O’Malley Victorious in First Match Back as Northern Colorado Defeats Drexel, 29-16

Friday, November 15

Philadelphia, Pa.

7 p.m.

Drexel University

Northern Colorado

O’Malley Victorious in First Match Back as Northern Colorado Defeats Drexel, 29-16

11/15/2024 10:02:00 PM | Wrestling

PHILADELPHIA - Jack Janda scored a huge fall at 174 pounds as the Dragons fell in a hard-fought battle with Northern Colorado, 29-16 at the DAC. Mickey O'Malley was victorious in his first match back in over a year. Dom Findora (149) and Giuseppe Hoose (184) also scored points for DU.

After falling down 15-0 in the first three matches, Dom Findora earned the first points of the night for Drexel with a victory over Adam Busiello at 149. The redshirt sophomore recorded two falls in the first three minutes to take the early 6-1 advantage. Findora scored the first nine points of the match, picking up a late takedown in the third to cap off the 14-3 major decision win.

Janda recorded a huge six points in the 174 bout over Aydin Rix-McElhinney. Northern Colorado struck first in the closing second of the first with a takedown. Janda took control of the match in the third period. The Haddon Township, New Jersey native earned the reversal and a takedown to take the lead, 7-5. Janda followed that up with a pin with 53 seconds left on the clock to take the 6 points.

Giuseppe Hoose won his first match as a Dragon at 184 pounds. Aj Heeg had the only point through the first five minutes of the match. A third period escape and takedown was enough to get the 4-1 decision.

In his first match at 197 pounds, Mickey O'Malley made his return to the mat after missing last season due to injury. The graduate student earned a decision victory over Andrew Donahue. O'Malley recorded an early takedown in the first period and held the lead for the rest of the match up to win 5-2.

Northern Colorado 29, Drexel 16
125 | Forfeit // Northern Colorado 6, Drexel 0
133 | No. 22 Dom Serrano (UNC) defeats Kyle Waterman, MD 16-7 // Northern Colorado 10, Drexel 0
141 | No. 1 Andrew Alirez (UNC) defeats Deon Pleasant, TF 22-5 // Northern Colorado 15, Drexel 0
149 | Dom Findora (DRX) defeats Adam Busiello, MD 14-3 // Northern Colorado 15, Drexel 4
157 | No. 16 Vinny Zerban (UNC) defeats Luke Nichter, TF 19-4 // Northern Colorado 20, Drexel 4
165 | No. 30 Clayton Ulrey (UNC) defeats Cody Walsh, Dec. 3-2 // Northern Colorado 23, Drexel 4
174 | Jack Janda (DRX) defeats Aydin Rix-McElhinney, Fall 6:07 // Northern Colorado 23, Drexel 10
184 | Giuseppe Hoose (DRX) defeats Aj Heeg, Dec. 4-1 // Northern Colorado 23, Drexel 13
197 | No. 22 Mickey O'Malley defeats Andrew Donahue, Dec. 5-2 // Northern Colorado 23, Drexel 16
285 | Remington Peterson defeats Dom Petracci, Fall 5:53 // Northern Colorado 29, Drexel 16

Up Next
The Dragons return this Sunday as Drexel heads to University Park to take on the No. 1 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions. Action from Rec Hall can be seen at 1 p.m. on BigTen+.