DOYLESTOWN (PA) – The Delaware Valley College wrestling team had its first home contests of the season as it hosted a quad match and the Aggies came away with three victories. They opened with a 22-13 triumph over Division II East Stroudsburg University and followed with 50-3 and 40-6 victories over Division III squads Gettysburg College and Hunter College respectively.

The wins lifted Delaware Valley record to 7-4 on the season. East Stroudsburg fell to 3-6. Gettysburg and Hunter College also wrestled against each other and Hunter came away with a 41-8 win as its record moved to 3-9 after the evening. Gettysburg's record fell to 3-9 with its two losses.

The Delaware Valley-East Stroudsburg match came down to the final two weight classes as it was tied at 13-13 after the first eight. Returning All-American Aaron Karns hit the mats for the Aggies at 197 and he cruised to a 5-0 shutout of Tyson Searer for a 16-13 team advantage.

Freshman heavyweight Zach Roseberry looked to clinch the victory for Delaware Valley but, after a scoreless first period, he gave up an early second-period escape to Tyler Richardson to trail 1-0. Late in the period, Roseberry registered a takedown and he put Richardson on his back with eight seconds to go for the pin and win.

The Warriors picked up the first points of the match at 125 as Anthony Marino, who gave the tying point on a stalling call with two seconds left in regulation, came back with a takedown with seven seconds left in the first overtime for a 5-3 win over Zac Haynes.

However, Delaware Valley registered a major decision and three decisions in the next four weights for a 13-3 lead. Connor Kirkegard started the run with a 5-3 triumph over Joey Kratochvil at 133 and David Davidson followed with a 3-0 blanking of Marius Kola 141. Vinny Fava then dominated Joseph Hoy at 149, en route to a 19-8 major decision. Returning All-American followed with an 11-7 win over Eric Howey at 157.

East Stroudsburg's two fifth-ranked national wrestlers took the mats next and their decision and major decision made it 13-10. Braden Turner had a 4-0 shutout of Nick Della Fera and Brendan McKeown added a 17-5 major over Ben Schweiger. Luke DeLuise then tied the match thanks to an 8-1 decision over Connor Gabriel at 184. The rest belonged to Karns and Roseberry for the Delaware Valley win.

The Aggies match with Gettysburg featured just four bouts as the Bullets forfeited six weight classes. Delaware Valley won three of the four starting with Kirkegard's pin of Holt Johnson in just 87 seconds. Ajagbe earned a 16-0, technical fall victory over Collin Furth and Schweiger had an 8-3 decision over Manny Markantone. Gettysburg's lone points came at 197 pounds where Camden Stoops posted a 5-2 decision over Evan Seaman.

Haynes, Davidson, Fava, Alec Horan (165), Gabriel and Mike Boardman (285) got the forfeit victories for the Aggies.

The evening ended with Delaware Valley and Hunter and it was the Hawks who struck first as Kenny Albert had a 7-3 win over Haynes at 125. However, the rest of the match belonged to the Aggies as they won six straight weight classes and eight of the last nine.

Pat Davis began the run with a 9-6 decision over Jaydon Rice at 133 pounds. Davidson followed with a 6-2 triumph over Timmy McCann and Fava picked up a forfeit at 149. Ajagbe was dominant in a 13-3 major decision over Declan Gray and Horan and Schweiger had back-to-back pins at 165 and 174. Horan needed 4:04 to drop Nick Wilkie while Schweiger put RJ Pacquette on his back in just 2:48.
Dennis Melendez put Hunter back on the board with a 6-1 victory over Gabriel at 184. Karns was awarded a forfeit at 197 for Delaware Valley and Boardman ended the night with a

