Taylor, Kemerer and Wright Claim Titles at Edinboro OpenTaylor, Kemerer and Wright Claim Titles at Edinboro Open

Taylor, Kemerer and Wright Claim Titles at Edinboro Open

Feb. 13, 2010

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Eleven members of the Penn State wrestling team headed north to take part in the 2010 Edinboro Open and eight of that group earned places at the event. Red-shirts David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio), Jake Kemerer (Greensburg, Pa.) and Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.) all earned titles.

Each of Penn State's entrants was unattached at the non-traditional tournament and, since bouts were not of regulation length (six minutes with three separate two-minute periods instead of seven minutes); none of the results count on the wrestlers records.

Taylor stormed through the 157-pound weight class to claim his third Open title of the year, getting two pins in the process. Kemerer was a perfect 4-0 at 165 with a pin and a major to win the crown, his first Open title of the year. Wright went 4-0 at 184 with one pin to win the crown, his third of the year as well.

Freshman James Vollrath (Richboro, Pa.) was solid at 157 as well, taking third with a pin and two majors. His only loss was to Taylor. Nick Fischer (Unionville, Pa.) also had a good tournament, going 3-2 to take fourth at 157. He lost to Vollrath in the consolation finals. Freshman Tom Reynolds (Skillman, N.J.) placed fourth at 133 with a 4-2 mark, losing in the consolation finals. Freshman James English (York, Pa.) went 5-2 at 149 to take fourth, falling in the conso finals as well. Freshman Ed Ruth (Harrisburg, Pa.) took second place at 184, defeating red-shirting Edinboro star Chris Honeycutt in the semifinals before losing in overtime to teammate Wright in the finals. Ruth went 3-1 on the day.

Three other Nittany Lions competed at the event. Junior Eric Caschera (South Williamsport, Pa.) went 1-2 at 125, freshman Jarret Freeman (Laurelton, N.Y.) went 0-2 at 149 and freshman Eric Resch (Lititz, Pa.) was 1-2 at 165.

Penn State is now 13-5-1 on the year, 5-2 in Big Ten duals, and riding a four-dual win streak. Michigan State now sits at 8-6-1, 2-4 Big Ten. The Nittany Lions close out the regular season at No. 5 Minnesota on Friday, Feb. 19, in an 8 p.m. (Eastern) dual in Minneapolis. All Penn State events will once again air live on Forever Broadcasting's WRSC (1390 AM) or 3WZ (95.3 FM) and on www.GoPSUsports.com as well. The 2009-10 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline.