FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason wrestling team competed in the Green-Gold Wrestle-Offs on Saturday at the George Mason Field House, with the gold team earning a 21-20 victory.

In the first match of the afternoon, freshman Zac Feight scored a takedown with a minute to go in the first period to take the lead over junior Justin Yorkdale. 

Yorkdale tied the score with an escape early in the second, but Feight scored with a takedown with 30 seconds left in the period to take a 4-2 lead. 

Yorkdale battled to tie the match 5-5 and again at 7-7 to force overtime, where he notched a 9-7 decision.

Freshman Kolby Ho, who wrestled two matches on the day, recorded a 20-6 technical fall over classmate Ali Salem in his first bout to give the green team a 5-3 match score lead.

In match three, redshirt sophomore Talha Farooq led 5-3 after the first period and 8-4 going into the third over junior Spencer Reed.  A 10-5 decision by Farooq put the gold team back in front, 6-5.

Freshman Paul Pierce saw his first action, building a 4-1 first-period lead over redshirt sophomore Devin Rolon on his way to a 9-2 decision to make the score 9-5 team gold.

Redshirt sophomore Lio Quezada started quick with a takedown midway through the first and added four near-fall points to take a 6-0 lead over freshman Nick Lilley in the fifth match of the day. 

Quezada went on to earn a 9-2 decision to cut the team gold lead to 9-8.

In a defensive match in the sixth bout of the day, redshirt sophomore Eli Spencer scored a takedown against freshman Alex Donahue with under 10 seconds left in the first period. 

Spencer added to his total with an escape early in the second and a takedown early in the third to make the score 5-0.  He posted a 6-0 decision to propel the green team into the lead, 11-9.

The heavyweights clashed in match seven, with redshirt senior Matthew Voss, who ranks 12th nationally by InterMat, winning by technical fall, 19-4, over freshman Ramses Montalvo.  
 
With the gold team holding a 14-11 advantage, freshman Mel Ortiz earned a fall over Farooq at 1:35 of the first period in the eighth match of the day to put the green team back in front, 17-14.

In match nine, redshirt sophomore Philip Stolfi took a 3-2 lead against Rolon with a reversal late in the first period and never looked back.  Stolfi made it 5-2 with another reversal early in the second and went on to an 8-2 decision for team gold to even the match 17-17.

In the 10th match, redshirt senior Tejon Anthony registered three takedowns against Justin Yorkdale and took a 6-2 lead into the second period on his way to a 14-7 decision.

Team green led 20-17 going into the final match.    
 
In the last bout, Ho built an 8-4 advantage over junior Ryan Yorkdale in the first period and went on to a 22-10 major decision to give the gold team a 21-20 victory in the match.

The gold team won last year's Green-Gold Wrestle-Offs 24-20.

The Patriots begin the season against VMI on Friday, Nov. 2 with the match scheduled for 7 p.m. in Lexington, Va.

Team Gold 21, Team Green 20

Match 1:  Justin Yorkdale (Gold) overtime decision over Zac Feight (Green), 9-7 | 3-0 Gold
Match 2:  Kolby Ho (Green) technical fall over Ali Salem (Gold), 20-6 | 5-3 Green
Match 3:  Talha Farooq (Gold) decision over Spencer Reed (Green), 10-5 | 6-5 Gold
Match 4:  Paul Pierce (Gold) decision over Devin Rolon (Green), 9-2 | 9-5 Gold
Match 5:  Lio Quezada (Green) decision over Nick Lilley (Gold), 9-2 |  9-8 Gold 
Match 6:  Eli Spencer (Green) decision over Alex Donahue (Gold), 6-0 | 11-9 Green
Match 7:  Matthew Voss (Gold) technical fall over Ramses Montalvo (Green), 19-4 (5:29) | 14-11 Gold
Match 8:  Mel Ortiz (Green) fall over Talha Farooq (Gold), 1:35 | 17-14 Green
Match 9:  Philip Stolfi (Gold) decision over Devin Rolon (Green), 8-2 | 17-17
Match 10:  Tejon Anthony (Green) decision over Justin Yorkdale (Gold), 14-7 | 20-17 Green
Match 11:  Kolby Ho (Gold) major decision over Ryan Yorkdale (Green), 22-10 | 21-20