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 22, EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY 13
125 - Anthony Marino (ESU) by decision over Zac Haynes, 5-3 OT(3-0 ESU)
133 - Connor Kirkegard (DelVal) by decision over Joey Kratochvil, 5-3 (3-3 ESU)
141 – David Davidson (DelVal) by decision over Marius Kola, 3-0 (6-3 DelVal)
149 - Vinny Fava (DelVal) by major decision over Joseph Hoy, 19-8 (10-3 DelVal)
157 - Emmanuel Ajagbe (DelVal) by decision over Eric Howey, 11-7 (13-3 DelVal)
165 – Braden Turner (ESU) by decision over Nick Della Fera, 4-0 (13-6 DelVal)
174 – Brendan McKeown (ESU) by major decision over Ben Schweiger, 17-5 (13-10 DelVal)
184 - Luke DeLuise (ESU) by decision over Connor Gabriel, 8-1 (13-13)
197 - Aaron Karns (DelVal) by decision over Tyson Searer, 5-0 (16-13 DelVal)
285 - Zach Roseberry (DelVal) by fall over Tyler Richardson, 4:52 (22-13 DelVal)

HUNTER COLLEGE 41, GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 8
125 - Kenny Albert (Hunter) by forfeit (6-0 Hunter)
133 - Jaydon Rice (Hunter) by fall over Holt Johnson, 1:15 (12-0 Hunter)
141 - Timmy McCann (Hunter) by forfeit (18-0 Hunter)
149 - No contest
157 - Declan Gray (Hunter) by fall over Collin Furth, 1:33 (24-0 Hunter)
165 - Nick Wilkie (Hunter) by forfeit (30-0 Hunter)
174 - Manny Markantone (Gettysburg) by technical fall over RJ Pacquette, 17-1 (30-5 Hunter)
184 - Jayson Kim (Hunter) by forfeit (36-5 Hunter)
197 - Dennis Melendez (Hunter) by tech. fall over decision over Camden Stoops, 16-1 (41-5 Hunter)
285 - Jared Schlett (Gettysburg) by decision over Dilpreet Singh, 3-1 (41-8 Hunter)

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 50, GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 3
125 - Zac Haynes (DelVal) won by forfeit (6-0 DelVal)
133 - Connor Kirkegard (DelVal) by fall over Holt Johnson, 1:27 (12-0 DelVal)
141 – David Davidson (DelVal) by forfeit (18-0 DelVal)
149 - Vinny Fava (DelVal) by forfeit (24-0 DelVal)
157 - Emmanuel Ajagbe (DelVal) by technical fall over Collin Furth, 16-0 (29-0 DelVal)
165 – Alec Horan (DelVal) by forfeit (35-0 DelVal)
174 – Ben Schweiger (DelVal) by decision over Manny Markantone, 8-3 (38-0 DelVal)
184 - Connor Gabriel (DelVal) by forfeit (44-0 DelVal)
197 - Camden Stoops (Gettysburg) by decision over Evan Seaman, 5-2 (44-3 DelVal)
285 - Mike Boardman (DelVal) by forfeit (50-3 DelVal)

DELAWARE VALLEY COLLEGE 40, HUNTER COLLEGE 6
125 - Kenny Albert (Hunter) by decision over Zac Haynes, 7-3 (3-0 Hunter)
133 - Pat Davis (DelVal) by decision over Jaydon Rice, 9-6 (3-3)
141 – David Davidson (DelVal) by decision over Timmy McCann, 6-2 (6-3 DelVal)
149 - Vinny Fava (DelVal) by forfeit (12-3 DelVal)
157 - Emmanuel Ajagbe (DelVal) by major decision over Declan Gray, 13-3 (16-3 DelVal)
165 – Alec Horan (DelVal) by fall over Nick Wilkie, 4:04 (22-3 DelVal)
174 – Ben Schweiger (DelVal) by fall over RJ Pacquette, 2:48 (28-3 DelVal)
184 - Dennis Melendez (Hunter) by decision over Connor Gabriel, 6-1 (28-6 DelVal)
197 - Aaron Karns (DelVal) by forfeit (34-6 DelVal)
285 - Mike Boardman (DelVal) by fall over Dilpreet Singh, 4:53 (40-6 DelVal)