The Haven Magazine Spring 2018
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SPORTS CORNER<br />
Wrestling caps historic season with major awards<br />
Ronnie Perry wrestles PSU’s Zain Retherford during the 149 pound finals match at<br />
the NCAA national finals tournament.<br />
Ronnie Perry was named<br />
the EWL and PSAC Athlete<br />
of the Year and head<br />
coach Scott Moore was<br />
named Coach of the Year<br />
by both leagues<br />
Following what was a historic<br />
season for Lock <strong>Haven</strong><br />
University wrestling, All-<br />
American and national finalist<br />
Ronnie Perry was named both<br />
the Eastern Wrestling League<br />
(EWL) Athlete of the Year and<br />
the Pennsylvania State Athletic<br />
Conference (PSAC) Athlete of<br />
the Year, while LHU head coach<br />
Scott Moore was named both<br />
the EWL and PSAC Coach of<br />
the Year.<br />
Perry capped a remarkable<br />
2017-<strong>2018</strong> run in the national<br />
finals at 149 pounds and Moore<br />
led the Bald Eagles to a historic<br />
season.<br />
For Perry, the season capped a<br />
brilliant Bald Eagle career. <strong>The</strong><br />
Bald Eagles’ redshirt-senior won<br />
a PSAC and EWL title, before<br />
finishing as an All-American<br />
and NCAA Division I finalist. On<br />
the way to becoming LHU’s first<br />
finalist since 1997, Perry took<br />
down the No. 2 seed, a returning<br />
NCAA champion and — in all —<br />
he knocked off three returning<br />
All-Americans at the NCAA<br />
tournament. He also became<br />
the first No. 15 seed in NCAA<br />
tournament history to make the<br />
finals.<br />
Perry’s win in the EWL finals<br />
marked the 100th of his career.<br />
Perry became the 20th member<br />
of LHU’s 100-win club. Perry<br />
closed the season with a 32-4<br />
record and finished with a 104-32<br />
career record. <strong>The</strong> 104 wins are<br />
tied for the 13th most in school<br />
history.<br />
It is without question that<br />
Perry’s career was a major<br />
influence on the resurgence of<br />
the LHU wrestling program. His<br />
magnificent NCAA tournament<br />
run has only added to his legacy<br />
at <strong>The</strong> <strong>Haven</strong>, and helped further<br />
cement the Bald Eagles place<br />
back on the national wrestling<br />
scene.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> season was an amazing<br />
end to my Lock <strong>Haven</strong> career. I<br />
just want to thank my coaches,<br />
teammates and family for<br />
helping me get to the biggest<br />
stage; I couldn’t have done it<br />
without them,” said Perry. “<strong>The</strong><br />
rise of LHU wrestling is for real.<br />
We all saw it this year and it was<br />
an honor to be a part of it.”<br />
LHU finished the regular season<br />
at 12-4 with the 12 wins marking<br />
the most in a single season in<br />
15 years. <strong>The</strong> nationally-ranked<br />
LHU wrestling team crowned<br />
three individual champions and<br />
nine Bald Eagles placed as LHU<br />
powered its way to the <strong>2018</strong><br />
EWL team title. It marked the<br />
second EWL championship in<br />
school history and the first since<br />
the Bald Eagles won the title in<br />
1997.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bald Eagles capped their<br />
special season with a 16th<br />
place finish at the <strong>2018</strong> NCAA<br />
Division I Championships in<br />
Cleveland. Behind two All-<br />
American performances the<br />
Bald Eagles scored 35 points<br />
and placed 16th out of 65 teams.<br />
It marked LHU’s highest finish<br />
since a tie for 19th in 2002.<br />
With Perry (second, 149) and<br />
Chance Marsteller (fourth, 165)<br />
both collecting All-American<br />
honors, the Bald Eagles ran their<br />
all-time program mark to 41<br />
All-Americans. It marked the first<br />
time since 1988 that LHU had<br />
two wrestlers place among the<br />
top-four.<br />
“This past season was a special<br />
one in so many ways and I think<br />
everyone knows now that ‘<strong>The</strong><br />
Rise’ is for real. Our guys worked<br />
so hard and were rewarded with<br />
PSAC and EWL championships,”<br />
said Moore. “To have six national<br />
qualifiers says a lot about where<br />
we are as a program, and we<br />
capped the season with an<br />
amazing national championship<br />
performance. Without question,<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> Rise’ doesn’t happen<br />
without Ronnie Perry. He earned<br />
everything he got and he will go<br />
down as one of the all-time Lock<br />
<strong>Haven</strong> greats.”<br />
Scott Moore celebrates after a win at the NCAA national tournament in Cleveland.<br />
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