The Patriots move to 6-2 (2-1 MAC) this season after splitting two MAC duals today.

Mason edged Edinboro, 21-19 in a Noon match today, then dropped a 22-14 match at Cleveland State later this evening.

Edinboro won the first match at 125 pounds to take a 3-0 lead, but Mason would win the next four matches and take a commanding 18-3 lead halfway through the match. The Fighting Scots fought back with decisions in four of the final five matches. 

In a pivotal match at 174, graduate student Tony Lombardo edged Jacob Oliver, the second-ranked wrestler in the MAC in that weight class, 7-5. The Patriots lead was its largest of the match, 21-6, but not insurmountable. The Fighting Scots earned two straight technical falls to cut the Mason lead to 21-16 going into the heavyweight match. Edinboro's Jon Spaulding, ranked third in the MAC at heavyweight, defeated Mason's Jake Slinger, 12-8, but with only three points earned, the Patriots won the match.

In a match that had four lead changes and one tie, Cleveland State defeated Mason 22-14. 

After the Vikings earned the first points of the match, freshman Josh Jones (133) defeated Justin Patrick, 7-5 SV, to cut into the lead, 4-3. At 149, Colston DiBlasi earned a technical fall, 15-0 (7:00) against Gus Sutton giving the Patriots its first lead, 8-7. The Vikings took the lead briefly, 10-8, after Nico O'Dor handed Mason's Kolby Ho his first setback in eight dual matches this season with a 5-2 decision. Mason's Tony Lombardo would give the Patriots its last lead, 14-10, after an 8-1 decision over Chase Archangelo. The Vikings won the last three matches for the win.
 
MATCH POINTS

• Edinboro, ranked ninth in the Coaches MAC rankings just ahead of Mason (10^th).
• Freshman Josh Jones won both matches today. He has won seven of the last eight matches, two by fall and three by major decision.
• R-Sr. Alex Madrigal split the two matches today. He won nine straight matches before dropping a 4-2 decision to CSU's Evan Cheek, to improve to 14-6, 5-2 in duals.
• After losing his first two dual matches of the season, R-Jr. Colston DiBlasi has won five straight duals and nine of his last 10 matches.
• Sophomore Kolby Ho split the two matches today.  It was Ho's first setback in dual matches and is 15-6 overall, 7-1 in duals.
• Neil Schuster lost a close decision, 7-6, to Edinboro's Derek Ciavarro, breaking his four-match win-streak. He bounced back in the match at CSU with a 6-2 decision against Riley Smucker.

GEORGE MASON 21, EDINBORO 19
125 lbs. – Lucas Rodriguez (EU) dec. Talha Farooq (MASON), 9-2 (EU leads 3-0)
133 lbs. – Josh Jones (MASON) fall over Richie Gomez (EU), 1:46 (GMU leads 6-3)
141 lbs. – Alex Madrigal (MASON) fall over Nate Hagan (EU), 4:29 (GMU leads 12-3) 
149 lbs. – Colston DiBlasi (MASON) dec. Tyler Vath (EU), 4-0 (GMU leads 15-3)
157 lbs. – Kolby Ho (MASON) dec. Peter Pappas (EU), 7-6 tb2 (GMU leads 18-3)
165 lbs. – Derek Ciavarro (EU) dec. Neil Schuster (MASON), 7-6 (GMU leads 18-6)
174 lbs. – Anthony Lombardo (MASON) dec. Jacob Oliver (EU), 7-5 (GMU leads 21-6) 
184 lbs. – Cody Mulligan (EU) tech. fall Paul Pierce (MASON), 24-9, 7:00 (GMU leads 21-11)
197 lbs. – Dylan Reynolds (EU) tech. fall Ramses Montalvo (MASON), 18-2, 6:37 (GMU leads 21-16)
Hwt. – Jon Spaulding (EU) dec. Jake Slinger (MASON), 12-8 (GMU leads 21-19)
 
Cleveland State 22, George Mason 14
125: Logan Heil (CSU) over Talha Farooq (Mason) - 18-5 MD | CSU leads, 4-0
133: Josh Jones (Mason) over Justin Patrick (CSU) - 7-5 SV | CSU leads, 4-3
141: Evan Cheek (CSU) over Alex Madrigal (Mason) - 4-2 dec. | CSU leads, 7-3
149: Colston DiBlasi (Mason) over Gus Sutton (CSU) - 15-0 TF 7:00 | GMU leads, 8-7
157: Nico O'Dor (CSU) over Kolby Ho (Mason) - 5-2 dec. | CSU leads, 10-8
165: Neil Schuster (Mason) over Riley Smucker (CSU) - 6-2 dec. | GMU leads, 11-10
174: Anthony Lombardo (Mason) over Chase Archangelo (CSU) - 8-1 dec. | GMU leads, 14-10
184: DeAndre Nassar (CSU) over Ali Salem (Mason) - 17-4 MD | Tied, 14-14
197: Ben Smith (CSU) over Ramses Montalvo (Mason) - 22-7 TF 7:00 | CSU leads, 19-14
285: John Kelbly (CSU) over Jake Slinger (Mason) - 3-2 dec. | CSU wins, 22-14
 
UP NEXT
 
The Patriots travel to Buffalo to finish the three-match weekend against the Bulls Sunday at 1 p.m.