East Stroudsburg opened the match strong with a pair of major decision wins. The opening bout at 197 pounds saw Shane Mallory defeat Justin Sachse, 22-9. Sachse was moved up from his normal weight class of 174 pounds to challenge Mallory. Chris Birchler earned the Warriors another four pounds when took a 12-3 major decision win in a match-up against Drexel's Kyle Frey. Mytych, a senior co-captain, got the Dragons on the board with a convincing 16-4 triumph to halve the Warriors' lead.
At 133 pounds, Matt Swallow outlasted Justin Giani, 9-5, before Drexel made its run of six straight victories to close the match. Freshman Matt Dugan won perhaps the most exciting bout of the day as he trailed in the second period, 3-0. Dugan started the second period in the up position and was assessed a penalty point for an illegal move to increase his deficit to 3-0. He rode Matthew Rizzo out to finish the period then started on top to begin the third. Rizzo was called for stalling twice in the third period while Dugan continued to run up his riding time. With the score 3-2, Dugan earned two points for a near fall with just seconds remaining and won the match, 5-3, while not earning a single takedown.
Robbie Robinson picked up a win at 149 pounds with a 4-2 victory over Joe Schick while Billy Haydt followed with a 13-6 decision against Jesse Dunn. Scott Hunter and Brian Stouffer picked up wins with decisions by five points as Hunter defeated Jeff Jacobs, 11-6, and Stouffer topped Nick Tetro, 7-2. Justin Wieller ended the match with a 6-2 victory at 184 pounds over Trevor Salvatore.
The Dragons return to action on Saturday, Nov. 22 when they head to Ithaca, N.Y. to participate in the Cornell Body Bar Invitational. The first match starts at 9:00 a.m.
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