COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Ryan O'Boyle (North Reading, Mass./Central Catholic) went 3-1 with three pins to lead McDaniel to a 1-3 day at the North/South Duals hosted by Ursinus in non-conference wrestling action on Saturday.
The Green Terror (5-6) opened the day by dropping a 28-21 decision to SUNY Oneonta before topping Elizabethtown, 40-14. WPI downed McDaniel 33-15 in the day's third round before No. 24 Delaware Valley closed out the day with a 42-6 victory over the Green Terror.
Mason Goretsas (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll) and Taylor Avino (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) also added 3-1 outings for McDaniel.
Against the Red Dragons (6-6), O'Boyle notched a 4-minute, 30-second fall at 133 to even the match at 6-all after two bouts. A 3-2 Ben Mikac win at 141 followed by an 8-4 victory by Goretsas at 149 kept the match level before Oneonta reeled off three straight wins to open up a 22-9 advantage.
Nick Cross (Centreville, Md./Queen Annes County) broke up the run with a fall in 1:45 to close the margin to 22-15 but Chad Obzud sealed the match with a first-period pin at 197.
Avino rounded out the match with a 4-minute, 3-second pin at heavyweight.
Against the Blue Jays (2-8), O'Boyle once again evened the match after two bouts with a fall, winning in 1:58. After a 15-7 Mike Lammer win at 11, Goretsas won by fall just before the second period ended to give McDaniel a 12-10 lead.
Erik Meyer (Fallston, Md./Archbishop Curley) stretched that lead to 18-10 with a pin in 2:16 before Ezekial Zimmer took a 9-1 major decision at 165 to pull Elizabethtown within 18-14.
Forfeit wins to Ricky Tisinger (Edinburg, Va./Stonewall Jackson), Dakota Wilhelm (La Plata, Md./La Plata) and Avino coupled with a 16-6 win from Cross set the final score.
Against WPI (4-5), O'Boyle recorded a 1-minute, 58-second pin to even the score at 6-all before Tyler Tilbe and Mike Perruccio each won by two points to open up a 12-6 advantage.
Meyer sliced the deficit in half with a 4-1 win at 157 but WPI reeled off four straight wins, including three by fall, to wrap up the victory. Avino closed the day with a fall in 1:32.
Against the Aggies (4-4), Goretsas broke up a 12-0 start, cutting the deficit in half with a 6-minute, 29-second pin at 149.
Emanuel Ajabe responded with a technical fall at 157 and Alec Horan added an 8-0 win to push the lead to 21-6 en route to the 42-6 win.
The Green Terror opens the Centennial Conference schedule at Washington and Lee in a trimatch with Merchant Marine on Saturday. Action begins at 11 a.m.
Oneonta 28, McDaniel 21
125: Dominic Debraba (O) won by forfeit; 133: Ryan O'Boyle (M) pinned Sean Hanson 4:30; 141: Ben Mikac (O) dec. Mike O'Boyle 3-2; 149: Mason Goretsas (M) dec. Evan Wallace 8-4; 157: Frankie Provenzano (O) dec. Erik Meyer 3-2; 165: Shaun Gillen (O) maj. dec. Luke Yox 11-1; 174: Daniel Graff (O) pinned Ricky Tisinger 2:00; 184: Nick Cross (M) pinned Anthony Marino 1:45; 197: Chad Obzud (O) pinned Dakota Wilhelm 1:17; HWT: Taylor Avino (M) pinned Stephen Provenzano 4:03.
McDaniel 40, Elizabethtown 14
125: Kyle McNulty (E) won by forfeit; 133: Ryan O'Boyle (M) pinned Chad Lammer 1:12; 141: Mike Lammer (E) maj. dec. Mike O'Boyle 15-7; 149: Mason Goretsas (M) pinned Mike Henning 4:59; 157: Erik Meyer (M) pinned Jordan Moser 2:16; 165: Ezekial Zimmer (E) maj. dec. Luke Yox 9-1; 174: Ricky Tisinger (M) won by forfeit; 184: Nick Cross (M) maj. dec. Luke Fernandez 16-6; 197: Dakota Wilhelm (M) won by forfeit; HWT: Taylor Avino (M) won by forfeit.
WPI 33, McDaniel 15
125: Bryan Amato (W) won by forfeit; 133: Ryan O'Boyle (M) pinned Bryan Jennings 1:58; 141: Tyler Tilbe (W) dec. Mike O'Boyle 5-3; 149: Mike Perruccio (W) dec. Mason Goretsas 2-0; 157: Erik Meyer (M) dec. Zack Rahl 4-1; 165: Austin Brias (W) dec. Luke Yox 6-1; 174: Justin Marsh (W) pinned Ricky Tisinger 2:21; 184: Alex Frelic (W) pinned Nick Cross 1:57; 197: Ted Kostopoulos (W) pinned Dakota Wilhelm 2:22; HWT: Taylor Avino (M) pinned Peter Salem 1:32.
No. 24 Delaware Valley 42, McDaniel 6
125: Zach Haynes (D) won by forfeit; 133: Connor Kirkegard (D) dec. Ryan O`Boyle 6-0; 141: David Davidson (D) dec. Mike O`Boyle 11-4; 149: Mason Goretsas (M) pinned James DeLillo 6:29; 157: Emanual Ajagbe (D) tech. fall Erik Meyers 16-1; 165: Alec Horan (D) maj. dec. Luke Yox 8-0; 174: Benjamin Schweiger (D) pinned Ricky Tisinger 1:59; 184: Conner Gabriel (D) dec. Nick Cross 15-9; 197: Evan Seaman (D) won by forfeit; HWT: Zachery Roseberry (D) pinned Taylor Avino 2:06.
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