Bridget Walsh (King's College Athletics)

Men's Wrestling 12/14/2024 5:41:00 PM Nick Anderson (Assistant Sports Information Director)

Lackman Records 150th Career Win, Golden Wolves Sweep at King’s College

Wilkes-Barre, Pa (December 14, 2024) - Alvernia University took down New Jersey City University and Sussex CC in two men's wrestling duals Saturday at King's College.

King's College hosted New Jersey City, Sussex, Keystone and Alvernia for dual style matches with each team wrestling two matches. The Golden Wolves took down NJCU in their first dual 39-12 and then recorded a 51-6 victory over Sussex to secure the sweep.

Alvernia senior, Matthew Lackman recorded his 150th career victory with a pin in the match against Sussex. Lackman becomes the first Alvernia Men's Wrestler to reach the 150 wins mark.

Match 1: NJCU: 12, ALV: 37
How it Happened

NJCU jumped out to an early 12-0 lead after receiving a forfeit at the 125 pound match and then recorded back to back victories by decision at 133 and 141 pounds to take the lead.
Those would be the last points the Gothic Knights would score as the Golden Wolves recorded seven straight victories to secure the victory. Quinn Tobin started things off with a 17-4 major decision over Zack Vera at 149 pounds and then Chance Babb recorded a 19-3 tech fall in the 157 pound match to make it 12-9 NJCU.
Matthew Lackman would record a fall in the 165 pound match in 2:12 over Fabian Acuna to give the Golden Wolves a 15-12 lead.
Nathan Lackman and Hayden McLellan would both receive forfeits to push the Alvernia lead to 27-12. Lackman received a forfeit at the 174 pound bout and McLellan at the 184 pound match.
Brain Czaus wrestled in the 197 pound bout for the Golden Wolves and recorded a fall in 1:42 over Jayden Reyes and then Owen Reber tallied a victory by fall in just 35 seconds over Walter Thomas to secure the 37-12 victory in match one. The Golden Wolves were assessed unsportsmanlike penalties in the 133 pound bout and the 149 pound match to dock the Golden Wolves from 39 to 37 overall team points.

Match 2: Sussex: 6, ALV: 51
How it Happened

Alvernia would forfeit the 125 pound match again to give Sussex the early 6-0 lead but the Golden Wolves would then rip off six pins in the next seven bouts en route to the victory.
James King got things going with a pin in 4:53 over Chris Casale in the 133 pound bout and Sebasitano Spina recorded a 3-0 decision over Michael Vander Meulen at 141 pounds to make it 9-6 Alvernia.
Aiden Swann and Jason Rezac then both tallied victories by fall at their respective weight classes to push the Alvernia lead to 21-6. Swann tallied a pin over Thaylor Sibblies in 1:49 and Rezac recorded a pin in 1:26 over Carlos Delgado in the 157 pound match.
Matthew Lackman then recorded his 150th career victory with a pin over Aiden Hallowich in 49 seconds and extended the Alvernia lead to 27-6.
Nathan Lackman and Hayden McLellan both recorded victories by fall in the 174 pound bout and the 184 pound bout to make it 39-6. Lackman tallied his pin in 1:10 over Jose Alvarenga Giron and McLellan recorded a pin in 2:55 over Shawn Pawlowski in the 184 pound bout.
Isaac Kassis and Tyler Carter both received forfeits in the 197 and 285 pound matches to secure the 51-6 victory over Sussex.

Exhibition Matches:

HWT - Owen Reber (ALV) Ryan Tran (KC) Reber Fall (1:06)
197 - Jason Chiodi (ALV) Elijah Rivera (KC) Chiodi Fall (1:37)
HWT - Tyler Carter (ALV) Khalil Blagmon (KC) Blagmon Fall (1:59)
165 - James Moffat (ALV) Nick Costello (KC) Costello Fall (3:32)
165 - Ryan Lepore (ALV) Alex Ballantyne (KC) Lepore Technical Fall (21-6)
HWT - Tyler Carter (ALV) Ryan Tran (KC) Carter Fall (4:26)
149 - Anthony Astorino (ALV) Brian Hopkins (KC) Hopkins Fall (3:30)
157 - Chance Babb (ALV) Isaiah Camacho (KC) Babb Technical Fall (19-1)
174 - William Knapp (ALV) Alex Martinez (KC) Knapp Fall (2:04)
197 - James Craig (KEY) Myles Brown (ALV) Brown Fall (3:31)
197 - Jason Chiodi (ALV) James Craig (KEY) Chiodi Fall (3:45)
197 - Myles Brown (ALV) Elijah Rivera (KC) Brown Fall (1:44)
HWT - Tyler Carter (ALV) Cam Smith (KEY) Carter Decision (7-5)
197 - Myles Brown (ALV) Jake Bobersky (KC) Brown Major Decision (16-4)
HWT - Owen Reber (ALV) Khalil Blagmon (KC) Reber Fall (1:13)
149 - Anthony Astorino (ALV) Patrick Horvath (KC) Horvath Technical Fall (20-1)
165 - James Moffat (ALV) J. Williams Williams Fall (0:51)
157 - Myles Brown (ALV) Isaiah Camacho (KC) Brown Decision (7-4)

Up Next

The Golden Wolves are back in action next Friday when they travel back up to Wilkes-Barre to Wilkes for the Wilkes Open.

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Players Mentioned

Chance Babb: 149; Junior

Myles Brown: 197; Sophomore

Tyler Carter: 285; Senior

Isaac Kassis: 184/197; Graduate Student

James King: 133; Senior

Matthew Lackman: 165; Graduate Student

Ryan Lepore: 165; Junior

Jason Rezac: 157; Graduate Student

Aiden Swann: 149; Sophomore

Quinn Tobin: 149; Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Chance Babb
: Junior
: 149

Myles Brown
: Sophomore
: 197

Tyler Carter
: Senior
: 285

Isaac Kassis
: Graduate Student
: 184/197

James King
: Senior
: 133

Matthew Lackman
: Graduate Student
: 165

Ryan Lepore
: Junior
: 165

Jason Rezac
: Graduate Student
: 157

Aiden Swann
: Sophomore
: 149

Quinn Tobin
: Graduate Student
: 149