The third-ranked Ohio State wrestling team defeated No. 19 Edinboro University, 34-12, in a Sunday dual meet at Perrysburg High School outside Toledo.
The Buckeyes won the first seven bouts -- three by major decision, two by pin, one by technical fall, and one by a Fighting Scot forfeit -- to jump out to a 34-0 lead. Edinboro managed to win the last three matches -- one by pin -- but it was not enough to surmount Ohio State's lead.
"Overall, it was a great day for the Buckeyes," according to head coach Tom Ryan. "There was a great crowd and the team wrestled with a lot of energy at every weight class. We pushed the action and that's a big step for us at several weight classes."
The Perrysburg dual meet attracted 2,325 fans, and is part of an ongoing program by Ohio State to hold wrestling events at various locations around the state of Ohio. The intent is to bring Big Ten college wrestling to fans not able to travel to Columbus, and also serves as a recruiting tool and publicity generator for the Buckeyes' wrestling program.
Results:
133 - Ian Paddock (OSU) maj. dec. Kyle Fluke (Edinboro), 12-1
141 - No. 1 Reece Humphrey (OSU) tech. fall Ashton Osterberg (Edinboro), 27-11
149 - No. 4 Lance Palmer (OSU) maj. dec. Torsten Gillespie (Edinboro), 9-1
157 - Sean Nemec (OSU) maj. dec. Matt Coleman (Edinboro), 10-0
165 - No. 7 Colt Sponseller (OSU) pinned Chris Hrunka (Edinboro), 4:53
174 - Edinboro Forfeit
184 - No. 9 Mike Pucillo (OSU) pinned No. 20 Pat Bradshaw (Edinboro), 2:26
197 -Shawn Fendone (Edinboro) pinned Zach Stolarsky (OSU), 2:40
285 - No. 14 Chris Birchler (Edinboro) dec. Corey Morrison (OSU), 6-4
125 - No. 8 Eric Morrill (Edinboro) dec. Nikko Triggas (OSU), 6-4
Resources
BuckeyeWrestling.com: "Around the Mat" video interviews with Ohio State wrestlers Nikko Triggas, Colt Sponseller and Reece Humphrey (conducted BEFORE the Edinboro dual meet)
TheMat.com's college wrestling scores for December 7-13
College Wrestling 101: Links to articles answering basic questions about wrestling, including rules, scoring, uniforms, more
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