Delaware Valley Men's Wrestling Earns First Home Dual Meet Win Of The Season Over Wilkes

12/8/2023 10:12:00 PM | By: | Jake Nase Coordinator of Sports Information |

Doylestown, Pa- Delaware Valley Men's Wrestling hosted the Colonels of Wilkes on Friday, December 8th. The Aggies entered tonights match up with a record of 1-2, including a win over MAC foe York. The Aggies two losses this season were to Stevens and Muhlenberg, two teams currently ranked in the top 25 in the country by NWCA. Delaware Valley faced off tonight against another team receiving national recognition. The Colonels of Wilkes currently are ranked 19th in the country on TheOpenMat.com and have two wrestlers ranked in the top 15 of their weight division. After a back and fourth battle, Delaware Valley would come out on top winning four of the last five matches and defeat Wilkes by a score of 29-15.

The match started at 125 lbs where first year Malik Asfour picked up the technical fall win over Connor Kewin. The first year picked up his tenth win of the season was able tp help propel the Aggies to a 5-0 lead. Returning NCAA Qualifier and #14 ranked Jacob Blair defeated Michael Richardson by technical fall to give the Aggies a 10-0 lead. The sophomore made back to back tech falls for Delaware Valley in the first two matches of the night. Wilkes would respond at 141 lbs where Jack Bauer pinned Ryan Arndt to cut the defacit 10-6. A big win for the Bauer as he avenged a 2023 Southeast Region loss to Arndt last season. Wilkes would take the lead after Ryan Santiago and Jaryn Hartranft would go pick up back to back decision victories. Despite trailing 12-10, the Aggies would start a big run in the back half of the dual meet and it would start off at 165 lbs with junior Adam Coleman picking up major decision win over Trevor DeBoff. The turning point of the dual would come at 174 lbs when sophomore Joseph McCullough came from behind and picked up a pin fall victory over Melquan Warren. The crowd was going wild as McCullough picked up the fall and extended the lead for Delaware Valley 20-12. Sophomore Luke Moore would earn the dual meet clinching victory as he defeated Hunter Lowe by fall. At 197 lbs, #7 Cameron Butka defeated freshman Nick Hall by decision. In the marquee bout of the night, it would be a battle of nationally ranked HWTs as #7 Logan Flynn battled against #13 Caleb Burkhart. Flynn would go on and defeat Burkhart by an 8-2 decision.

Big win for the Aggies as they now move to 2-2 on the season in dual meets. Here is what head coach Andrew Taylor had to say about Delaware Valley's first home dual meet win of the season...

"Tonight was a great environment for wrestling. Our crowd and support was outstanding. 19th ranked Wilkes came in well coached and prepared to battle, our guys faced the challenge well. There is still a long way to go and a lot of things to clean up, but we're getting better each week and putting the right work in."

Delaware Valley will be back in action next week when they travel to Sandusky Ohio and compete in the 2023 Kalahari Duals.

DVU 29, WU 15
125 – Malik Asfour (D) tech. fall C. Kerwin (W) 18-2
133 – Jacob Blair (D) tech. fall M. Richardson (W) 18-3
141 – J. Bauer (W) fall Ryan Kelly (D) 3:48
149 – R. Santiago (W) dec. Mike Rubino (D) 15-8
157 – J. Hartranft (W) dec. Nicholas DeLorenzo (D) 15-8
165 – Adam Coleman (D) major dec. T. DuBoff (W) 12-3
174 – Joseph McCullough (D) fall M. Warren (W) 3:30
184 – Luke Moore (D) fall H. Lowe (W) 3:21
197 – C. Butka (W) dec. Nicholas Hall (D) 8-2
285 – Logan Flynn (D) dec. C. Burkhart (W) 10-6

Exhibitions:
133 – Ryan Mansuetto (D) fall E. Washburn (W)
141 – Sean O'Toole (D) dec. M. Livio (W) 8-2

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