WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel topped Southern Virginia 30-6 before falling to Wilkes 25-12 to split a non-conference trimatch in wrestling action on Saturday.
Brendan Woody (Crofton, Md./South River) led the Green Terror (3-2) as one of three wrestlers to go 2-0 with a pin on the day.
Against the Knights (2-2), Jake Reid (West Chester, Pa./West Chester Henderson) led off with a 9-0 win at 125 before Ryker Eckenbarger (Finksburg, Md./Westminster) recorded a first-period pin for a 10-0 lead.
Jahmally Willie (Silver Spring, Md./Blake) and Scott Miser (Abington, Md./Bel Air) added wins of 16-12 and 11-4, respectively, to push the lead to 16-0.
A Cole Nagle (Highland Lakes, N.J./Vernon Twp.) 1-minute, 24-second fall at 157 stretched the lead to 22-0 before Matthew Rohrdanz won 11-4 at 165 and Keaton Gomez tallied a 9-7 win at 174 for Southern Virginia's first points.
Ronald Mattox (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) won 9-5 at 184 and Jake Pooton (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) notched an 11-5 victory at 197 for a 28-6 lead. Woody rounded out the match with a 15-7 win at heavyweight.
The Colonels (5-6) won seven of the first eight bouts to take a 25-3 lead and round out a 2-0 day.
Kyle Trout won 9-4 at 125 before Eckenbarger evened the match score with a 6-2 win at 133.
A Matthew Grossman 6-4 victory at 141 started a five-bout winning streak for Wilkes. Kyle Medrow had the big win during the run with a second-period technical fall.
Pooton and Woody rounded out the day with wins for McDaniel. Pooton won 7-3 at 197 before Woody notched a 6-minute, 24-second fall.
The Green Terror returns to action in a trimatch at Greensboro with Hampden-Sydney on Saturday, Dec. 16. Action begins at 6 p.m.
McDaniel 32, Southern Virginia 6
125: Jake Reid (M) maj. dec. Aaron Freidhof 9-0; 133: Ryker Eckenbarger (M) pinned Jayson Cody 2:46; 141: Jahmally Willie (M) dec. Christopher Fletcher 16-12; 149: Scott Miser (M) dec. Blaine Phillips 11-4; 157: Cole Nagle (M) pinned Matthew Rosson 1:24; 165: Matthew Rohrdanz (S) dec. Wade Bishop 11-4; 174: Keaton Gomez (S) dec. Ronnie Wuest 9-7; 184: Ronald Mattox (M) dec. Gordon Whitaker 9-5; 197: Jake Pooton (M) dec. Quigley Whitaker 11-5; HWT: Brendan Woody (M) maj. dec. Nico Ramirez 15-7.
Wilkes 25, McDaniel 12
125: Kyle Trout (W) dec. Nick Malinowski 9-4; 133: Ryker Eckenbarger (M) dec. Jake Dimarsico 6-2; 141: Matthew Grossman (W) dec. Jahmally Willie 6-4; 149: Kyle Medrow (W) tech. fell Scott Miser 21-4 (3:40); 157: Josh Evans (W) maj. dec. Cole Nagle 17-3; 165: Ashton Gyenizs (W) dec. Garrett Vandervalk 4-0; 174: John Ritter (W) maj. dec. Ronnie Wuest 10-0; 184: Matthew Judge (W) dec. Ronald Mattox 1-0; 197: Jake Pooton (M) dec. Nasser McCummings 7-3; HWT: Brendan Woody (M) pinned Jacob Huling 6:24.
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