Mason Wrestling Wins First Home Dual in Dominant Fashion
Nov. 20, 2008
FAIRFAX, Va. - The George Mason wrestling team recorded four falls on its way to a 31-14 victory over The Citadel in the first home dual meet of the 2008-09 season on Thursday evening at the Field House. With the win, the Patriots improve to 1-1 on the season, while The Citadel drops to 1-2. After the meet got underway at the 174-pound weight class, Mason immediately took control of the team score with three victories to start the dual. Freshman Mendbagana Tovuujav began the meet with a 21-8 major decision against James Oddo. In the next match, junior Bill Widener pinned the Bulldogs' Kelby Smith in 2:25. The 11th-ranked wrestler at 197 pounds in the latest InterMat poll, sophomore Cayle Byers, followed with a fall in 3:50 against Andrew Delaney to give the Patriots a commanding 16-0 lead in the team scoring. After Aaron Brown won The Citadel's first match of the evening at the heavyweight class with a 14-4 major decision against Mason freshman Hunter Manspile, the Patriots won the next two matches to essentially put the meet out of reach for the Bulldogs. In perhaps the most exciting match of the evening, junior 125-pounder Brian Wright scored a two-point reversal as the final seconds ticked off the clock to take a 6-5 victory against Tyler Sim. Freshman Denny Herndon followed with a fall in 1:21 against Pierre Frazile at the 133-pound weight class to make the team score 25-4 in favor of George Mason. The Citadel took three out of the final four matches of the meet, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Patriots commanding lead. Freshman Jake Bohn was the only Mason athlete to score a victory in those final four matches, recording a fall in 1:31 against Keith Koziel at 157 pounds. George Mason wrestles again in two days, traveling to nearby Annapolis, Md. to compete in the Navy Classic on Saturday, Nov. 22, beginning at 9 a.m. It will be the first tournament the Patriots participate in during the 2008-09 season.
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