Edwardsville, Ill. – The Edinboro men's wrestling team dropped a pair of dual meets to Little Rock and SIUE in Edwardsville, Ill. on Saturday afternoon.
In the opener against Little Rock, the Scots found themselves in a 14-0 hole after the first three weight classes.
Ryan Michaels got the Scots on the board at 149 scoring an 11-3 major decision over Carter McCalister.
Jaivon Jones extended the Little Rock lead with a 5-1 decision over
Garrett McChesney.
Ryan Burgos dropped an 11-8 decision in sudden victory to Matty Bianchi making the Trojan advantage 20-4.
Tate Geiser scored a 22-6 tech fall over Taye Wilson to cut the lead to 20-9.
Jared McGill kept the momentum rolling with an 8-2 decision at 184.
Brody Evans won a third-straight with an 18-2 tech fall over Landon Jobber-Spence to make it 20-17. Kaden Darwin defeated
Aden Roe 5-2 to hold off the Scots and take the dual.
Little Rock 23 Edinboro 16
125 Tyson Roach (Little Rock) over
Chris Vargo (Edinboro) (TF 18-3 6:24)
133 Dillon Cooper (Little Rock) over
Landon Bainey (Edinboro) (Fall 1:43)
141 Brennan Van Hoecke (Little Rock) over
Jacob Brenneman (Edinboro) (Dec 8-6)
149
Ryan Michaels (Edinboro) over Carter McCallister (Little Rock) (MD 11-3)
157 Jaivon Jones (Little Rock) over
Garrett McChesney (Edinboro) (Dec 5-1)
165 Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) over
Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) (SV-1 11-8)
174
Tate Geiser (Edinboro) over Taye Wilson (Little Rock) (TF 22-6 6:10)
184
Jared McGill (Edinboro) over Kodiak Cannedy (Little Rock) (Dec 8-2)
197
Brody Evans (Edinboro) over Landon Jobber-Spence (Little Rock) (TF 18-2 5:59)
285 Kaden Darwin (Little Rock) over
Aden Roe (Edinboro) (Dec 5-2)
In the second match,
Chris Vargo dropped a 4-3 decision to Drew Davis at 125. Marcel Lopez put the Cougars up 7-0 with an 11-3 major decision over
Landon Bainey.
Jacob Brenneman got Edinboro on the board with a 5-2 decision over Alec Peralta at 141. Caleb Tyus scored a 5-0 decision over Michaels and Hayden Whidden an 8-5 decision over McChesney to make it 13-3 at the midway points.
Brock Woodcock scored an 18-0 tech over Burgos and Dominic Lopez a 4-1 decision over Geiser. McGill went to sudden victory with Deron Pulliam and dropped a 6-3 decision to make it 24-3.
Evans earned a 7-6 decision over Nick Nosler and Bryson Buhk closed out the match with a 4-1 decision over Roe.
The Scots return to action on Jan. 23 when they travel to George Mason for a MAC dual.
SIUE 27 Edinboro 5
125 Drew Davis (SIUE) over
Chris Vargo (Edinboro) (Dec 4-3)
133 Marcel Lopez (SIUE) over
Landon Bainey (Edinboro) (MD 11-3)
141
Jacob Brenneman (Edinboro) over Alec Peralta (SIUE) (Dec 5-2)
149 Caleb Tyus (SIUE) over
Ryan Michaels (Edinboro) (Dec 5-0)
157 Hayden Whidden (SIUE) over
Garrett McChesney (Edinboro) (Dec 8-5)
165 Brock Woodcock (SIUE) over
Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) (TF 18-0 4:44)
174 Dominic Lopez (SIUE) over
Tate Geiser (Edinboro) (Dec 4-1)
184 Deron Pulliam (SIUE) over
Jared McGill (Edinboro) (SV-1 6-3)
197
Brody Evans (Edinboro) over Nick Nosler (SIUE) (Dec 7-6)
285 Bryson Buhk (SIUE) over
Aden Roe (Edinboro) (Dec 4-1)