Shippensburg (1-0) opened with immediate momentum, as freshman Dustin Steffenino scored a technical fall at 125 pounds. His 19-3 victory in two periods gave the Raiders an early 5-0 lead.
Waynesburg (0-1) rebounded with decisions at 133 and 141 pounds to take a 6-5 lead, but then sophomore Colin Ochs scored a second-period pin in 4:17 - his first career victory by fall - to give SU a lead it would not relinquish.
Freshman Adam Martz, a three-time state champion from Maryland, debuted with a hard-fought 5-3 decision at 157 pounds. Martz scored two takedowns and also got a riding-time point en route to the victory.
Sophomore Gray Garber made his first collegiate victory a resounding one - as he pinned Matt Claxton in 1:44. After two more Waynesburg decisions, sophomore Evan Ramos cemented the victory with a pin in his first bout back after a medical-redshirt season. Ramos scored the victory by fall in 2:02.
The SU victory avenged a loss to Waynesburg last season, 25-11, in a match at York (Pa.) College.
Shippensburg will host LIU Post and York (Pa.) College in a tri-meet on Wednesday that begins at 4 p.m.
Results:
125: Dustin Steffenino (SU) tech falls Tristan Buxton (WU), 19-3 (5:00) [5-0]
133: Gordan Bieber (WU) dec. Dante Steffenino (SU), 5-2 [5-3]
141: Filippo Crivelli (WU) dec. Cody Blankenship (SU), 6-3 [5-6]
149: Colin Ochs (SU) pins D.J. Grindle (WU), 4:17 [11-6]
157: Adam Martz (SU) dec. Nick Kusich (WU), 5-3 [14-6]
165: Gray Garber (SU) pins Matt Claxton (WU), 1:44 [20-6]
174: Mike Millero (WU) dec. Hunter Fenk (SU), 8-5 [20-9]
184: Ryan Shank (WU) dec. Colton Rebert (SU), 7-1 [20-12]
197: Evan Ramos (SU) pins Tristan Nicholson (WU), 2:02 [26-12]
285: Jake Evans (WU) dec. Derek Earnest (SU), 2-0 [26-15]
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