By Tim Glon
| Tourament Site |
WILLIMSPORT, Pa. — Senior All-American Kyle Kwiat tied the school record for career victories with a 3-0 record, leading No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern wrestling team on the first day of the Lycoming (Pa.) Duals.
The Polar Bears (8-2 overall) defeated Lycoming (Pa.) 31-9 and topped Rhode Island College 41-9 to reach the quarterfinals before falling to No. 24 Messiah (Pa.) 26-10.
Northern will next face Coast Guard (Conn.) in the consolation quarterfinals Saturday at 9 am in the double-elimination tournament.
Kwiat, the No. 1-ranked defending national champion at 174 pounds, went 3-0 on the day with a fall, a tech fall and a major decision to improve to 20-3 on the season.
Kwiat is now 133-16 in his career, tying the ONU record of national champions Vinny Cameron (133-27-3 from 1986-89) and Luke Miller (133-29 from 2008-11).
Junior Jerry Pasquale went 3-0 at 125 with one pin and freshman Tyler Gargano went 3-0 at 165 pounds for ONU.
Three Polar Bears went 2-1 on the day.
Sophomore J.P. Hoopes was 2-1 with a major decision at 149 pounds, junior No. 9-ranked Michael Pawlitz went 2-1 with a tech fall at 197 pounds and sophomore Cody Lovejoy was 2-1 with a fall at heavyweight.
