The Vikings (2-10, 1-4 EWL) had wins from Ray Stone (197), Riley Shaw (285), Daniel King (133), Jared McKinley (141), and Nick Montgomery (149).
Stone earned a forfeit win to give CSU their first points of the day. Shaw posted his ninth decision of the year (8-3) over Greg Velasco, making the score 11-9 after four bouts. CSU added another win by King who tallied his sixth decision win of the year over 27th ranked Chuck Zeisloft, lifting him to 20 wins on the season. King's decision put CSU in a comfortable spot only being down, 17-12. Cleveland State then had back-to back pins by McKinley and Montgomery. McKinley's pin gave the Vikings their first lead at 18-17 in the match.
Leading behind McKinley, Montgomery came up with a second straight pin over Rider's Curt Delia who came in ranked 31st, to put the match out of reach at 24-17. Rider ended up winning by pin in the final bout, but CSU prevailed 24-23, to pick up their first EWL win of the season.
Cleveland State will be back on the mats on Sunday (Feb. 23) as CSU will travel to Athens, Ohio for their final regular season match to wrestle Gardner-Webb (12:00 p.m.) and Ohio (3:00 p.m.).
Results:
125: Robert Deutsch (RU) wins by fall (2:18) over John Martin (CSU); TS: 17-9
133: Daniel King (CSU) wins by decision (9-3) over Chuck Zeisloft (RU); TS: 17-12
141: Jared McKinley (CSU) wins by fall (2:08) over Paul Kirchner (RU); TS: 18-17
149: Nick Montgomery (CSU) wins by fall (1:12) over Curt Delia (RU); TS: 24-17
157: Wayne Stinson (RU) wins by fall (5:56) over R.J. LaBeef (CSU); TS: 24-23
165: Ramon Santiago (RU) wins by major decision (10-3) over Matt Donohoe (CSU); TS: 4-0
174: Conor Brennan (RU) wins by decision (3-1) over Nick Corba (CSU); TS: 7-0
184: Clint Morrison (RU) wins by major decision (9-0) over Xavier Dye (CSU); TS: 11-0
197: Ray Stone (CSU) wins by forfeit (6-0) over David Fenton (RU); TS: 11-6
285: Riley Shaw (CSU) wins by decision (8-3) over Greg Velasco (RU); TS: 11-9
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