Alliance, OH - No. 3 Messiah College took home four wins on Saturday at Mt. Union Duals. The Falcons dropped an opening match with Alma College before taking down Thiel, No. 28 Heidelberg, No. 14 Baldwin Wallace, and No. 15 Mt. Union.
Alma defeated Messiah 27-12Messiah started the day with a 27-12 loss to Alma.
Lucas Malmberg tallied the first team points of the match with a dominant 19-4 technical fall over Victor Sosa-Sevilla. Next, Alma struck back with four straight win that included three decisions and a major decision to pull away from the Falcons 13-5.
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Jeff Hojnacki got the Messiah back in the win column with a 6-1 decision over Taylor McPhail. Once again, Alma responded in a big way with a second period fall over
Derek Beitz. Next,
Ben Swarr conquered his Alma opponent by a 12-0 major decision. Alma won the 197 and 285 pound weight classes to seal the victory over the Falcons.
125 -
Lucas Malmberg (Messiah) over Victor Sosa-Sevilla (Alma College) TF 19-4
133 - Hunter Machus (Alma College) over
Hunter Harris (Messiah) Dec 9-4
141 - Romeo Riley (Alma College) over
Lee Cassel (Messiah) Dec 6-2
149 - Jarrett Sadler (Alma College) over
Adam Peris (Messiah) Dec 6-1
157 - Shawn Brewer (Alma College) over
Tag Wilber (Messiah) Maj 11-3
165 -
Jeff Hojnacki (Messiah) over Taylor McPhail (Alma College) Dec 6-1
174 - Travis Heller (Alma College) over
Derek Beitz (Messiah) Fall 4:13
184 -
Ben Swarr (Messiah) over Trent Hullett (Alma College) Maj 12-0
197 - Jamie Jakes (Alma College) over
Kyle Koser (Messiah) Dec 5-1
285 - Trevor Maresh (Alma College) over
David Giovannacci (Messiah) TF 16-0
Messiah defeated Thiel 35-7The second match of the day for Messiah was a dominant 35-7 victory over Thiel. The Falcons held a comfortable lead right away with two falls from
Lucas Malmberg and
Hunter Harris. Thiel responded with their only victories of the dual meet with a major decision at 141 pounds and an overtime victory at 149 pounds over
Tyler Miller.
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The Falcons won the rest of the matches from 157 to 285 pounds.
Greg Kabakjian earned a tough 5-4 decision at 157 pounds and
Ben Wise won a tight 2-0 decision at 165 pounds. The Falcons captured two technical falls in the 174 and 184 pound weight classes from
Derek Beitz and
Jeremy Bailes.
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Messiah sealed the match with a 9-1 major decision at 197 pounds from
Victor DeFrance and a 2-1 decision at 285 pounds from
David Giovannacci.
125 -
Lucas Malmberg (Messiah) over Justin Walter (Thiel) Fall 5:23
133 -
Hunter Harris (Messiah) over Lance Waters (Thiel) Fall 6:02
141 - Robert Ritschard (Thiel) over
Andres Gutierrez (Messiah) Maj 13-3
149 - Nick Sutton (Thiel) over
Tyler Miller (Messiah) SV-1 7-5
157 -
Greg Kabakjian (Messiah) over Jordan Smith (Thiel) Dec 5-4
165 -
Ben Wise (Messiah) over Nick Guzma (Thiel) Dec 2-0
174 -
Derek Beitz (Messiah) over Dominic Farabaugh (Thiel) TF 17-1
184 -
Jeremy Bailes (Messiah) over Zeb Throne (Thiel) TF 17-2
197 -
Victor DeFrance (Messiah) over Tyler Wright (Thiel) Maj 9-1
285 -
David Giovannacci (Messiah) over Alex Streich (Thiel) Dec 2-1
Messiah defeated Heidelberg 39-6The third match of the day was another lopsided victory for the Falcons as they defeated Heidelberg 39-6. The Falcons won the first two matches of the dual meet with a technical fall from
Lucas Malmberg and a major decision from
Arty Walsh.
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Heidelberg won one of their two matches at 141 pounds where Justin Kihn captured the decision over
Lee Cassel.
Cory Obendorfer got Messiah back in the win column with a hard fought 6-4 decision at 149 pounds. Heidelberg tallied their final win of the dual meet at 157 pounds with a decision over
Greg Kabakjian.
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From the 165 pound to 285 pound weight class, the Falcons produced an impressive four pins out of the five matches.
Jeff Hojnacki,
Derek Beitz,
Josh Thomson, and
Jason Wright all tallied pins.
Kyle Koser earned a 6-2 decision over Ricky Bruce.
