WESTMINSTER, Md. - Four consecutive wins beginning at 157 pounds keyed a 24-21 victory for No. 17 Lycoming over the No. 22-ranked McDaniel College men's wrestling team in the Sam Case Classic on Sunday inside the Gill Center.
The Green Terror (1-1) jumped out to a 14-4 lead after wins in three of the first four matches, but the Warriors scored 20 unanswered points to take a 12-point lead going into the final two matches.
Each team won five individual matches, but Lycoming earned five bonus-point wins, including two tech falls and one fall to post the five-point victory.
Senior
Romeo Tsai began the day with a 20-4 tech fall at 125 pounds before the Warriors earned a major decision at 133. First-year
Andrew Dolezel posted a 4-0 decision at 141 pounds before senior
Thomas Monn recorded his 50th career dual match victory at 149 to put McDaniel in front, 14-4.
Monn is now 114-11 in his career, including 50-1 in dual matches. Ranked second on the program's all-time wins list, he is 12 shy of the record held by
Brock Glotfelty '11. Monn is 12-0 this season with 10 bonus-point wins, including four falls.
Lycoming (3-1) posted bonus-point wins in the next four consecutive matches with a major decision, two tech falls, and one fall to take a 24-14 advantage with two matches remaining.
Trailing by 10, the Green Terror got a decision from junior
Alex Taylor at 197 pounds and a major decision from senior
Kaden Bryan at heavyweight to provide the final margin.
Lycoming has won the last three matches with McDaniel since the Green Terror posted a 24-19 victory over the Warriors in the Sam Case Duals on Nov. 20, 2022.
McDaniel returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Blue Jay Invite hosted by Elizabethtown.
#17 Lycoming 24, #22 McDaniel 21
125:
Romeo Tsai (MCD) tech fall Lenny Cocca (LYCO) 20-4, 6:12 (5-0)
133: Luke Magnani (LYCO) maj. dec.
Andrew Yuen (MCD) MD 15-6 (5-4)
141:
Andrew Dolezel (MCD) dec. Major Lewis (LYCO) 4-0 (8-4)
149:
Thomas Monn (MCD) fall Jayden Drummond (LYCO) 4:45 (14-4)
157: Kobin Karper (LYCO) maj. dec.
Andre Allen (MCD) 12-0 (14-8)
165: Kaiden Wagner (LYCO) tech fall
Christopher Mendoza (MCD) 15-0, 1:09 (14-13)
174: Nolen Zeigler (LYCO) fall
Anthony Gregory (MCD) 2:08 (14-19)
184: Eli Crum (LYCO) tech fall
Soren Wynn (MCD) 15-0, 1:47Â (14-24)
197:
Alex Taylor (MCD) dec. Tyler Lobb (LYCO) 6-3 (17-24)
285:
Kaden Bryan (MCD) maj. dec. Howard Brambley (LYCO) 15-5 (21-24)
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