COLLEGEVILLE (PA) – Delaware Valley College heavyweight Mike Boardman went 3-0, including a pair of match-clinching victories, as the 30th-ranked Aggies downed two squads ranked ahead them and swept four matches overall at the North/South Duals. 

Delaware Valley opened Saturday with a 33-9 triumph over Rhode Island College. The Aggies led from start to finish in a 26-15 victory over No. 22 Messiah College and then rallied with wins in the last two weight classes for a 21-19 triumph over No. 29 Wesleyan University. Delaware Valley then capped the day by edging host Ursinus College, 16-15.

The 4-0 mark at the Duals (the first dual meet matches of the season for the Aggies), combined with last weekend's third-place showing at the highly competitive Citrus Invitational (Delaware Valley finished ahead of a group of Division II and Division III ranked teams), should result in the Aggies moving up in the next Division III coaches' poll which is scheduled to be released on Monday.

Boardman was one of five Delaware Valley grapplers that were undefeated at the Duals. He opened with a pin in just 49 seconds and then sat out the Messiah match. When Boardman hit the mat against Wesleyan's Austin Frank, the Aggies were down 19-18, but he pulled out a 4-3 triumph to seal the win. In the Ursinus match, Delaware Valley trailed 15-13 before Boardman's 6-1 decision over Robert Scarmazza gave the squad the one-point win. Boardman is now 10-6 on the year
 
Nationally-ranked wrestlers Emmanuel Ajagbe and Aaron Karns went 4-0 at 149 and 197 pounds respectively while Nick Della Fera was perfect in his four matches at 165. David Davidson was also undefeated as he won both of his battles at 133.

Ajagbe, ranked fourth in Division III, improved to 20-1 on the season with his lone loss coming against a Division II All-American in the finals of the East Stroudsburg Open. He was coming off a victory over the top-ranked wrestler in his weight class, en route to the title at the Citrus Invitational. The senior could move all the way to number one in Monday's poll.

Karns, ranked fifth in his weight class, upped his mark to 18-2 on the year while Della Fera improved to 17-10. Davidson's two victories increased his total to 12 against just four losses.

Delaware Valley trailed 9-7 against Rhode Island, but took the final five weights with three pins (Dallas Winston at 174, Karns and Boardman) and two major decisions (Della Fera and Kyle Tufts at 184) for the big win.

The Aggies then continued their dominance over Messiah as they defeated the Falcons for the 21st time in 22 career meetings. They led 22-4 after the first six weight classes, including falls by returning All-American Charlie Frankel at 125 pounds and James Dugan at 157, and cruised from there.

The Wesleyan match saw Dugan pick up another fall while Ajagbe, Della Fera and Connor Kirkegard (125) had decisions, but Delaware Valley was down five with two weights to go. Karns gave the Aggies a chance with an 11-1 major decision over Joshua Roomateau and Boardman followed with his one-point decision for the win.

Delaware Valley and Ursinus each won five weight classes in their battle, but the difference was the one bonus point that Ajagbe picked up with his 12-1 major decision over Curtis Watkins. That gave the Aggies a 7-6 lead at the time but they trailed by five again heading into the last two weights. Karns picked up an 8-2 decision and Boardman followed with his 6-1 decision to cap the 4-0 showing for Delaware Valley. 


DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 33, RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 9
125 – Mike Sugarmeyer (RI) by decision over Connor Kirkegard, 4-2 (3-0 RI)
133 – Silas Murray (RI) by decision over Pat Davis, 6-4 (6-0 RI)
141 – Shawn Phillips (DVC) by decision over Chris Kelly, 4-2 (6-3 RI)
149 – Emmanuel Ajagbe (DVC) by major decision over Alex LaBeff, 13-5 (7-6 DVC)
157 – Ryan Rheaume (RI) by decision over Alex Horan, 8-6 (9-7 RI)
165 – Nick Della Fera (DVC) by major decision over Rob Sotelo, 11-3 (11-9 DVC)
174 – Dallas Winston (DVC) by fall over Max Carlsten, 5:18 (17-9 DVC)
184 – Kyle Tufts (DVC) by major decision over Adam Lynch, 11-3 (21-9 DVC)
197 – Aaron Karns (DVC) by fall over Kyle Humphries, 5:23 (27-9 DVC)
285 – Mike Boardman (DVC) by fall over Richard Broderick, 0:49 (33-9 DVC)

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 26, MESSIAH COLLEGE 15
125 – Charlie Frankel (DVC) by fall over Daniel Rodriguez, 1:11 (6-0 DVC)
133 – David Davidson (DVC) by decision over Zach Snow, 6-4 (9-0 DVC)
141 – Kaleb Light (MESS) by technical fall over Trenton Clifford, 21-6 (9-5 DVC)
149 – Emmanuel Ajagbe (DVC) by major decision over Chris Williamson, 11-1 (13-5 DVC)
157 – James Dugan (DVC) by fall over Jacob English, 2:59 (19-5 DVC)
165 – Nick Della Fera (DVC) by decision over Kyle Dayhoff, 7-1 (22-4 DVC)*
174 – Ben Kramer (MESS) by decision over Dallas Winston, 2-1 (22-7 DVC)
184 – Josh Thomson (MESS) by major decision over Connor Gabriel, 16-4 (22-10 DVC)
197 – Aaron Karns (DVC) by major decision over Russ Jones, 8-0 (26-10 DVC)
285 – Charles Jones (MESS) by technical fall over Noah Gesford, 16-1 (26-15 DVC)
* Messiah deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 21, WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 19
125 – Connor Kirkegard (DVC) by decision over James Hamilton, 5-2 (3-0 DVC)
133 – Chris Siracu (WES) by decision over Pat Davis, 6-3 (3-3)
141 – Nick Scotto (WES) by fall over Shawn Phillips, 2:50 (9-3 WES)
149 – Emmanuel Ajagbe (DVC) by decision over Howard Tobanik, 9-3 (9-6 WES)
157 – James Dugan (DVC) by fall over Alex Cannon, 1:34 (12-9 DVC)
165 – Nick Della Fera (DVC) by decision over Tarren Carr, 5-4 (15-9 DVC)
174 – Kyle Rossa (WES) by disqualification over Dallas Winston (15-14 WES)*
184 – Jefferson Ajayi (WES) by major decision over Kyle Tufts, 9-1 (19-14 WES)
197 – Aaron Karns (DVC) by major decision over Joshua Roometau, 11-1 (19-18 WES)
285 – Mike Boardman (DVC) by decision over Austin Frank, 4-3 (21-19 DVC)
* Delaware Valley deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 16, URSINUS COLLLEGE 15
125 – Christopher Donaldson (URS) by decision over Charlie Frankel, 3-1 (3-0 URS)
133 – David Davidson (DVC) by decision over Danny Ventura, 6-5 (3-3)
141 – Elisha Gaylor (URS) by decision over Dale Fava, 7-5 (6-3 URS)
149 – Emmanuel Ajagbe (DVC) by decision over Curtis Watkins, 12-1 (7-6 DVC)
157 – Richard Jasinski (URS) by decision over Alec Horan, 7-3 (9-7 URS)
165 – Bill Reick (URS) by decision over James Dugan, 3-1 (12-7 URS)
174 – Nick Della Fera (DVC) by decision over Gonebla Seri, 3-1 (12-10 URS)
184 – Dan Manganaro (URS) by decision over Connor Gabriel, 3-2 (15-10 URS)
197 – Aaron Karns (DVC) by decision over Christian Psornas, 8-2 (15-13 URS)
285 – Mike Boardman (DVC) by decision over Robert Scaramazza, 6-1 (16-15 DVC)