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125 -
Lucas Malmberg (Messiah) over Thomas Schnitker (Heidelberg) TF 16-1
133 -
Arty Walsh (Messiah) over Brandon Conrad (Heidelberg) Maj 11-3
141 - Justin Kihn (Heidelberg) over
Lee Cassel (Messiah) Dec 3-1
149 -
Cory Obendorfer (Messiah) over Noah Messerall (Heidelberg) Dec 6-4
157 - Mark Carosella (Heidelberg) over
Greg Kabakjian (Messiah) Dec 8-1
165 -
Jeff Hojnacki (Messiah) over Chris White (Heidelberg) Fall 3:35
174 -
Derek Beitz (Messiah) over Myles Wright (Heidelberg) Fall 4:46
184 -
Josh Thomson (Messiah) over Eric Murdock (Heidelberg) Fall 1:28
197 -
Kyle Koser (Messiah) over Ricky Bruce (Heidelberg) Dec 6-2
285 -
Jason Wright (Messiah) over Kyle Jenkin (Heidelberg) Fall 2:05
Messiah defeated Balwin Wallace 18-17The fourth match of the day was a tight 18-17 victory for the Falcons over Baldwin Wallace.
Lucas Malmberg had Messiah strike first with a 20-2 technical fall. Next, Messiah dropped the next five matches from 133 to 165 pounds. Baldwin Wallace had two national qualifiers (Decatur, Shapiro) and an All-American (Gunter) in that stretch of weight classes.
The Falcons responded by winning the final four matches from 174 to 285 pounds for the dual meet victory.
Derek Beitz had an impressive 14-7 decision over returning All-American Garrett Chase at 174 pounds.
Josh Thomson,
Kyle Koser, and
Jason Wright closed out the match with two decisions and a major decision.
125 -
Lucas Malmberg (Messiah) over Chris Doyle (Baldwin Wallace) TF 20-2
133 - Jesse Gunter (Baldwin Wallace) over
Arty Walsh (Messiah) Dec 6-3
141 - Joshua Decatur (Baldwin Wallace) over
Lee Cassel (Messiah) Dec 3-2
149 - Joey Schmidt (Baldwin Wallace) over
Adam Peris (Messiah) Maj 11-3
157 - Graham Montague (Baldwin Wallace) over
Tag Wilber (Messiah) Dec 9-4
165 - David Shapiro (Baldwin Wallace) over
Jeff Hojnacki (Messiah) Maj 10-2
174 -
Derek Beitz (Messiah) over Garrett Chase (Baldwin Wallace) Dec 14-7
184 -
Josh Thomson (Messiah) over Ben Lebrun (Baldwin Wallace) Dec 6-2
197 -
Kyle Koser (Messiah) over Tyler Maclellan (Baldwin Wallace) Maj 8-0
285 -
Jason Wright (Messiah) over Michael Gregory (Baldwin Wallace) Dec 4-3
Messiah defeated Mount Union 25-10In the final match of the day the Falcons defeated host Mt. Union 25-10. Lucas Malmber continued his dominant weekend with a 12-4 major decision over No. 9 Nick Mancini. At 133 pounds
Arty Walsh battled for a close 4-3 decision to give Messiah a 7-0 lead.
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Mt. Union won the 141 to 157 pound weight classes with a major decision and two decisions.
Jeff Hojnacki got Messiah back in the win column with a 6-0 decision at 165 pounds and
Derek Beitz fought for a 6-3 decision at 174 pounds.
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Ben Swarr dismantled his Mt. Union opponent by earning a 16-1 technical fall at 184 pounds. Next,
Kyle Koser won by a comfortable 11-2 major decision at 197 pounds and
Jason Wright captured a 7-3 decision at 285 pounds.
125Â - Lucas Malmberg (Messiah) over Nick Mancini (Mount Union) Maj 12-4133Â - Arty Walsh (Messiah) over Alec Cotton (Mount Union) Dec 4-3141Â - Jeremy Border (Mount Union) over Lee Cassel (Messiah) Maj 10-0149Â - Seth McCurdy (Mount Union) over Adam Peris (Messiah) Dec 3-1157Â - Alex Funderburg (Mount Union) over Tag Wilber (Messiah) Dec 9-7165Â - Jeff Hojnacki (Messiah) over Jesse Gross (Mount Union) Dec 6-0174Â - Derek Beitz (Messiah) over Nick Miller (Mount Union) Dec 6-3184Â - Ben Swarr (Messiah) over Connor Rogers (Mount Union) TF 16-1197Â - Kyle Koser (Messiah) over Aaron Page (Mount Union) Maj 11-2285Â - Jason Wright (Messiah) over Mike Sinclair (Mount Union) Dec 7-3The Falcons improved to 4-1 after this weekend and will be back in action Dec. 4-5 when they host the Messiah Petrofes Invitational.
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