FAIRFAX,
Va. - The George Mason wrestling team dropped two duals in
the Patriot Classic against Brown University (20-16) and Cleveland State (20-15)
Friday. With the losses Mason drops to 2-8 on the
season. Brown went undefeated in the Classic and Cleveland State went 1-1.
In Mason's first dual of the night, Brown got out to
an early 6-0 lead with decision wins in the 125 and 133 weight classes.
Sahid Kargbo cut Brown's lead in half with an 8-1 decision
win over Zachary Tananbaum at 141. In the next match, Greg Flournoy tied the
dual at 6-6 with his 7-4 decision win over Grant Overcashier.
Brown regained the lead with an 8-4 decision win
over Jaaziah Bethea at 157. Brown now led the dual 9-6.
Brown's lead would be short lived after Ty Knepp at
165 pinned Zack Kulczycki four minutes and nineteen seconds into their match. For
the first time, Mason now led the dual 12-9.
At 174, Giuseppi Lanzi tied the dual up at 12-12 for
Brown with his 8-2 decision win over Seth Robertson. Brown gained the lead for the
third time of the night with a major decision win from Ophir Bernstein at the 184
weight class.
Brown added four points to the board with Sterling
Hecox's major decision win over Matt Meadows. With the major decision win at
197 Brown clenched the dual win and the score now stood at 20-12. Jake Kettler
added four more points to close the deficit for Mason with his major decision
win over Marcos Aranda for a final score of 20-16.
Mason squared off against Cleveland State in their second
and final dual of the night. Cleveland State took an early 7-0 lead with a
major decision and decision win in the 125 and 133 weight classes,
respectively.
At the 141 weight class, Kargo put Mason on the
board for the first time with his 7-4 decision win over Daniel King. Cleveland
State forfeited the 149 match giving Mason a 9-7 lead.
Cleveland State regained the lead with a decision win
at 157. The Patriots now trailed the Vikings by one, 10-9. Cleveland State
extended their lead to 17-9 with a decision and major decision win at the 165
and 174 weight classes, respectively.
Ryan Hembury added three more points to bring the
Patriots within five, with his 5-3 decision win over Robert Blankenship.
After a hard fought match that decided the dual,
Kettler was eventually defeated by a 5-2 decision by Riley Shaw giving
Cleveland State the dual win, 20-15.
In a match that riding time was the decider, Meadows
pulled out a decision to put the Patriots back in contention for the dual win.
Mason now only trailed by two heading into the last match which would decide
the dual winner.
Mason returns to the mat when they host the Colonial
Athletic Association duals at the Field House, January 19th.
Brown
20, George Mason 16
125 - Billy
Watterson (Brown) dec. Rich Lavorato (GMU) (10-4) (3-0, Brown)
133 - Anthony
Finocchiaro (Brown) dec. Zac Isenhour (GMU) (9-3) (6-0, Brown)
141 - Sahid Kargbo
(GMU) dec. Zachary Tanenbaum (Brown) (8-1) (6-3, Brown)
149 - Greg Flournoy
(GMU) dec. Grant Overcashier (Brown) (7-4) (6-6, Tied)
157 - CJ Howard
(Brown) dec. Jaaziah Bethea (GMU) (8-4) (9-6, Brown)
165 - Ty Knepp (GMU)
fall Zack Kulczycki (Brown) (4:19) (12-9, GMU)
174 - Giuseppi
Lanzi (Brown) dec. Seth Robertson (GMU) (8-2) (12-12, Tied)
184 - Ophir
Bernstein (Brown) maj. dec. Ryan Hembury (GMU) (11-0) (16-12, Brown)
197 - Sterling
Hecox (Brown) maj. dec. Matt Meadows (GMU) (14-3) (20-12, Brown)
285 - Jake Kettler
(GMU) maj. dec. Marcos Aranda (Brown) (14-3) (20-16, Brown)
George
Mason 15, Cleveland State 20
125 - Ben
Willieford (CSU) maj. dec. Rich Lavorato (GMU) (12-4) (4-0, CSU)
133 - Michael Carline
(CSU) dec. Zac Isenhour (GMU) (8-3) (7-0, CSU)
141 - Sahid Kargbo
dec. (GMU) Daniel King (CSU) (7-4) (7-3, CSU)
149 - Greg Flournoy
(GMU) forfeit (9-7, Mason)
157 - Matt Donohoe
(CSU) dec. Jaaziah Bethea (GMU) (9-2) (10-9, CSU)
165 - Corey Carlo
(CSU) dec. Ty Knepp (GMU) (9-4) (13-9, CSU)
174 - Xavier Dye
(CSU) maj. dec. Seth Robertson (GMU) (15-6) (17-9, CSU)
184 - Ryan Hembury
(GMU) dec. Robert Blankenship (CSU) (5-3) (17-12, CSU)
197 - Matt Meadows
(GMU) dec. Nick Anthony (CSU) (2-1) (17-15, CSU)
285 - Riley Shaw
(CSU) dec. Jake Kettler (GMU) (5-2) (20-15, CSU)
