scott Cust (Old Dominion), 10-4.
(3) Ryan Goodman (NC State) dec. Trotman (ASU), 7-5 (OT).
Nick Tenpenny (UNC) fft. Trotman (ASU).
197:
(3) Daren Burns (UNC Greensboro) pins. John Allen Griswold (ASU), 5:25.
Griswold (ASU) pins. Richard Vitale (Hofstra), 0:51.
Corey Waite (Binghamton) dec. Griswold (ASU), 4-7.
285:
James Guerin (Hofstra) dec. Derrick Calloway (ASU), 2-4.
Roy Dragon (Old Dominion) pins. Calloway (ASU), 3:57.
285:
Jason Marshall (Ohio) dec. Jared Campbell (ASU), 1-3.
Campbell (ASU), dec. Van Sickle (Duke), 4-2.
Ben Berhow (Minnesota) dec. Campbell (ASU), 3-9.

Team Standings
1. MINNESOTA 18
2. EDINBORO 130.5
3. HOFSTRA 121
4. CORNELL 94
5. MARYLAND 93.5
6. VIRGINIA 91.5
7. BLOOMSBURG 86
8. BOISE STATE 84.5
9. NAVY 79.5
10. OLD DOMINION 74.5
11. KENT ST 73
12. VA. TECH 61
13. N.C. STATE 56
14. CAL-BAKERSFIELD 49.5
15. N. CAROLINA 45
15. UNC GREENSBORO 45
17. APP. STATE 39.5
18. LYNN HAVEN 32
19. BOSTON U. 29
20. GEORGE MASON 24.5
21. DUKE 17
22. OHIO U. 15.5
23. BINGHAMTON 14
24. LIBERTY 11.5
25. THE CITADEL 11
26. VMI 9
27. GARDNER-WEBB 7.5
28. DAVIDSON 3.5