The Bobcats (10-9) won eight of 10 matches against James Madison, including pins by Caleb Metcalf (Waterville, Ohio) at 125 pounds, Jake Frerichs (Uniontown, Ohio) at 157 and Ryan Knapp (McConnelsville, Ohio) at 174.
The pins by Metcalf and Frerichs sandwiched a run of five straight victories that gave Ohio a 24-0 lead to begin the meet. In between, 133-pounder Terry Jackson (Uhrichsville, Ohio), 141-pounder Albert Madsen (Strongsville, Ohio) and 149-pounder Aaron Gomoll (Bay Village, Ohio) all posted major decisions for the Bobcats.
After the Dukes (4-12) won a 10-2 major decision over Kent Smith (Bowling Green, Ohio) at 165 pounds, Ohio ran off three more victories before JMU's Chris Civitan ended the meet with a 3-2 decision over Marcus Adelman (Alliance, Ohio) in the heavyweight bout.
The Bobcat upper-weight wins were Knapp's pin, a 3-0 decision by 184-pounder Brian Cesear (Amherst, Ohio) and a 16-0 technical fall by 197-pounder Nick Terbay (Dayton, Ohio).
Against the Cavaliers (10-4), Metcalf opened the meet with a 6-4 decision at 125 pounds but Virginia's Eric Albright answered back with a 7-4 decision over Jackson at 133. That trend would continue as the matches went back and forth until the very end with the only difference being bonus points for a pin in the 165-pound contest.
The other wins for Ohio were a 5-2 decision by Frank Brown (Westerville, Ohio) at 141 pounds, a 9-2 decision by Frerichs at 157, a 3-1 decision by Knapp at 174 and an 8-6 decision by Terbay at 197.
With the meet knotted at 15-15 heading into the final match, Virginia heavyweight Nick Smith managed to pull out a 3-2 victory over Adelman.
"Overall it was a pretty good weekend for us but I really expected us to get the win over Virginia," said Bobcat head coach Joel Greenlee, whose career dual meet coaching record now stands at 99-69-4. "There were about three more matches that we should have won but that's how it goes sometimes. You can't give up back points like we did late in those matches."
After wrestling just two of their first 19 dual meets at home this season, the Bobcats return to the Convocation Center next weekend for their final two home events of the year. Ohio will take on West Virginia (4-4) at 7 p.m. Friday and then host Kent State (11-3-1) at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
"We're definitely looking forward to wrestling at home again," said Greenlee. "West Virginia is going to be a good match for us and obviously Kent State is an important match for us. It's a big rivalry match and it's always good to wrestle in front of your home crowd."
Sunday's meet will mark Senior Day in The Convo and the festivities will also include honoring former national champion and coaching legend Harry Houska. All home wrestling meets in the Convocation Center are free and open to the public.
Ohio 38, James Madison 7
125 - Caleb Metcalf (Ohio) fall Thang Ho, 1:50
133 - Terry Jackson (Ohio) major dec. Richie Gebauer, 9-0
141 - Albert Madsen (Ohio) major dec. Brian Kibler, 15-2
149 - Aaron Gomoll (Ohio) major dec. Greg Soufleris, 14-3
157 - Jake Frerichs (Ohio) fall Mitch Davey, 1:13
165 - John Divello (JMU) major dec. Kent Smith, 10-2
174 - Ryan Knapp (Ohio) fall Q. Dudduffour-Donkor, 1:00
184 - Brian Cesear (Ohio) dec. Brian Lambert, 3-0
197 - Nick Terbay (Ohio) tech. fall Marcus Bartley, 16-0
HWT - Chris Civitan (JMU) dec. Marcus Adelman, 3-2
Virginia 18, Ohio 15
125 - Caleb Metcalf (Ohio) dec. Anthony Burke, 6-4
133 - Eric Albright (UVA) dec. Terry Jackson, 7-4
141 - Frank Brown (Ohio) dec. Peter Ferrara, 5-2
149 - Drew DiPasquale (UVA) dec. Aaron Gomoll, 7-5
157 - Jake Frerichs (Ohio) dec. Kyle Artusio, 9-2
165 - Damian Johnson (UVA) fall Mike Grandominico, 4:05
174 - Ryan Knapp (Ohio) dec. Mike Grogan, 3-1
184 - Kyle Narkiewicz (JMU) dec. Brian Cesear, 5-3
197 - Nick Terbay (Ohio) dec. Brent Jones, 8-6
HWT - Nick Smith (UVA) dec. Marcus Adelman, 3-2
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