FINAL RESULTS

Athens, Ohio -- George Mason had five wrestlers place in the 13-team Mid-American Conference Championships this weekend at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio.
  
Senior Kyle Davis (184) earned a third-place finish, the highest ever placer for Mason at a MAC Championship. Davis had an opportunity to take one of the two automatic bids to nationals at 184 pounds for the conference. Davis defeated Cleveland State's Nassar in the third-place match today earning the right to wrestle for a true second place. Kent State's Colin McCracken got off to a 4-0 start on Davis in the first period en route to taking the match, 9-4.
 
In his first MAC Championship freshman Logan Messer finished fourth, the Patriots second-best finish in the MAC tournament in the three-year history for Mason. In six matches, the 174-pounder defeated four different opponents, but dropped two close matches to Buffalo's Jay Nivison, 3-1 in overtime, and a 4-3 decision. He owns an impressive 27-9 record in his first season.
 
Grad student Alex Madrigal finished sixth at 149 pounds. A medical forfeit knocked him out of the semi-final match, but he returned to face Buffalo's John Arceri in the wrestlebacks. Arceri edged Madrigal with a 3-2 decision.
 
Avery Bassett was the seventh-place finisher at 157 pounds. The freshman won an 8-1 decision in the seventh-place match against Cole McComas from Rider.

George Mason wrestling team concluded the season with an 11-place finish in the 13-team conference.
 
Mason will have to wait until the NCAA Division I Wrestling Selection Show on Wednesday, March 9th for any NCAA at-large bids. The show will be streamed at 6 ET on NCAA.com. 
  
184:  Kyle Davis (9-6) – 3^rd Place
Championship First Rd. -- Davis MD Buridano Stolfi (Bloom), 10-0
Championship Qtrs Davis dec. Ethan Ducca (Edin), 9-4
Championship Semi: Wilson (NOIL) MD Davis, 9-1
Davis dec. Wohlabaugh (Clar), 6-4
3^rd Place Match: Davis dec. DeAndre Nassar (Cleve), 3-1 SV-1
True second: McCrackin dec. Davis, 9-4

174:  Logan Messer  – 4^th Place
Championship First Rd -- Messer MD Matt Benedetti (Bloom), 12-3
Championship Qtrs -- Jay Nivison (Buf) dec. Messer, 3-1 SV-1
Consolation -- Messer dec. Shane Reitsman (Rider), 3-2
Messer dec. Anthony Rice (Clev), 3-1, SV-1
Messer dec. John Worthing (Clar), 9-3
3^rd Place Match: Jay Nivison (Buff) dec. Messer, 4-3

149: #21 Alex Madrigal -- 6^th Place 
Championship First Rd -- Madrigal MD Cade Balestrini (Bloom), 10-2
Championship Qtrs -- Alex Madrigal Alec Hagan (Ohio), 6-4 SV-1 
Championship Semi-final: Kody Komara (Kent) dec Alex Madrigal medical forfeit (5:34)
John Arceri (Buf) dec. Madrigal, 3-2
Fifth place match: Dashawn Farber (Lock) medical forfeit Madrigal

157:  Avery Bassett  – 7^th Place
Championship First Rd.-- Bassett dec. PJ Gohn (Edin), 4-2
Championship Qtrs -- Ben Barton (Lock) MD Avery Bassett, 10-1
Consolation -- Bassett tech fall Kyle Schickel (Clar), (6:49) 
Anthony Gibson (NOIL) dec. Bassett, 9-5
7^th Place Match: Basset dec. Cole McComas (Rider), 8-1

141:  #32 Kaden Cassidy – 8^th Place 
Bye
Championship Qtrs -- Seth Koleno (Clarion) dec. Cassidy, 8-6, SV-1
Consolation -- Kaden Cassidy dec. Alec Hagan (Ohio), 6-3 
Saul Ervin (SIEU) dec. Kaden Cassidy, 4-3
7^th place match: Newell (Kent) dec. Cassidy, 5-3