Edinboro, Pa. – The Edinboro men's wrestling team closed out their regular season dual schedule with a pair of wins over Mercyhurst and Bloomsburg on Thursday.
Against Mercyhurst, the Scots pitched a 53-0 shutout. Edinboro picked up bonus points in nine of 10 bouts.
Eamonn Jimenez scored a 4-0 decision over Travis Browning to open the dual.
Landon Bainey scored a tech fall over Edwin Mooney and
Jacob Brenneman picked up a forfeit win to extend the lead to 14-0.
Ryan Michaels recorded the first fall of the night over Colin Scherer in 2:52. The Scots scored three straight tech falls from
Garrett McChesney,
Max Kirby and
Tate Geiser. Edinboro closed the dual with three straight falls from
Jared McGill,
Nick Lodato and
Eli Makel.
In the dual with Bloomsburg,
Chris Vargo trailed 4-3 in the third period and Jace Shafer held the riding time point to essentially lead by two. Vargo scored a take down and rode out the period to claim a 6-5 decision.
Austin Pollard gave Bloomsburg the lead in the team race with a 12-4 major decision over Bainey at 133. Brenneman put the Scots back ahead with a 20-5 first-period tech fall over Gavin Mundy.
Michaels notched a 16-1 tech fall over Cael Raines in 6:01 to push the Scot lead to 13-4. McChesney blanked William Morrow 5-0 to give Edinboro a 16-4 lead at the intermission.
Kirby got out fast and needed just 3:50 to score the 16-0 tech fall over Vasillios Dimou at 165. Eric Alderfer stopped the Scot run with a 4-2 decision over
Tate Geiser.
McGill picked up a major decision 11-3 over Braidon Woodward at 184.
Brody Evans was the last Scot to pick up a win 10-3 over Coy Raines. Mason Rebuck earned a 4-3 decision over
Aden Roe to close out the dual.
The Scots return to action on March 6 on the first day of the MAC Championships in Buffalo.
Edinboro 53 Mercyhurst 0
125:
Eamonn Jimenez (BORO) dec. Travis Browning (HURST) 4-0
133:
Landon Bainey (BORO) tech fall Edwin Mooney (HURST) 16-0 (4:38)
141:
Jacob Brenneman (BORO) forfeit
149:
Ryan Michaels (BORO) fall Colin Scherer (HURST) 2:52
157:
Garrett McChesney (BORO) tech fall Chris Cibrone (HURST) 17-2 (2:50)
165:
Max Kirby (BORO) tech fall Keith Mincin (HURST) 19-2 (5:36)
174:
Tate Geiser (BORO) tech fall Brady Fitz (HURST) 17-2 (3:09)
184:
Jared McGill (BORO) fall Jake Leclerc (HURST) :34
197:
Nick Lodato (BORO) fall Joshua Johnson-Cantrell (HURST) 3:11
285:
Eli Makel (BORO) fall Gino Guerrisi (HURST) :40
Edinboro 28 Bloomsburg 10
125:
Chris Vargo (BORO) dec. Jace Shafer (BLOOM) 6-5
133: Austin Pollard (BLOOM) maj. dec.
Landon Bainey (BORO) 12-4
141:
Jacob Brenneman (BORO) tech fall Gavin Mundy (BLOOM) 20-5 (5:38)
149: Ryan Michael (BORO) tech fall Cael Raines (BLOOM) 16-1 (6:01)
157:
Garrett McChesney (BORO) dec. William Morrow (BLOOM) 5-0
165:
Max Kirby (BORO) tech fall Vasillios Dimou (BLOOM) 16-0 (3:50)
174: Eric Alderfre (BLOOM) dec.
Tate Geiser (BORO) 4-2
184:
Jared McGill (BORO) maj. dec. Braidon Woodward (BLOOM) 11-3
197:
Brody Evans (BORO) dec. Coy Raines (BLOOOM) 10-3
285: Mason Rebuck (BLOOM) dec.
Aden Roe (BORO) 4-3