MASON WRESTLE-OFFS
Black vs. Grey
WHEN:  Friday, Oct. 29 | 7 p.m.
WHERE:  Recreation Athletic Complex, Fairfax, Va.
LIVE VIDEO:  ESPN+

FAIRFAX, Va. -- The George Mason wrestling team will host wrestle-offs Friday night at 7 p.m. in the RAC. The event is open to the public and admission is free.
 
Wrestle-offs provide fans a firsthand look at the Patriots 2021-22 roster.
 
Head Coach Frank Beasley will provide commentary during the matches. Junior Josh Jones and senior Paul Pierce will coach the two teams.
 
Mason opens up the 2021-22 season at the South East Open, Sunday, Nov. 7 in Roanoke, Va.

MATCH SLATE
Black singlet vs Grey singlet 
Match 1 – 133 pounds – Cole Anders vs. Pat Schellpfeffer
Match 2 – 141 pounds – Nate Higley vs. Kaden Cassidy
Match 3 – 165 pounds – Anthony Robinson vs Tyler Kocak
Match 4 – 165 pounds – Loranzo Rajaonarievlo vs Drew Dickson
Match 5 – 125 pounds – Josh Pence vs Ben Monn
Match 6 – 133 pounds – Luke Albanese vs Michael Rapuano
Match 7 – 133 pounds – Anthony Glasl vs winner of match 1
Match 8 – 141 pounds – Nate Higley vs Shawn Nonaka
Match 9 – 149 pounds – Kalob Jewett vs Alex Madrigal
Match 10 – 174 pounds – Logan Messer vs Jeremy Seymour
Match 11 – 197/285 pounds – Jon List vs Ramses Montalvo
Match 12 – 133 pounds – 3^rd place match at 133 pounds
Match 13 – 133 pounds – Championship match at 133 pounds
Match 14 – 141 pounds – Kaden Cassidy vs Shawn Nonaka
Match 15 – 165 pounds – 3^rd place match at 165 pounds
Match 16 – 165 pounds – Championship match at 165 pounds
 
Wrestle Off Preview by Coach Beasley
 
125 – Ben Monn and Josh Pence
Monn is a freshman who finished 3-3 last season with a win over a former national qualifier.  He is a three-time Pennsylvania AAA state place-winner for Cumberland Valley high school. Pence is a true freshman from nearby Robinson High School.  He is a 2021 Virginia 6A State Champion and finished third in the state as a junior.
 
133 – Luke Albanese, Cole Anders, Anthony Glasl, Michael Rapuano, and Pat Schellpfeffer
Albanese and Anders are freshman who did not see any action in the short season last year.  Albanese is a Massachusetts State Champion and three time top-three place finisher in the Massachusetts State tournament.  Anders is a three-time state finalist in Virginia and two-time state champion.
 
Glasl is a freshman who was the starter at this weight last season and won the team academic award.  He made a huge jump since last season.  In high school, he was a three-time Pennsylvania state place winner.
 
Rapuano is a true freshman from Connecticut who was unable to compete in a New England State Championships last year due to COVID-19.  The previous two seasons, he finished 3^rd in the New England State Championships. 
 
Schellpfeffer is a freshman who wrestled two bouts last year.  He was a three-time North Carolina state qualifier in high school.
 
141 – Kaden Cassidy, Nate Higley, and Shawn Nonaka
Cassidy makes his long-awaited debut.  He committed to Mason in 2018 during his junior season.  He grey shirted last season and is a true freshman this year.  He was a Pennsylvania State Champion and finished third in his other two appearances at the state tournament.  In addition, he was a top 100 recruit nationally.
 
Higley is a true freshman.  He was a three-time Pennsylvania state place winner, finishing runner-up this past season.
 
Nonaka is a redshirt freshman who started for us last season at the conference championships.
 
149 – Kalob Jewett and Alex Madrigal
Jewett is a redshirt freshman who missed last season with an injury.  He redshirted the previous season as he transferred in that spring.
 
Madrigal is a graduate student who qualified for the NCAA Championships twice and was an NCAA Alternate. He was the nations technical fall leader in 2019-2020.
 
165 – Drew Dickson, Tyler Kocak, Loranzo Rajaonarievlo, and Anthony Robinson
Dickson is a redshirt freshman who missed last season with an injury.  He competed in several open tournaments the previous season.
 
Tyler Kocak is a freshman who wrestled a couple of matches last season.  In high school, he was a state place winner in Pennsylvania.
 
Rajaonarievlo is a redshirt freshman.  He did not compete in any matches last season.
 
Robinson is a redshirt freshman.  He competed in just one match last season but placed in the East Stroudsburg Open the previous season.
 
174 – Logan Messer and Jeremy Seymour
Messer is a true freshman who was a top 100 recruit this past season.  He was an Ohio large school state champion as a senior, did not have a state tournament as a junior, had an injury as a sophomore and placed 5^th in Ohio as a freshman.
 
Seymour is a sophomore who did not compete in any matches last year.  He saw time in our starting lineup his first year on campus.
 
197/285 – Jon List and Ramses Montalvo
List is a true freshman.  He was a two-time Ohio big school state place winner as a senior and sophomore (there was no state tournament in Ohio his junior year because of COVID).
 
Montalvo is a redshirt sophomore who has seen time in our lineup in the past at both 197 and heavyweight.