DAVIDSON, N.C. – Cleveland State (3-6) swept the second day of the Davidson Duals on Friday afternoon, defeating Presbyterian (1-6), 37-5, and The Citadel (8-2), 22-12.
Match 1: Cleveland State 37, Presbyterian 5
The Vikings raced out to a 6-0 lead as Ben Aranda secured a pin in 2:35 of the 125-pound matchup. Nick Molchak extended the margin to 9-0 after securing a 10-3 decision at 133-pounds.
Dylan Layton recorded the second fall of the afternoon at 141-pounds as the lead grew to 15-0. A 13-0 major decision shutout from Douglas Terry at 149-pounds made it 19-0.
Presbyterian got on the board with a 13-11 decision at 157-pounds to get within 19-3. However, after the match, both teams were deducted a point for wrestlers throwing their headgear.
Back-to-back major decisions from Daniel Patten (13-3) and DeAndre Nassar (10-2) pushed the advantage out to 26-2.
PC got their final points of the match after picking up an 8-6 decision at 184-pounds to trail 26-5.
No. 28 Ben Smith racked up a 17-1 tech fall in the first period at 197-pounds and No. 23 Daniel Bucknavich capped off the match with a fall in 2:20 at heavyweight as CSU won the first match, 37-5.
Final Score: Cleveland State 37, Presbyterian 5
125: Ben Aranda (CSU) FALL Trent Dominguez (PC), 2:35 | CSU leads 6-0
133: Nick Molchak (CSU) DEC Brayden Adams (PC), 10-3 | CSU leads 9-0
141: Dylan Layton (CSU) FALL Rey Ortiz (PC), 2:58 | CSU leads 15-0
149: Douglas Terry (CSU) MD Trenton Donahue (PC), 13-0 | CSU leads 19-0
157: Eli Holiday (PC) DEC Nick Abounader (CSU), 13-11 |CSU leads 19-3
**Minus 1 for each team for unsportsmanlike
165: Daniel Patten (CSU) MD Michael Ramirez (PC), 13-3 | CSU leads 22-2
174: DeAndre Nassar (CSU) MD Brandon Jacoby (PC), 10-2 | CSU leads 26-2
184: Caleb Roe (PC) DEC Joey Lyons (CSU), 8-6 | CSU leads 26-5
197: No. 28 Ben Smith (CSU) TF George Hopkins (PC), 17-1 | CSU leads 31-5
285: No. 23 Daniel Bucknavich (CSU) FALL Morvens Saint Jean (PC), 2:20 | CSU leads 37-5
Match 2: Cleveland State 22, The Citadel 12
The Citadel opened the match with consecutive at 125 and 133 pounds to lead 6-0.
Layton got the Vikings on the board with a 6-5 decision at 141-pounds and Terry tied the match at 6-6 with an 8-6 decision at 149-pounds.
Cleveland State took their first lead of the match, 10-6 after Shane Heil picked up a 15-6 major decision at 157-pounds. Tate Geiser then claimed a 4-1 sudden victory takedown at 165-pounds, growing the lead to 13-6.
The Citadel used consecutive decisions at 174 and 184 pounds to climb within a point, 13-12, However, No. 28 Smith secured the win for the Vikings after pinning his opponent in 1:43 to lead 19-12.
No. 23 Bucknavich capped off the victory with a 2-0 decision at 285-pounds as the Vikings won, 22-12.
Final Score: Cleveland State 22, The Citadel 12
125: Malik Hardy (CIT) DEC Ben Aranda (CSU), 8-1 | CIT leads 3-0
133: Brayton Killiri (CIT) DEC Nick Molchak (CSU), 11-6 | CIT leads 6-0
141: Dylan Layton (CSU) DEC Jacob Silka (CIT), 6-5 | CIT leads 6-3
149: Douglas Terry (CSU) DEC Jeff Boyd (CIT), 8-6 | CIT leads 6-6
157: Shane Heil (CSU) MD Hayden Watson (CIT), 15-6 | CSU leads 10-6
165: Tate Geiser (CSU) DEC Ben Haubert (CIT), 4-1, SV | CSU leads 13-6
174: Brodie Porter (CIT) DEC DeAndre Nassar (CSU), 4-2 | CSU leads 13-9
184: Adam Ortega (CIT) DEC Joey Lyons (CSU), 8-2 | CSU leads 13-12
197: No. 28 Ben Smith (CSU) FALL Patrick Brophy (CIT), 1:43 | CSU leads 19-12
285: No. 23 Daniel Bucknavich (CSU) DEC Ben Stemmet (CIT), 2-0 | CSU leads 22-12
Up Next
Cleveland State will host its first dual match of the year at home on Friday, Jan. 19, against Northern Illinois in a MAC match at 7 p.m.
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