Following a furious stretch that saw the Penn State boxing team fight four times in four weekends in gyms from Mansfield, Pa., to Las Vegas, the club ended their road trip Saturday in Lock Haven.

Penn State sent three boxers to the Lock Haven Invitational this weekend and came away with two wins. Luke Runion, Jim Neely and Randy Dalbey put on the gloves as the team's regular season winds down before the regional championships in mid-March.

Dalbey, who squared off against Lock Haven's Gus Puggliese, lost a decision in just his second fight of the year. Puggliese's experience combined with the fact that Dalbey had jumped up a weight class to 139 pounds, proved too much for the young fighter.

"He didn't look good at all," coach Bill Wrable. "He wasn't using his hand and foot speed, and he was getting tied up inside."

One thing that Wrable said disappointed him was how all the fighters lacked the attention to details that they have stressed all season.

"If they would only do the basic drills. It's making a difference in these fights," he said. "They're in shape. Nobody was really tired, we won the last round of every fight."

Runion, the team's heavyweight, battled Dwayne Mantle of Army and won a close decision despite being outsized by his opponent. Going into the fight, Runion had a game-plan to chop down the 6-foot-5 Mantle with body shots and cut off the ring, and he credited his good conditioning for allowing him to finish off the bout.

"I just stayed aggressive because I knew he was a guy from Army and he was going to be in good shape and I would have to outpoint him," Runion said. "I feel like I am in perfect shape right now for boxing. At the very last round I have enough energy so that it comes down to only a matter of whether or not I want it, and I have to suck it up."

Neely, who was part of the contingent that represented Penn State in the Reno Invitational last weekend, picked up a win in his match against Jeremy Enck of Mansfield at 165 pounds. Although he won, Wrable thought Neely looked better in a contest he lost at Vegas. Despite absorbing every right hand that Enck threw, Neely took the fight in a close decision.

Currently the team is getting set to host the PSU Open this weekend at the White Building. With as many as nine Penn State fighters on the card, it will go a long way to determining who will have momentum going into regionals.