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Eng of Regular Season D-III Results

TCNJ Wrestling Defeats Messiah in Dual Season Finale
MECHANICSBURG, PA.- The No. 12 ranked TCNJ wrestling team capped off their dual season with a 35-6 victory over Messiah University on Saturday afternoon.  
The Lions (13-50 picked up their second dual match win in a row against the Falcons (11-11) who won one bout on the day.
No. 15 ranked Matthew Griffin (125) started off the cay strong for the Blue & Gold with an 18-3 technical fall victory over Corbin Hutchinson.
Kyle Nase (133) followed this up with an 15-5 major decision win against Asa Brunk.
After a loss at 141, Mike Conklin added another major to the scoreboard for the Lions, winning 17-3 against Noah Rice.
At 157 lbs., freshman Ryan Datz picked up a big win for TCNJ with a 3-2 decision win against regionally eighth ranked Garret Cornell.  
Nick Sacco (165) kept up his undefeated dual record, extending it to 16-0 with an 8-0 decision win against Zach Needles.
James Romaine (174) followed Sacco’s match up with a 4-3 decision victory against Austin Brass. … story at … TCNJathletics.com/Wrestling-defeats-messiah-in-dual-season-finale
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Wisconsin-Eau Claire Wrestlers earn share of 1st WIAC championship in program history
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (blugolds.com) — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire wrestling team clinched the first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship in program history on Saturday during the WIAC Championships at UW-Platteville. The Blugolds produced three individual conference champions to score 161.5 team points, which tied atop the standings with UW-La Crosse. The Blugolds and Eagles shared the team title as co-champions.
Izzy Balsiger (So. – Chippewa Falls, Wis.), Jared Stricker (Jr. – Ashland, Wis.) and Connor Collins (Sr. – Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West) won the individual titles at 125 pounds, 174 pounds and 184 pounds, respectively. The Blugolds also had runners-up in Tyler Fleetwood (Sr. – Fulton Ill.) at 133 pounds and Sloan Welch (Fr. – Arpin, Wis./Auburndale) at 285.
Prior to this season, the Blugolds had never finished better than second at a conference championship meet. In a season where UW-Eau Claire already broke its single-season dual victories record, the Blugolds continued to set new high-water marks on Saturday.
Balsiger cruised into the 125-pound finals by dominating his first two matches. He won by first-period pin in his opener, and followed with a 19-4 technical fall in the semifinals. He became the first Blugold champion of the day by edging Luca Paladino of UW-Stevens Point 8-6 in the championship match. Balsiger became the Blugolds’ first WIAC champion at 125 pounds since 2003. Stricker had no trouble returning to the 174-pound championship match. The junior won his opener by technical fall and followed with two pins to reach the finals, where he rolled to a 12-0 major decision over UW-Whitewater’s Ryan Riser.
Stricker has now won a WIAC title in each of his first three seasons at UW-Eau Claire. He is the second wrestler in school history to have won three conference championships. … story at … Blugolds.com/Wrestlers-earn-share-of-1st-wiac-championship-in-program-history
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USMMA Wrestling Earns Comeback Win Over New England College At Home
KINGS POINT, N.Y. (Feb. 17, 2024) – Back-to-back first-period pinfalls by freshman Tyler Withers (Gettysburg, Pa.) and junior Jimmy Dunagan (Boulder City, Nev.) put an exclamation point on a 25-22 comeback victory for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy wrestling team over New England College on Saturday night inside the Liebertz Gymnasium. The dual-meet victory finishes the Mariners’ season with a 7-8 record in head-to-head competitions on the season.
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Withers, who one week earlier claimed the Centennial Conference Championship at the 184-pound weight class, followed that distinction with a dominant performance over NEC’s Dominic Demaio with a pinfall at the 47-second mark of their match. USMMA led by a 19-16 margin after Withers’s victory – the first lead for the Mariners all afternoon – before Dunagan took down the Pilgrims’ Maxwell Ross in a 16-second eye-blink to give the Mariners the victory in the meet.
The wins from Withers and Dunagan capped off a run of five victories in a row for USMMA after New England College won the first four matches of the day. Down 16-0, junior Austin Manning (Virginia Beach, Va.) got the Mariners on the board with a 19-1 technical-fall victory over the Pilgrims’ Joe Gangi at the 157-pound weight class. A 19-12 decision in favor of Matthew Ferrucci (Killingworth, Conn.) at 165 cut USMMA’s deficit to a 16-8 margin before sophomore Ivan Corral (Oak Forest, Ill.) scored a 21-6 technical fall victory at 174 over Trevion Atallah to set up Withers and Dunagan for the consecutive pins to win the day.
USMMA has concluded its dual-meet season, but the Mariners’ campaign is not completed just yet. The team will now head to the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Championships on Mar. 2-3 in Worcester, Mass. on the campus of WPI. … story at … USMMAsports.com/Wrestling-earns-comeback-win-over-new-england-college-at-home
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Averett University Wrestling captures first place with four individual champions in ODAC Wrestling Championships
DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University wrestling had four champions and three wrestlers earn runner up in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday night in the Grant Center. Averett took first place at 125 pounds, 174, 184 and the 285-pound weight class. Overall, Averett had ten placers in the tournament. Although Roanoke College took the ODAC team title based on dual records, Averett scored the most points of any team to take first place in the tournament.
“Being the ODAC Tournament champions is an amazing accomplishment for our Program”, head coach Blake Roulo said. “It was an exhilarating atmosphere with a packed Grant Center. Our team is turning a corner at the right time. Nine All-Conference, seven finalists and four champions makes it a true one team effort.”
At 125 pounds, junior Mason Barrett pinned Joseph Comaduron in just under two minutes to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, Barrett managed to earn another fall in 45 seconds against Anakin Burks. Barrett went against Ferrum College’s Adrian Samano in the finals. Barrett was crowned champion after getting the 4-2 decision.
At 174 pounds, junior Khalil Mitchell started off with a 16-0 technical fall against Carson Hyde. In the semifinals, Mitchell earned another technical fall, defeating Dylan Weaver 16-1 to advance to the finals. Mitchell had a rematch against Roanoke’s Xavier Preston. Both wrestlers are regionally ranked. In their last meeting, Mitchell defeated Preston in a 9-6 decision. He came through with an impressive 11-2 major decision to clinch first place.
Senior George Moseley pinned Alex Taylor in his first match at 184 pounds. In the semifinals, Moseley got another pin. He got the fall against Joesph Toner at the 1:29 mark. Mosley was crowned champion after he got the 13-3 major decision against Jack McCusker. … story at … Averettcougars.com/Wrestling-captures-first-place-with-four-individual-champions-in-odac-wrestling

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