Friday Wrestling results
George Mason at Wilkes Open
Kent State 28, Chattanooga 12
Northwestern 19, Lock Haven 13
Edinboro 46, Gannon 4
Oregon State 28, Northern Illinois 12
Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments
Kent State Gets the Fourth Win in Eight Days, Beating Chattanooga 28-12
Kent, OHIO- The Kent State Wrestling team earned their fourth win in five duals with a big 28-12 victory over UT Chattanooga on Friday night to improve its record to 5-3 so far this season.
The Flashes won six bouts and recorded three wins by fall in the contest. The first came at the 149-pound weight class, where freshman
Silas Stits scored a pin in the third round over Will Anderson(Chattanooga) to earn six points for the home team.
The next pin came from Chris Earnest(165), who competed in his first dual action of the season against Mason Reiniche. He was able to secure the fall in the final second of the match to bring the energy and earn another six points for the Blue and Gold.
Ethan Barr(174) pinned Kamdyn Munro(Chattanooga) towards the end of the first round in the next match to get the third and final pin of the night for KSU.
Blake Schaffer(197) won the only Major Decision of the meet as he defeated Tre McTorry III(Chattanooga) by a score of 14-6. Nick Molchak scored a takedown in sudden victory for the Flashes to defeat Bryce Luna(Chattanooga) 5-2.
Reese Stephen(157) won the other decision of the night for the home team, taking down Cavarius Liddie(Chattanooga) by a score of 6-4.
Up Next
The Flashes will have a quick turnaround as they host the second Kent State Open inside the MAC Center starting at 9:30 A.M. before the start of the holiday break.
Edinboro Wrestling Scores Dual Victory Over Gannon
Edinboro, Pa. – The Edinboro men's wrestling team scored a dominant 46-4 victory over visiting Gannon Friday night inside McComb Fieldhouse.
The Scots came out scoring early and often, picking up bonus points in eight of nine victories on the night.
Chris Vargo started the barrage for the Scots, scoring a 17-2 tech fall over Kenny Schmitz with 19 seconds left in the first period.
Landon Bainey followed that at 133 with a 9-3 decision over Carter Beck, extending the team lead to 8-0.
Jacob Brenneman built a 12-0 lead in the first and scored a takedown 44 seconds into the second period to claim a 15-0 tech fall or Luke Mentzer.
Ryan Michaels scored a tech of his own over Kenny Kiser 22-7 at the 6:48 mark of the match. At 157,
Garrett McChesney used 6:06 to score his tech fall 19-4 over Caleb Butterfield, making the score 23-0 Edinboro at the intermission.
Ryan Burgos started the second half of the dual with a jolt, pinning Christian Scheller in just 52 seconds.
Tate Geiser put up the fifth Fighting Scot tech fall of the night, 20-5 over Dillon Walker in 6:04.
Jared McGill wasted no time scoring a fall of Kellen Buggey in 51 seconds. At 197,
Brody Evans also picked up a first-period fall in 1:30 over Gaetano Savelli. At 285, Gannon's Dorian Crosby notched a 15-3 major decision over
Aden Roe.
The Scots return to action on Saturday when they travel to Pitt for a 2 p.m. dual with the Panthers inside Fitzgerald Fieldhouse.
