WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel won two of its three dual meets at the Green Terror Duals in non-conference wrestling action on Saturday.
The Green Terror (2-1) dropped a 41-10 decision to Scranton to open the day before defeating UMBC 45-6 and Penn State Mont Alto, 51-0.
Alvontae Drummond (Lincoln, Del./Milford) led McDaniel with three pins on the day – all in the first period.
Trailing 12-0 against the Royals recorded pins at both 125 and 133, Drummond notched a 1-minute, 12-second fall at 141.
Clint Wright (Glenville, Pa./South Western) closed the score to 12-10 with a 12-3 victory at 141 but Scranton reeled off six straight wins to close the match.
An Ian Evans third-period technical fall and Andrew Gombus 2-mintue, 22-second fall started the run before Kevin Merle secured the match with a first-period pin at 184.
Against the Retrievers, Charles Wallace (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) took a forfeit at 125 before Sharad Samir took an 11-9 decision in sudden victory to cut the deficit to 6-3.
A Drummond 1-minute, 2-second pin and Wright forfeit win stretched the lead to 18-3.
Cole Nagle (Highland Lakes, N.J./Vernon Twp.) and Luke Crowe (Baltimore, Md./Dundalk) each recorded first period pins at 157 and 165, respectively, before Ronnie Wuest (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna) secured the match with a 4-0 win at 174.
Jake Pooton (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) won by forfeit at 197 and Billy Emerson (Germantown, Md./Watkins Mill) recorded a pin in 6:44 to round out the match.
Against the Lions, all 10 Green Terror wrestlers won their bouts. Liam St. John (Baltimore, Md./Dundalk) led the way with a 36-second pin while Drummond (2:55), Crowe (1:21), Marvin McKinney (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) (1:01) and Emerson (4:18) all also won by fall.
McDaniel returns to action at the Petrofes Invitational hosted by Messiah on Dec. 2-3. Action begins at 12 p.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Scranton 41, McDaniel 10
125: Nicholas DePierro (S) pinned Charles Wallace 5:25; 133: Nicholas Ciaccia (S) pinned Liam St. John 4:50; 141: Alvontae Drummond (M) pinned T.J. Conlon 1:12; 149: Clint Wright (M) maj. dec. Liam Gallagher 12-3; 157: Ian Evans (S) tech. fell Cole Nagle 15-0 (6:03); 165: Andrew Gombas (S) pinned Roland Mattox 2:22; 174: Zachary D'Apolito (S) dec. Ronnie Wuest 3-2; 184: Kevin Merle (S) pinned Marvin McKinney 2:30; 197: Keegan Connelly (S) dec. Jake Pooton 7-4; HWT: Salvatore Montuori (S) pinned Billy Emerson 2:25.
McDaniel 45, UMBC 6
125: Charles Wallace (M) won by forfeit; 133: Sharad Samir (U) dec. Liam St. John 11-9 (SV1); 141: Alvontae Drummond (M) pinned Nathan Labille 1:02; 149: Clint Wright (M) won by forfeit; 157: Cole Nagle (M) pinned Miles Franklin 1:20; 165: Luke Crowe (M) pinned Samuel Herring 1:43; 174: Ronnie Wuest (M) dec. Tyler Rendina 4-0; 184: Nate Hammond (U) dec. Marvin McKinney 18-14; 197: Jake Pooton (M) won by forfeit; HWT: Billy Emerson (M) pinned Wasem Mansour 6:49.
McDaniel 51, Penn State Mont Alto 0
125: Nick Malinowski (M) won by forfeit; 133: Liam St. John (M) pinned Jake Sechrist 0:36; 141: Alvontae Drummond (M) pinned Brandon Jackson 2:55; 149: Clint Wright (M) dec. Alex Gallaher 7-3; 157: Cole Nagle (M) dec. Grant Shughart 8-4; 165: Luke Crowe (M) pinned Kraig Freeman 1:21; 174: Ronnie West (M) dec. Jared Adam 4-0; 184: Marvin McKinney (M) pinned by Steven Vaughn 1:01; 197: Jake Pooton (M) won by forfeit; HWT: Billy Emerson (M) pinned Ricky Alvarez 4:18.
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