WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The MSOE men's wrestling team competed in the annual Budd Whitehill Duals over the weekend, the largest Division 3 wrestling tournament in the country.  The Raiders finished with a 2-3 record across the tournament hosted by Lycoming College, as the Red and White finished eleventh out of sixteen teams, up two spots from last year's finish.

RESULTS

MSOE RAIDERS – 18
Springfield College – 30

MSOE RAIDERS – 21
#12 Washington and Lee University – 22

MSOE RAIDERS – 27
York College of Pennsylvania – 18

MSOE RAIDERS – 12
UW-Stevens Point – 24

MSOE RAIDERS - 25
The College of New Jersey - 16     
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• vs. Springfield College
  • Lane Andersen started off the day with a victory for the Red and White, scoring six points at 125 after building up a 9-0 lead and his opponent was reprimanded for stalling.  After Falling behind 15-6, Ben Messier scored a massive pinfall victory for the Red and White at 157, bringing the score to 15-12 in favor of Springfield.
  • Diego Snell-Martinez would tie things up for the Raiders after a hard-fought decision win at 165, but back-to-back pinfall losses for the Raiders would spell defeat as the Raiders fell to their opponents by a final score of 30-18 after a late decision win from Gavin Graham.
• vs. 12 Washington and Lee University
  • The Raiders would trail 10-6 after Andersen picked up a win via forfeit, with Alex Morales bringing the Raiders within a point of the lead after his decision win in sudden victory.
  • The Raiders would fall at 157 and 165, bur rattled off three straight major decision wins as Toren Vandenbush, Jackson Hughes and Graham scored win at 176, 184, and 197 respectively.  With the Raiders ahead 21-19, Washington and Lee would score a 4-0 decision win at 285, stealing a 22-21 win from the Red and White.
• vs. York College of Pennsylvania
  • After dropping their first three bouts against York, a Morales pinfall victory would kick-off a run of Raider wins, as the sophomore was followed by a decision for Messier and a major decision for Snell-Martinez. 
  • Vandenbush would keep the streak alive with a 15-0 technical fall showcase, with Hughes bookending the Red and White run with another pinfall win.  Jake Schmitt would score a 9-2 decision win to close the day for the Raiders with a 27-18 win, and a 1-2 record on Friday.
• vs. UW-Stevens Point
  • The Raiders would clash with a regional foe in the Pointers to start off the competition on Saturday, with Liam Anderson scoring the first win of the day for the Raiders at 141 as he dominated his opponent in an 18-0 technical fall.
  • Vandenbush would score an 8-0 major decision win, with Schmitt scoring an 11-6 decision victory, but it was not enough as Stevens Point took seven out of ten matches against the Red and White.
• vs. The College of New Jersey
  • The Raiders would close out their time in Williamsport against The College of New Jersey, with the Raiders taking an early 10-5 lead after back-to-back wins from Morales and Anderson at 133 and 141.
  • After TCNJ battled back to take a 12-10 lead, Snell-Martinez would score a hard-fought decision win to swing the lead in favor of the Raiders once more.  Vandenbush would add another win to his total, with his tech fall win pushing the MSOE lead to 18-12.
  • After another TCNJ win, it was up to the senior class of the Raiders to secure the victory, as Graham and Schmitt each ended their time on the east coast with big wins for the Red and White, as MSOE secured 11^th place, up two spots from last years 13^th place finish.

WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will be back in action next weekend at the Al Hanke Invite, hosted by Elmhurst University.  The matches are set for a 9:00 A.M. start on Saturday, January 17^th.

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