Fairfax, Va.— The George Mason wrestling team went into Thomas Fieldhouse tonight and found out why Lock Haven Bald Eagles are the MAC's top-ranked team and ranked #22 nationally, defeating the Patriots 33-6.
Mason earned decisions in two matches. At 165 the Patriots
Evan Maag earned an 8-3 decision against Eric Alderfer to get Mason on the board. Maag improves to 17-9.
Malachi DuVall (184) won 8-2 against Lock Haven's Colin Fegley. DuVall has won five of his last six matches and improves to 11-9.
Lock Haven's (5-7, 2-1 MAC) three ranked wrestlers; #8 Anthony Noto (125) and #13 Henson each won, earning the first 14 points of the match.
The Patriots (9-7, 2-3 MAC) will look to stop the team's three-match skid at Bloomsburg Friday night. back in the win column after two straight setbacks.
MATCH RESULTS
No. 22 Lock Haven 33 – George Mason 6
125: #8 Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) pinned
JB Dragovich (George Mason), 4:05 / Lock Haven, 6-0
133: #29 Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) dec.
Brandon Wittenberg (George Mason), 4-2 / Lock Haven, 9-0
141: #13 Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) tech fall #33 Nate Higley (George Mason), 21-5 (4:23) / Lock Haven, 14-0
149: Nick Stonecheck (Lock Haven) pinned
Kaden Cassidy (George Mason), 1:44 / Lock Haven, 20-0
157: Connor Eck (Lock Haven) dec.
JT Chance (George Mason), 15-11 / Lock Haven, 23-0
165:
Evan Maag (George Mason) dec. Eric Alderfer (Lock Haven), 8-3 / Lock Haven, 23-3
174: Tyler Stoltzfus (Lock Haven) dec.
Paul Pierce (George Mason), 5-3 / Lock Haven, 26-3
184:
Malachi DuVall (George Mason) dec. Colin Fegley (Lock Haven), 8-2 / Lock Haven, 26-6
197: Brad Morrison (Lock Haven) major dec.
Ruben Karapetyan (George Mason), 10-1 / Lock Haven, 30-6
285: Ethan Miller (Lock Haven) dec.
Donovan Sprouse (George Mason), 8-2 / FINAL, Lock Haven, 33-6
Season Series with Bloomsburg: Mason have won four straight and own a 8-6 record against the Bloomsburg Huskies.
Bloomsburg Lineup
125 Bronson Garber (Gr., Millersburg, Pa/Upper Dauphin (VMI)) 13-13 (38-47)
133 Major Lewis (Fr., Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) 0-9 (0-9)
141
149 Cade Balestrini (Jr., Sunbury, Pa./Shikellamy) 13-13 (43-45)
157 William Morrow (So., Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) 10-14 (12-24)
165 Caden Dobbins (Fr., Dallastown, Pa./Dallastown) 13-9 (13-9)
174 Nolen Zeigler (Fr., Loysville, Pa./West Perry) 0-4 (0-4)
184 Tanner Culver (Gr., Hartland, Mich./Hartland) 3-15 (14-42) -OR- Matt Benedetti (Sr., Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) 0-2 (9-12)
197 David Tuttle (Jr., Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville) 2-4 (7-33)
285 Harrison Levans (Fr., Conshohocken, Pa./Germantown Academy) 0-3 (0-3) -OR- Tyler McCatharn (So., Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) 4-11 (8-17)