Kent, Ohio – The Edinboro men's wrestling team split a pair of matches at the Tri-State Santa Slam hosted by Kent State on Thursday.
 
The Scots dropped a 20-14 decision to Bellarmine in the opener before defeating MAC foe Kent Sate 30-14 in the night cap.
 
In the victory over Kent State, Edinboro fell behind 11-0 early, but Jacob Brenneman go the Scots on the board at 141 with a 13-7 decision over Mason Tieffel. Ryan Michaels trimmed the lead to 11-8 with a 21-6 tech fall over Silas Stits.
 
Garrett McChesney leveled the team score 11-11 with a 5-2 decision over Reese Stephen. Ryan Burgos was a winner by injury default at 165 to extend the lead to 17-11.
 
Tate Gieser notched a 17-3 major decision over Ethan Barr and Jared McGill picked up a major of his own 14-2 over Trent Thomas. The Golden Flashes' Blake Shcaffer cut the lead to 25-14 with a 10-4 decision over Brody Evans. Aden Roe closed out the match for the Scots with a 15-0 tech fall at 285.
 
Against the Knights, Edinboro saw themselves fall into a an 11-0 hole dropping decisions at 125 and 141 and a tech fall at 133.
 
Michaels broke the string with a 16-3 major decision over Zac Cowan. Bellarmine extended the lead at 157 with a Gray Ortis 7-0 decision over McChesney.
 
Burgos earned bonus points with an 18-10 major over Noah Hall at 165. Geiser dropped a tough 2-1 decision at 174. McGill picked up a major at 184 with an 18-4 victory over Jack Ring.
 
Evans cut the Knight lead to 16-14 heading to the final bout with a 9-3 decision at 197. Daulton Mayer secured the dual for Bellarmine with an 11-1 major decision over Roe.
 
The Scots are back in action on Friday, December 19 when they host Gannon at 7 p.m. inside McComb Fieldhouse.
 
Bellarmine 20 Edinboro 14
125: Damion Ryan (BU) over Austin Zimmerman (EDIN) (Dec 8-1)
133: Trayce Eckman (BU) over Amonn Ohl (EDIN) (TF 16-1 5:00)
141: AJ Rallo (BU) over Jacob Brenneman (EDIN) (Dec 8-2)
149: Ryan Michaels (EDIN) over Zac Cowan (BU) (MD 16-3)
157: Gray Ortis (BU) over Garrett McChesney (EDIN) (Dec 7-0)
165: Ryan Burgos (EDIN) over Noah Hall (BU) (MD 18-10)
174: Grant O`Dell (BU) over Tate Geiser (EDIN) (Dec 2-1)
184: Jared McGill (EDIN) over Jack Ring (BU) (MD 18-4)
197: Brody Evans (EDIN) over Thadd Huff (BU) (Dec 9-3)
285: Daulton Mayer (BU) over Aden Roe (EDIN) (MD 11-1)
(BU Bench Unsportsmanlike -1.0) (EDIN Athlete Unsportsmanlike 184 -1.0)
 
Edinboro 30 Kent State 14
125: Nico Calello (KENT) over Austin Zimmerman (EDIN) (TF 19-4 7:00)
133: Nick Molchak (KENT) over Amonn Ohl (EDIN) (Fall 6:45)
141: Jacob Brenneman (EDIN) over Mason Tieffel (KENT) (Dec 13-7)
149: Ryan Michaels (EDIN) over Silas Stits (KENT) (TF 21-6 6:57)
157: Garrett McChesney (EDIN) over Reese Stephen (KENT) (Dec 5-2)
165: Ryan Burgos (EDIN) over Carson Miller (KENT) (Inj. 1:37)
174: Tate Geiser (EDIN) over Ethan Barr (KENT) (MD 17-3)
184: Jared McGill (EDIN) over Trent Thomas (KENT) (MD 14-2)
197: Blake Schaffer (KENT) over Brody Evans (EDIN) (Dec 10-4)
285: Aden Roe (EDIN) over Abel Ngoh (KENT) (TF 15-0 3:00)