Doylestown, Pa-  Delaware Valley Men's Wrestling hosted the Golden Bears of Western New England on Friday, January 12th. The Aggies entered tonight's match up with a record of 6-2, including a win over formally ranked #16 Loras. The Aggies have won six dual meets in a row, and their only two losses were against two teams currently ranked in the top 25 in the country by NWCA. Delaware Valley faced off against a team who they have already seen twice this season, the Golden Bears of Western New England. DelVal and Western New England both competed in the Tonee Ellis Memorial Invite and the Doug Parker Invite earlier on this season in November. After a back and fourth battle through the first five matches, Delaware Valley would come out on top winning the final four matches to defeat Western New England by a score of 37-15. 

The match started at 125 lbs where first year Malik Asfour picked up the technical fall win over Clayton O'Connor. The first year improves to 15-7 and notched his seventh technical fall victory on the season. At 133 lbs, junior Ryan Arndt would pick up a 17-0 technical fall win over Colby Reilly. Arndt is the team leader in in both wins (23) and technical falls (10) this season for Delaware Valley. The bonus points would keep coming for the Aggies at 141 lbs when returning NCAA Qualifier and #15 ranked Jacob Blair defeated Ayden Cheng by fall to give the Aggies a 16-0 lead. Western New England would go on to pick up three consecutive wins in the next three bouts to cut the lead to 16-15. At 149 lbs, Peter Charnley would overcome a 5-0 deficit and pickup a pinfall victory over Greg Croce. At 157 lbs, Nicholas Delorenzo would drop a 8-3 decision to Northeast Regionally ranked Cam Hines. At 165,  Northeast Regionally ranked Sean Monteiro would pick up a pin fall win over Hayden Mann. At 174 lbs, in a 0-0 match in the third period, junior Adam Coleman had the gym rocking as he secured a late pin fall victory over CJ Glaropoulos. The Aggies would pick up back to back wins at 184 lbs as sophomore Luke Moore would earn the dual meet clinching victory as he pinned Charles Maloy. First year Nicholas Hall would go on to defeat Griffin Ostrom by a tightly contested 9-6 decision at 197 lbs. Dan Eckley would end the night for the Aggies with a bang as he secured a 2nd period pin fall over Spencer Dickinson at HWT to give the Aggies a 37-15 win. 

Big win for the Aggies as they now move to 7-2 on the season in dual meets. This win marked the seventh consecutive dual meet win for the Aggies. DelVal will be back in action on Thursday, January 12th, when they travelCollegeville, Pennsylvania to face off against to Ursinus College in a dual meet.

DVU 37, WNE 15
125 – Malik Asfour (Delaware Valley) tech. fall Clayton O'Connor. (15-0)
133 – Ryan Arndt (Delaware Valley) tech. fall over Colby Reilly (Western New England) (TF 17-0)
141 – Jacob Blair (Delaware Valley) over Ayden Cheng (Western New England) (Fall 1:45) 
149 – Peter Charnley (Western New England) over Greg Croce (Delaware Valley) (Fall 2:05)
157 –  Cam Hines (Western New England) over Nicholas DeLorenzo (Delaware Valley) (Dec 8-3)
165 – Sean Monteiro (Western New England) over Hayden Mann (Delaware Valley) (Fall 3:59)
174 – Adam Coleman (Delaware Valley) over CJ Glaropoulos (Western New England) (Fall 4:20)
184 – Luke Moore (Delaware Valley) over Charles Maloy (Western New England) (Fall 1:01
197 – Nicholas Hall (Delaware Valley) over Griffin Ostrom (Western New England) (Dec 9-6)
285-  Daniel Eckley (Delaware Valley) over Spencer Dickinson (Western New England) (Fall 3:28) 

Exhibition: Sean O`Toole (Delaware Valley) over Zachary Schonoff (Western New England) (Fall 0:40