LEXINGTON, Va. -- Freshman Maxwell Courtney (Jeffersonville, Pa./La Salle College) went 2-2 on the day and finished fourth in the 184-pound weight class as the Washington and Lee wrestling team finished sixth at the 2004 Washington and Lee Invitational on Saturday in the Warner Center.
Davidson finished the day as team champion (96.5), followed by Cumberland (74), Washington and Jefferson (60.5), Scranton (48), Pensacola Christian (38) and W&L (5.5).
Courtney opened the day by pinning (2:31) Washington and Jefferson's Phil McCormick in the quarterfinals, but fell to Donnie Scruggs (Cumberland), 17-6, in the semifinals. In the consolation bracket Courtney defeated Patrick Scandling (Davidson) with a 6-3 decision, but couldn't hold on in the consolation finals, falling to Trevor Needham (Scranton), 4-2.
The individual champions on the day were Davidson sophomore Patrick Coman (Tulsa, Okla.) at 125, Davidson freshman Jim Avola (Montague) at 133, Davidson sophomore Matt Leonard (Pompton Plains, N.J.) at 141, Pensacola's Steve McGettrick at 149, Davidson senior Adam Sperling (Philadelphia, Pa.) at 157, Davidson freshman Marcus Boyd (Durham, N.C.) at 165, Davidson senior Marc O'Hair (Alexandria, Va.) at 174, Cumberland sophomore Eric McCray (Miami, Fla.) at 184, Cumberland junior Stephen Westbeld (Kettering, Ohio) at 197 and W&J sophomore Ken McDonald (Washington, Pa.) at 285.
W&L will be back on the mat next Saturday morning at 11:00 am when it competes in the Ursinus Quadrangular.
WASHINGTON AND LEE WRESTLERS AT W&L INVITATIONAL
149 POUNDS
Match 1 - Tim Simansky (SU) d. Corey Little (W&L), Fall 2:36
Match 2 - Kurt Lorenz (W&J) d. Corey Little (W&L), Fall 0:21
165 POUNDS
Match 1 - Tim Grover (SU) d. Walter Hoyt (W&L), Fall 2:50
Match 2 - Tom D'Allessio (SU) d. Walter Hoyt (W&L), Fall 5:22
184 POUNDS
Match 1 - Maxwell Courtney (W&L) d. Phil McCormick (W&J), Fall 2:31
Match 2 - Donnie Scruggs (CU) d. Maxwell Courtney (W&L), Maj. Dec. 17-6
Match 3 - Maxwell Courtney (W&L) d. Patrick Scandling (DC), 6-3
Match 4 - Trevor Needham (SU) d. Maxwell Courtney (W&L), 4-2
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