FAIRFAX– George Mason had seven wrestlers finish on the podium at the annual A Better Way Athletics Open held at the Field House on campus.
Logan Messer won all five matches en route to winning the 174-pound weight class. The senior had three technical falls and a major decision.
Two wrestlers
Kaden Cassidy and
Evan Maag finished as runners-up with 4-1 performances. Cassidy secured a technical fall then won three straight decisions to make the finals. He had a big win over a 2x NCAA Qualifier.
Maag finished second after three pins and a technical fall. In the finals, he was up by 11 points on the #5 wrestler in the country, late in the third period and got pinned in a crazy scramble.
Malachi DuVall finished fourth at 184 pounds. He won by technical fall twice before dropping a highly contested match to a top five wrestler in the country. In his third-place match, he was forced to default after an injury early in the match.
JB Dragovich and
Thomas Stofka posted a 5-1 record at 125 and 157 pounds, respectively. Both made the podium but to a match limit rule, neither were able to compete in the 5th place bout.
James Blackman posted a 4-2 record and finished in 6th place at 285 pounds.
Up Next: The Patriots have a break for finals before returning to the mat to host Gardner-Webb on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7 pm.
174 Logan Messer (5-0) First Place
Messer over Gunner Garelli (VT), TF 18-1
Messer over JP Hangey (Rider), TF 18-1
Messer over Alex Hopper (UA) MD 16-2
Messer over Michael Murphy (UVA), TF 15-0
Messer over Caleb Campos (AU), dec 6-3
149 Kaden Cassidy (4-1) 2nd Place
Cassidy over Khamani Harrison (GW), TF 16-1
Cassidy over Kal Miller (Mary), dec 5-3
Cassidy over Kai O'Dell, dec 12-7
Cassidy over Ethan Mojena (Brown), dec 8-3
Jaxon Joy (UA) over Cassidy, MD 11-1
165 Evan Maag (4-1) 2nd Place
Maag over Jayden Dobeck (UA), F (1:48)
Maag over Brian Wilson (Rider), F (0:47)
Maag over Paul Ognissanti (Penn), TF 19-4
Maag over Dominic Frontino (Brown), F (1:39)
Julian Ramirez (UA) over Maag, F (6:33)
184 Malachi DuVall (2-2) 4th
DuVall over Dalton Battle (UA), MD 15-0
DuVall over George Rhodes (UA), MD 17-1
Jaxon Smith (Mary) over DuVall, F (5:34)
James Conway (F&M) over DuVall, dec 3-0
157 Thomas Stofka (4-1) 6th Place
Stofka over Julian Everitt (Navy Prep), TF 19-4
Nick Sanko (UVA) over Stofka, dec 13-11
Stofka over Aboubakare Diaby (UA), MD 19-8
Stofka over Max Salerno (GW), F (1:50)
Stofka over Lorenzo Alston (UA), TF 19-4
285 James Blackman (4-2) 6th Place
Blackman over Benjamin Farabaugh (Navy), MD 17-3
Blackman over Sam O'Brian (Mary), dec 8-2
Stephan Manchery (App) over Blackman, F (3:17)
Blackman over Joey Schneck (Mary), dec 4-1
Blackman over Oscar Williams (Mary) dec 9-7
Alex Semenenko (Brown) over Blackman, MD 17-4
125 JB Dragovich (4-1) 6th Place
Dragovich over Jaden Felipe (Navy), MD 16-6
Tyson Lane (GW) over Dragovich, MD 18-4
Dragovich over Brady Klinsky (Rider), dec 4-2
Dragovich over Kaden Neame (Rider), dec 5-4
Dragovich over Tyler Garvin (Mary), dec 2-1
125 Gunner Chambers (0-2)
Presden Sanchez (Mary) over Chambers, MD 18-6
Kaden Naame (Rider) over Chambers, MD 17-8
133 Geoffrey Whelan (1-2)
Whelan over Nieko Malone (Rider), Dec 9-6
Liam Hickey (UA0 over Whelan, dec 2-0
Spencer Barnhart (Penn) over Whelan, TF 15-0
141 Dominic Hargrove (2-2)
Hargrove over Conner Quinn (Mary), MD, 12-0
Hargrove over Adam Heckman (Navy), F (3:48)
Bryce Kresho (F&M) over Hargrove, F (6:38)
Gabriel Bouyssou (Sp. Combat) over Hargrove, F (1:06)
149 Cale Roggie (2-2)
Cale Roggie over Jackson Young (UA) F (6:33)
Brandon Sauter (F&M) over Roggie, MD 8-0
Roggie over Matthew Hoelke (Rider), MD 15-3
Jackson Polo over Roggie, dec 8-7
165 Sean Coughlin (1-2)
Coughlin over Ryan Money (Mary), dec 4-2
Liam Scrivanich (Rider) over Coughlin, F (4:03)
Jayden Dobeck (UA) over Coughlin (For)
174 Riley Hackworth (1-2)
Victor Marks-jenkins (UA) over Hackworth, F 4:44
Hackworth over JP Hangey (Rider), dec 4-0
Cortilius Vann (UA) over Hackworth, dec 8-7
197 Tyler Kocak (0-2)
Hunter Adams (App) over Kocak, dec 10-7
Brock Zurawski (Rider) over Kocak, MD 12-3
197 Colin Pederson (0-2)
Glean Gonzalez (VT) over Pederson, TF, 20-4
Gage Yackee (UA) over Pederson, TF, 18-3
