This time, Luke Lilledahl couldn't keep pace with his older, stronger rival.
There would be no dramatic save like in April.
Lilledahl, the Penn State wrestling lightweight NCAA champion, gave up big scoring runs near the end of both of his Final X best-of-three series matches to Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee on Friday, June 19.
Lee pulled away to win both of their matches, even after being down 4-0 to start Round Two, in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Lee won the first match, 7-1, and the second, 8-4.
The defeats denied the ultra-successful Lilledahl his first shot at making the U.S. Senior World Team and competing in the October world championships in Kazakhstan. He also will surely give away his No. 1 world freestyle ranking at 57 kilograms. He took over that top spot after pulling out a scintillating 5-4 victory over the No. 2 Lee in April's U.S. Open in Las Vegas.
There would be no dramatic save like in April.
Lilledahl, the Penn State wrestling lightweight NCAA champion, gave up big scoring runs near the end of both of his Final X best-of-three series matches to Olympic silver medalist Spencer Lee on Friday, June 19.
Lee pulled away to win both of their matches, even after being down 4-0 to start Round Two, in the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Lee won the first match, 7-1, and the second, 8-4.
The defeats denied the ultra-successful Lilledahl his first shot at making the U.S. Senior World Team and competing in the October world championships in Kazakhstan. He also will surely give away his No. 1 world freestyle ranking at 57 kilograms. He took over that top spot after pulling out a scintillating 5-4 victory over the No. 2 Lee in April's U.S. Open in Las Vegas.
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