LOCK HAVEN, PA – Evan Fidelibus (Easton, PA/Easton Area), Dean Sherry (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) and Ethan Laird (Waterford, PA/General McLane) each won their matches, but the Rider University wrestling team fell to nationally-ranked No. 22 Lock Haven, 23-9, Friday evening. The loss is the Broncs' first in EWL action, dropping them to 7-4 (4-1 EWL). Lock Haven improves to 7-3 (4-0 EWL) with the win.

The Bald Eagles jumped out to an 11-0 lead on the strength of decisions at 125 and 133 and a tech fall at 141. Fidelibus got the Broncs on the board with a 6-4 decision over Brock Port at 149, but Lock Haven further extended its lead to 17-3 with decisions in the next two bouts.

Sherry defeated Jared Siegrist, 18-16, at 174 and Laird took a 7-2 decision over Parker McClellan at 197, but it wasn't enough as the Bald Eagles came away with the 23-9 victory.  

Quotes & Notes
"This is a wake-up call for our guys. Whether they won or lost tonight each one of them has to improve before the conference tournament in March."

"I give Lock Haven credit. They had a good game plan at most weights and were able to slow the matches down."

"We need to do a better job at putting our opponents in bad positions and creating more scoring opportunities. We can't feel sorry for ourselves as we turn right around and wrestle Bloomsburg Sunday." – Rider Head Coach John Hangey

- Anthony Cefolo (Florham Park, NJ/Hanover Park Regional) saw a seven-match winning streak snapped today. He'd registered four pins in that stretch.
- The losses were the first of the EWL slate for Cefolo, Jonathan Tropea (Harrington Park, NJ/Saint Joseph Montvale), Travis Layton (Woodstown, NJ/Woodstown), Gino Fluri (Blairstown, NJ/North Warren Regional), Jesse Dellavecchia (Great River, NY/East Islip) and Michale Fagg-Daves (Somerset, NJ/Franklin).
- Laird's win was his 15^th of the year, good for second on the team behind Dellavecchia's 19.
- The Broncs return to action Sunday, when they travel to Bloomsburg. Matches are slated to begin at 1 p.m.  

#22 Lock Haven 23, Rider 9
125: Luke Werner (Lock Haven) dec. Jonathan Tropea (Rider) 7-3 / LHU, 3-0
133: DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven) dec. Anthony Cefolo (Rider) 6-4 / LHU, 6-0
141: #20 Kyle Shoop (Lock Haven) tech fall Travis Layton (Lock Haven) 15-0 (3:41) / LHU, 11-0
149: Evan Fidelbus (Rider) dec. Brock Port (Lock Haven) 6-4 / LHU, 11-3
157: Alex Klucker (Lock Haven) dec. Gino Fluri (Rider) 8-4 / LHU, 14-3
165: #5 Chance Marsteller (Lock Haven) dec. #15 Jesse Dellavecchia (Rider) 11-5 / LHU, 17-3
174: Dean Sherry (Rider) dec. Jared Siegrist (Lock Haven) 18-16 / LHU, 17-6
184: #17 Corey Hazel (Lock Haven) dec. Michale Fagg-Daves (Rider) 8-5 / LHU, 20-6
197: Ethan Laird (Rider) dec. Parker McClellan (Lock Haven) 7-2 / LHU, 20-9
285: #11 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) dec. Ryan Cloud (Rider) 4-0 / LHU 23-9