Wrestling Earns Win Over American, Falls to Duke

Saturday, January 31

Durham, N.C.

12:00 p.m.

Drexel University

American

Photo by: Ryan Samson

Wrestling Earns Win Over American, Falls to Duke

1/31/2015 2:02:00 PM | Wrestling

DURHAM, N.C. - The Drexel wrestling team went 1-1 on the day Saturday with a 19-18 win by criteria over EIWA opponent American and a 24-13 loss to Duke.

Drexel got on the board against Duke in the first match of the day as Joey Goodhart earned a 3-2 decision over the Blue Devils' Brendan Walsh at 285. In the 125 match, however, Eric Ochoa fell by injury default causing Duke to take a 6-3 lead. No. 16 Kevin Devoy Jr came up next and regained a Drexel lead as he earned a major decision over Duke's Mitch Finesilver and then David Pearce followed with an 11-7 decision at 141 to give Drexel a 10-6 advantage. Marcus Cain just edged out Matthew Cimato in the 149 pound matchup, earning a 5-4 decision to bring the Blue Devils within one point, 10-9, but then Noel Blanco picked up a 10-8 overtime victory to increase Drexel's lead to 13-9. Duke was able to pick up two major decisions in a row at 165 and 174 to take a 17-13 lead and then solidified its victory with two more wins to finish out the dual.

In the second matchup of the day, Goodhart led off against American with a 2-0 win at 285. A Dragons forfeit at 125 put them behind, 6-3, but then Devoy earned a 3-1 decision over the Eagles' Josh Terao to tie the team score up at six-all. Pearce followed by pinning American's Michael Sprague at the 4:43 mark to put Drexel ahead, 12-6, but then Cimato and Blanco each dropped a decision at 149 and 157 respectively allowing the Eagles to tie things back up at 12-12. Drexel pulled ahead in the next two matches as Nick Elmer picked up a 10-3 decision at 165 and Stephen Loiseau earned a 6-1 victory at 174. However, American secured decisions in the last two matches to finish with the score tied at 18-18. Drexel was awarded the victory after winning the tiebreaker by the third criteria, 34-33.

After today's competition, the Dragons move to 6-8 overall and 3-1 in conference duals. Drexel returns to action tomorrow as they round out the weekend with a dual at North Carolina at 3:00 p.m. The Tar Heels hold a 7-3 overall record going into Sunday's competition and are 0-1 in ACC action. North Carolina leads Drexel in the all-time series, 6-2 with the two squads last meeting on Jan. 13, 2013 when the Tar Heels defeated the Dragons, 24-10 at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. Be sure to follow @DrexelWrestling on Twitter for live updates from tomorrow's match.

Duke 24, Drexel 13
285: Joey Goodhart (Drexel) DEC Brendan Walsh (Duke), 3-2
125: Thayer Atkins (Duke) injury def. Eric Ochoa (Drexel)
133: No. 16 Kevin Devoy (Drexel) MAJ Mitch Finesilver (Duke), 13-3
141: David Pearce (Drexel) DEC Evan Botwin (Duke), 11-7
149: Marcus Cain (Duke) DEC Matthew Cimato (Drexel), 5-4
157: Noel Blanco (Drexel) DEC ImmanuelKerr-Brown (Duke), 10-8 (SV-1)
165: Brian Dorsey (Duke) MAJ Nick Elmer (Drexel), 11-0
174: Trey Adamson (Duke) MAJ Stephen Loiseau (Drexel), 11-2
184: Jacob Kasper (Duke) DEC Alex DeCiantis (Drexel), 7-2
197: No. 7 Conner Hartmann (Duke) MAJ Brandon Litten (Drexel)

Drexel 19, American 18 (By Third Criteria)
285: Joey Goodhart (Drexel) DEC Chris McDermand (AU), 2-0
125: No. 16 David Terao (AU) wins by forfeit
133: No. 16 Kevin Devoy (Drexel) DEC Josh Terao (AU), 3-1
141: David Pearce (Drexel) WBF Michael Sprague (AU) @ 4:43
149: Tom Page (AU) DEC Matthew Cimato (Drexel), 7-4
157: John Boyle (AU) DEC Noel Blanco (Drexel), 3-2
165: Nick Elmer (Drexel) DEC Brad Mutchnik (AU), 10-3
174: Stephen Loiseau (Drexel) DEC Nick Carey (AU), 6-1
184: Jeric Kasunic (AU) DEC Alex DeCiantis (Drexel), 8-2
197: Brett Dempsey (AU) DEC Brandon Litten (Drexel), 10 -5