Cardinals Heavyweight Victory Leads to Dual Win Over Men's Wrestling
WHEELING, W. Va. - The Frostburg State men's wrestling team traveled to Wheeling for its first dual of the season, falling 23-18.
Frostburg was coming off a solid showing at the Pioneer Open, where they finished third overall entering their opening Mountain East Conference dual.
Wheeling would take the 125 match by fall for an early 6-0 lead before freshman Tanner Halling, fresh off his tournament win at 133, got the Bobcats right back in the dual with a 19-3 tech fall to pull within 6-5. The Cardinals went back-to-back in the 141 and 149 matches, winning the former by an 11-0 major decision and the latter on a 4-2 decision to lead 13-5.
Senior Nico D'Amico would get a major decision at 157 to start a run of three straight FSU wins, as graduate Alexander Blake and junior Noah Reho would earn decisions at 165 and 174, respectively, to pull narrowly ahead 15-13. WU responded with a 12-4 major decision at 184, while sophomore Austin Lewis picked up a 12-5 decision to put Frostburg narrowly ahead 18-17 with only one match to go.
Coming down to the deciding 285 match, Wheeling's Gavin Harper earned a pinfall victory in the first round for the 23-18 dual win.
With the loss, Frostburg begins the year 0-1 while Wheeling starts out 1-0. FSU will host Shippensburg and Fairmont State for the Bobcat Duals on Sunday, November 9 beginning at 2 PM for their home opener. For more information visit frostburgsports.com.
125: Neal Krysty (WU) over Rakan Alabbadi (FSU) (Fall 2:58)
133: Tanner Halling (FSU) over Leroy Steagall (WU) (TF 19-3 4:02)
141: Jack Dinwiddie (WU) over Dylan Montgomery (FSU) (MD 11-0)
149: Mannix Wasco (WU) over Gage Heilbrun (FSU) (Dec 4-2)
157: John D`Amico (FSU) over Bradley Spencer (WU) (MD 16-6)
165: Alexander Blake (FSU) over Frank Aquila (WU) (Dec 3-2)
174: John Reho (FSU) over Jake Taylor (WU) (Dec 8-4)
184: Kyle Snider (WU) over Andrew Wolfanger (FSU) (MD 12-4)
197: Austin Lewis (FSU) over Jaxon Burcher (WU) (Dec 12-5)
285: Gavin Harper (WU) over Cole Yonkin (FSU) (Fall 1:16)
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