Fairfax, Va.— The George Mason wrestling team fell to old CAA foe Hofstra, 25-15, inside the RAC.

Hofstra (5-3) had two bonus point matches, along with a medical forfeit. Mason (9-5, 2-1) earned three decisions and one fall.

After Hofstra took a 7-0 lead, Mason got on the board with a Nathan Higley 7-5 decision against Hofstra's Alex Turley at 141 pounds. Higley improves to 10-1.

No. 26 DJ McGee earned a team-leading 21st win (21-3) with a 6-3 Sudden Victory win against Hostra's Jurius Clark, 6-3 SV-1. Halfway through the match, Hofstra's lead was 13-6.

Evan Maag earned a 13-7 decision on Hofstra's Jake Slotnick at 165 lbs to cut the Pride lead to 13-9.   

For the third straight match, Malachi DuVall (184) earned a pin, tying teammate Evan Maag with a team-leading six pins this season.

The heavyweight match pitted two ranked wrestlers, #31 Chad Nix (11-3) and Hofstra's #22 Keaton Kluever. The match was tied at 1-1, before Kluever earned the decision in Sudden Victory.

MATCH RESULTS
125 – Dylan Acevedo (Hof) dec. JB Dragovich (Mason), 4-2; Hofstra leads 3-0
133 – Ryan Arbeit (Hof) MD Shawn Nonaka (Mason), 9-1; Hofstra leads 7-0
141 – Nate Higley (Mason) dec Alex Turley (Hof), 7-5; Hofstra leads 7-3
149 – Noah Tapia (Hofstra) fall Kaden Cassidy (Mason), (6:15), Hofstra leads 13-3
157 – DJ McGee (Mason) dec Jurius Clark (Hofstra), 6-3 SV-1; Hofstra leads13-6
165 – Evan Maag (Mason) dec Jake Slotnick (Hofstra), 13-7; Hofstra leads 13-9
174 – Ross McFarland (Hofstra) dec Sean Coughlin (Mason), 5-0; Hofstra leads 16-9
184 – Malachi DuVall (Mason) falls Will Conlon (Hofstra), (3:16), Hofstra leads 16-15
197 – Nikolas Miller (Hofstra) Med. For. Tyler Kocak (Mason), Hofstra leads 22-15
285 – No. 22 Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) dec No. 31 Chad Nix (Mason); 8-1; Hofstra 25-15

UP NEXT
Mason will be on the road for the next three matches against MAC opponents. The Patriots travels to Ohio to take on the Bobcats, Friday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.