BALTIMORE, Md. – McDaniel won the final three bouts to top Johns Hopkins 24-15 in the Centennial Conference (CC) wrestling opener for both teams on Wednesday.
Trey Mitchell (Lewes, Del./Caesar Rodney) led the Green Terror (8-3, 1-0 CC), earning a quick reversal and pin in the first period at 149.
Jared Forman paced the Blue Jays (0-1, 0-1 CC) with a 17-1 technical fall victory at 174, tying the match at 15-all.
Nick Cross (Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's County) followed with a 9-3 win at 184 to put the visitors in front for good.
Jake Pooton (Mount Airy, Md./South Carroll) earned a late takedown with his 197-pound bout even at 6-all to earn an 8-6 win and put McDaniel ahead 21-15, sealing the victory.
Taylor Avino (Fair Haven, N.J./Rumson-Fair Haven) wrapped up the night with a 5-3 win at heavyweight to notch his seventh straight victory.
Evan Krumheuer staked Johns Hopkins to a 3-0 lead with a 5-3 win at 125 before Ryan O'Boyle (North Reading, Mass./Central Catholic) turned the three-point deficit into a three-point lead with a 58-second fall at 133.
A Lucas Escobar 6-4 win midway through the first sudden-victory period at 141 drew the match level once again.
Mitchell's 1-minute, 47-second pin and a 10-6 Wade Bishop (Greensboro, Md./North Caroline) victory at 157 made it a 15-6 score.
Tommy Grifa added a point for riding time to give him a 12-4 major decision at 165 before the Forman technical fall evened the score for the final time.
McDaniel returns to action in a home CC quad match, hosting Muhlenberg and Merchant Marine on Saturday. Action begins at 11 a.m.
McDaniel 24, Johns Hopkins 15
125: Evan Krumheuer (J) dec. Jake Rendelman 5-3; 133: Ryan O`Boyle (M) pinned Brandon Tran 0:56; 141: Lucas Escobar (J) dec. Marcus Mercado 6-4 (SV1); 149: Trey Mitchell (M) pinned Connor Joyce 1:47; 157: Wade Bishop (M) dec. Alex McLaughlin 10-6; 165: Tommy Grifa (J) maj. dec. Ronald Mattox 12-4; 174: Jared Forman (J) tech. fell Ronnie Wuest 17-1 (6:41); 184: Nick Cross (M) dec. Isaac Morales 9-3; 197: Jake Pooton (M) dec. Miles Gilliam 8-6; HWT: Taylor Avino (M) dec. Hayden Good 5-3.
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