"It was a great team win tonight," said head coach Joel Greenlee. "UTC is a very tough and well coached team. We knew they would wrestle hard and our team rose to the challenge including true freshman Nate Hall who filled in for an injured Phil Wellington."
Freshman 125-pounder Shakur Laney (Canal Winchester, Ohio) got things going for the Bobcats by picking up an 11-8 decision win over Alonzo Allen to give Ohio a 3-0 lead.
Freshman 135-pounder Cameron Kelly (Bellbrook, Ohio) then won a 7-6 decision over Cody Hill to move Ohio to 6-0.
UTC Michal Pongranacz downed RS sophomore Bobcat Noah Forrider (Marysville, Ohio) for the win at 141-pounds.
RS Sophomore Cullen Cummings (Woodridge, Ill.) dominated UTC's Roman Boylen for a 7-1 decision in the 149 pound matchup.
RS Senior Spartak Chino (Wheaton, Ill.) dropped a razor thin decision to Kamal Shakur in the 157-pound match.
RS freshman Austin Reese (Urbana, Ohio) took a close 5-4 decision over Dominic Lampe at 165 pounds before RS senior Cody Walters (Macedonia, Ohio) cruised to an 8-3 win over Sean Mappes at 174.
RS senior Andrew Romanchik (Independence, Ohio) picked up a one-sided victory over John Lampe at 174 pnds, winning 4-1 by decision.
Freshman Nate Hall (Lewis Center, Ohio) wrestled hard but dropped a majority decision to No. 18 Scottie Boykin, stepping in for Phil Wellington at 197 pounds.
UTC wrapped up the competition with Jared Johnson picking up a 11-0 major decision win over Ohio sophomore Jesse Webb (Bennington, Vt.)
Ohio returns to action Dec. 29-30 at the Midlands tournament in Evanston, Ill.
Results:
125: Shakur Laney (Ohio) - Dec. 11-8 - Alonzo Allen (UTC) - Ohio 3-0
133: Cameron Kelly (Ohio) - Dec. 7-6 - Cody Hill (UTC) - Ohio 6-0
141: Michael Pongracz (UTC) - Dec. 3-1 (SV1) - Noah Forrider (Ohio) - Ohio 6-3
149: Cullen Cummings (Ohio) - Dec. 7-1 - Roman Boylen (UTC) - Ohio 9-3
157: Kamaal Shakur (UTC) - Dec. 4-3 - Spartak Chino (Ohio) - Ohio 9-6
165: Austin Reese (Ohio) - Dec. 5-4 - Dominic Lampe (UTC) - Ohio 12-6
174: Cody Walters (Ohio) - Dec. 8-3 - Sean Mappes (UTC) - Ohio 15-6
184: Andrew Romanchik (Ohio) - Dec. 4-1 - John Lampe (UTC) - Ohio 18-6
197: No. 18 Scottie Boykin (UTC) - MD 11-2 - Nate Hall (Ohio) - Ohio 18-10
285: Jared Johnson (UTC) - MD 11-0 - Jesse Webb (Ohio) - Ohio 18-14
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