Halling Takes Down Nation's Top-Ranked 133-lb Wrestler in Team Loss to Gannon
FAIRMONT, W. Va. – The Frostburg State Men's Wrestling team fell to No. 5 Gannon on Sunday afternoon by a 29-10 final.
GU began the meet by taking a major decision at 125 before a top-10 bout at 133. The Golden Knights put up the nation's top-ranked wrestler by NWCA in Jeremiah Echevarria against FSU's freshman standout Tanner Halling, ranked 10th by the organization. It would be the biggest win of Halling's young career, taking an 8-4 decision victory to get the Bobcats on the board.
Sophomore Chase Bell then just missed out on another upset bid at 141, falling 11-10 to the No. 8 wrestler in Jake Niffenegger. Gannon then took a 10-4 decision at 149 before senior Nico D'Amico picked up a 10-6 decision at 157 to bring the match score to 10-6. GU ramped things up over the next four bouts, earning three tech falls and a major decision to surge ahead 29-6. Junior Gavin Bage ended the meet on a high note for FSU, earning an 8-0 major decision at 285 to bring the final to 29-10.
With the loss, Frostburg drops to 2-2 on the year and will next travel to Marymount on Wednesday, December 3 at 6 p.m. Information and updates will be posted to frostburgsports.com.
Frostburg vs Gannon – GU wins 29-10
125: Logan Sallot (GU) over Nate Wilhelm (FSU) 18-5 major decision – GU leads 4-0
133: Tanner Halling (FSU) over Jeremiah Echevarria (GU) 8-4 decision – GU leads 4-3
141: Jake Niffenegger (GU) over Chase Bell (FSU) 11-10 decision – GU leads 7-3
149: Connor Saylor (GU) over Gage Heilbrun (FSU) 10-4 decision – GU leads 10-3
157: Nico D'Amico (FSU) over Christian Scheller (GU) 10-6 decision – GU leads 10-6
165: Grant MacKay (GU) over Alex Blake (FSU) 14-1 major decision – GU leads 14-6
174: Dillon Walker (GU) over Mark Matysek (FSU) 15-0 tech fall – GU leads 19-6
184: Patrick Jackson (GU) over Nick McCarthy (FSU) 17-2 tech fall – GU leads 24-6
197: Joey Lyons (GU) over Alex Hoy (FSU) 19-4 tech fall – GU leads 29-6
285: Gavin Bage (FSU) over Ben Lloyd (GU) 8-0 major decision – GU wins 29-10
Exhibition
125: Kenneth Schmitz (GU) over Amir Wray-Hill (FSU) 4-0 decision
157: Caleb Butterfield (GU) over Calvin Kraisser (FSU) 13-5 major decision
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