No. 12 Lehigh Defeats Stanford, 30-9

STANFORD, Calif. - Lehigh University (3-2) won each of the final six matches to post a 30-9 non-conference win over host Stanford University (0-4) on Monday night at Burnham Pavilion.

In the featured match of the night, Lehigh's John Van Doren (Somerville, NJ/Somerville HS) defeated Stanford's Scott Chapman (Twin Peaks, CA/Rim of the World HS) 6-1 at 177 pounds. Van Doren finished third at the 1996-97 NCAA Championships at 177 pounds, while Chapman finished ninth at 167 pounds. Van Doren improved to 12-1 on the year, while Chapman made his 1997-98 debut after sustaining an elbow injury in October.

The Engineers and Cardinal were tied at 9-9 after four matches, including a second-round pin by the Cardinal's Zach Zimmerer (Billings, MT/Billings Central HS) at 126 pounds. But 12th-ranked Lehigh won the final six matches, five of them by decision and one by forfeit, to pull away.

Stanford returns to action on Wednesday, January 7 when it hosts the University of Pennsylvania at 7 p.m.

    118 - Mike Sferra (LU) pinned Levi Weikel-Magden, 3:51; 
    126 - Zach Zimmerer (STAN) pinned James Hamfeldt, 4:51; 
    134 - Dan Tashner (LU) dec. Jason Talbott, 9-5; 
    142 - Beau Weiner (STAN) dec. Ryan Bernholz, 9-4; 
    150 - Chris Ayres (LU) dec. B.J. Sanchez, 4-0; 
    158 - Travis Doto (LU) dec. Doug Bardsley, 6-0; 
    167 - Mark Dufresne (LU) dec. Jeff Grant, 7-2; 
    177 - John Van Doren (LU) dec. Scott Chapman, 6-1; 
    190 - Glauco Lolli-Ghetti (LU) dec. Tim Kendall, 9-7;
    HWT - Bill Closson (LU) won by forfeit.
    Records - Lehigh 3-2, Stanford 0-4.

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