March 1 , 2008
Contact: Leah Melichar
Limestone College Sports Information
Phone: 864-488-8219
lmelichar@limestone.edu

LIMESTONE’S SCANLAN NAMED NCAA DIVISION II EAST REGION TOURNAMENT’S OUTSTANDING WRESTLER; SAINTS FINISH 6TH

JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Limestone College’s Dan Scanlan (Leesburg, Va.) went 3-0 at the 2008 NCAA Division II East Region tournament to win the 184-lbs. title and secure the Outstanding Wrestler Award. As a team, the Saints finished sixth in the 13-team tournament. The event was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown in the Pittsburgh-Johnstown Sports Center.

Scanlan will advance to the NCAA Division II National Tournament hosted by Upper Iowa University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 14-15. Trey Moss (Red Bank, S.C.) will be Limestone’s other representative at the tournament after he took third in the heavyweight division.

Joby Schreckhise (Grottoes, Va.) finished fourth at 174 lbs., but lost to Chris Gibbs of West Liberty State in the true-fourth place match.  Mikel Bush (Lakewood, N.Y.) finished fifth at 157 lbs. David Bush (Lakewood, N.Y.) also finished fifth in the 197-pound weight class.

Newberry College battled back after trailing Pittsburgh- Johnstown after day one of the East Regional Wrestling Tournament to dethrone the Mountain Cats and claim their first NCAA Division II East Regional Wrestling Championship on Saturday afternoon. 

Mercyhurst placed third with 87 team points, followed by Gannon University (83.5), West Liberty State (83.5 points) and Limestone (62.5 points).  Belmont Abbey College and Shippensburg University tied for seventh with 47 points apiece.  Kutztown University (43 points), UNC-Pembroke (42 points), Anderson University (14.5 points), St. Andrews Presbyterian College (14.5 points) and American International University rounded out the 13-team field. 

Plc Score School CH CO 1 2 3 4 5 6
FINAL STANDINGS
1 129.5 Newberry College 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 0
2 121.0 Pitt Johnstown 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2
3 87.0 Mercyhurst College 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0
4 83.5 Gannon University 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1
   83.5 West Liberty State College 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1
6 62.5 Limestone College 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
7 47.0 Belmont Abbey College 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1
47.0 Shippensburg University 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
9 43.0 Kutztown University 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
10 42.0 UNC-Pembroke 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
11 14.5 Anderson University 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
14.5 St. Andrews College 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 3.0 American International College 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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