The Griffin wrestlers made the trip to West Liberty, WV to battle the #9 ranked Hilltoppers on Tuesday evening. Seton Hill was able to win 6 of the 10 matches and secured a 25-16 victory. With the victory, the Griffins get back to .500 at 6-6 in dual matches this season.
Stephen Smith gave the Griffins a quick 6-0 lead in the match with a pinfall victory in 3:00 in the 125 pound matchup.
Mike Grant then followed with a 2-1 victory at 133 pounds to extend the Griffins lead to 9-0.
AJ Fisher then picked up a major decision (13-5) victory in the 141 pound match and the Griffins led 13-0.
Nick Nichols then earned a pinfall victory at 149 pounds and the Griffins took complete control of the match.
Brett Smith and
Dylan Bushby each earned decision victories to close out the scoring for the Griffins. Smith won 2-0 at 165 pounds and Bushby won 3-0 at 184 pounds.
Seton Hill will now take part in the Super Region I Duals this weekend. The Griffins will battle Newberry and UNC-Pembroke on Friday and Limestone and Anderson on Saturday.
Match Summary
125
Stephen Smith (SHU) won by pin over Joe Wagstaff (WLU) 3:00
133
Mike Grant (SHU) won in tie breaker 1 over Cole Nace (WLU) 2-1
141
AJ Fisher (SHU) won by major decision over Daniel Carpenter (WLU) 13-5
149
Nick Nichols (SHU) won by pin over Unknown (WLU) 5:00
157 Art Hobley (WLU) won by decision over
Adam Moranduzzo (SHU) 4-2
165
Brett Smith (SHU) won by decision over Eric Antesberger (WLU) 2-0
174 Jordon Nolan (WLU) won by decision over
Randall Wagner (SHU) 4-3
184
Dylan Bushby (SHU) won by decision over Scott Kaiser (WLU) 3-0
197 Danny Doyle (WLU) won by major decision over
Tyler Dombrowski (SHU) 10-2.
285 Mike Carpenter (WLU) won by forfeit