#18 Harvard 23, Army 13
at Cornell
January 29, 1999

Christl Arena
West Point, N.Y.

Wt.      Harvard                       Army        Match Score
125 Brandon Rhoades  2           Matt Magennis 3      10-13
133 Matt Picarsic   18 (TF 4:42) Scott Siegfried 2    15-13
141 Dustin DeNunzio 18 (TF 5:30) Charles Russ 3       20-13
149 Joel Friedman    6           Jeremy Singleton 1   23-13
157 Kevin Kurtz      6           Matt Ross 2           3-0
165 Tom Kiler        5           Troy Yegge 10         3-3
174 Luke Goble       8           Maurice Worthy 19     3-7
184 Francis Volpe   15           Joe Letko 3           7-7
197 Brad Soltis     10           Dennis Lockhart 6    10-7
HWT Dawid Rechul     3           Eric Gust 4          10-10

First Match: 157

Team Records: Harvard 4-2, Army 4-3
Attendance: 250

Takedowns: Harvard 18, Army 11
Reversals: Harvard 3, Army 1
Escapes: Harvard 15, Army 15
2-pt. Near Falls: Harvard 4, Army 2
3-pt. Near Falls: Harvard 6, Army 1
Infractions: Harvard 0, Army 0


	WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Back-to-back technical falls by Matt
Picarsic and All-American Dustin DeNunzio helped 18th-ranked Harvard
overcome a late deficit and defeat Army 23-13 at Christl Arena on Friday
night. 
	Army led 13-10 after seven bouts, but Picarsic routed Scott
Siegfried 18-2 at 133 pounds and ninth-ranked DeNunzio's 141-pound match
with Charles Russ was stopped 30 seconds into the third period when
DeNunzio escaped to take an 18-3 lead. The two technical falls gave the
Crimson an insurmountable 20-13 lead with one bout left, and 149-pounder
Joel Friedman turned back Army's Jeremy Singleton 6-1 to secure the
23-13 final.
	Trailing 3-0 after the opening 157-pound match, Army rallied for
seven straight points behind Troy Yegge's 10-5 win over Tom Kiler at 165
and Maurice Worthy's 19-8 major decision over Luke Goble at 174. Worthy,
ranked fourth nationally by InterMat, improved to 13-0 on the season.
	Harvard drew even at 184 pounds, when Francis Volpe outscored
Joe Letko 8-0 in the third period and scored a 15-3 major decision. At
197, Harvard's Brad Soltis snapped a 6-6 tie in the third period with an
escape and a takedown and eventually won 10-6 to give the Crimson a 10-7
lead.
	But the Cadets surged back ahead with consecutive one-point wins
from their heavyweight and their lightweight. In a hard-fought
heavyweight bout between a pair of freshmen, Army's Eric Gust built and
early 3-0 lead but had to hold on for a 4-3 victory. 
	At 125 pounds, Army freshman Matt Magennis picked up a
first-period takedown, but Harvard's Brandon Rhoades countered with a
reversal early in the second period. The final stanza featured no
scoring, but Magennis maintained his early riding advantage and was
awarded a 3-2 victory -- his fifth straight dual meet win. 
	The win by Magennis gave the Cadets a 13-10 lead, but that was
quickly erased by Picarsic and DeNunzio, and Harvard improved to 4-2 on
the season.
	The Cadets, now 4-3, host Boston University, Drexel and
Carson-Newman in a quadrangular meet on Saturday afternoon beginning at
2 p.m. in Christl Arena.
	
	
	
Jon Terry

Assistant Sports Information Director
United States Military Academy
(914) 938-3303

GO O'S in '99