Rebuilding is a term that’s often shied away from in sports. The opposite is true, however, for the Gannon University wrestling team, which featured five redshirt freshmen in its 20-19 loss to Kutztown University Saturday. The Knights also dropped a 23-13 decision to rival Mercyhurst University on the road Thursday to move their record to [...]
The 13 freshmen that scatter the roster of the Gannon University wrestling team this season have done anything but take down the squad. With their first duel meet of the season coming Wednesday against Penn State Du Bois in the Hammermill Center, the Knights are leaning on the first-year grapplers to fill the void left [...]
The Gannon University wrestling team struggled to duplicate its opening tournament success as the Knights competed in their second tournament of the season at the Binghamton Open Sunday. The team’s first tournament in Buffalo on Nov. 6, went well according to Coach Don Henry, though he said he was not pleased with the results of [...]
Winning isn’t only resigned to Charlie Sheen these days. The No. 15 Gannon University wrestling team showed off its tiger blood as it was able to finish third out of 13 teams in the NCAA Division II Super Regional One held at the Carneval Athletic Pavilion Feb. 25-26. It was the first time in program [...]
The Gannon University wrestling team proved once that it’s still top-dog inside the Hammermill Center. The Knights defended their home mat for the last time this season with a 28-12 victory over West Liberty State College Saturday after losing their previous contest in the ‘mill to Shippensburg University. Gannon, which now boasts a 7-2-1 record, [...]
The men’s and women’s basketball teams aren’t the only ones learning how to rebound this season. After losing its first home match since the 2008-09 season, the Gannon University wrestling team bounced back, defeating Shippensburg University 27-7 on the road Saturday. “We needed to make a point,” said coach Don Henry. “We had to show [...]
Milestones have been easy to come by for the No. 14 nationally ranked Gannon University’s wrestling team this year. After going 1-0-1 against nationally ranked opponents and beating Mercyhurst College for the second year in a row on Thursday, the Knights were able to add another accomplishment to their already-successful 5-2-1 season. Redshirt senior Zack [...]
The Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t played each other this many times. The Michigan and Ohio State university football rivalry games aren’t even close in numbers. Gannon University and Mercyhurst College basketball teams set the bar as the men’s and women’s squads will meet for the 135th combined time in program history when the [...]
Marvel Comics should take another look at who they want playing the Fantastic Four because the Thing and the Human Torch may just find themselves out of a job. Stan Lee may instead choose four wrestlers from the No. 3 regionally ranked Gannon University wrestling team as junior Jose Matos, redshirt senior Zack McKendree, redshirt [...]
The Gannon University wrestling team opened its season at the University of Buffalo Open Sunday. The Knights had three wrestlers place fourth in a tournament featuring more than 200 entrants from Division I, II and III schools, as freshman Adam Weinell, redshirt senior Zack McKendree and senior Chris Daniels all took top honors for Gannon. [...]