Millersville, Pa. – The No. 18 Millersville University wrestling team could not overcome No. 21 Mercyhurst's start in a 35-5 loss on Friday night at Pucillo Gymnasium.

The Lakers earn their first dual match victory of the season while the Marauder suffer their third.

DUAL HIGHLIGHTS
• The Lakers began with No. 8 ranked, 125-pound Eric Bartos scoring a 15-4 major decision which put them up 4-0 early. From that point, the Lakers had the momentum for the whole dual.
• At 133, freshman Ryan McGuire and Alexis Soriano went down to the wire but Soriano came out on top, scoring a 6-5 win. The bout was tied at 5-5 with seconds remaining. On their feet, the wrestlers worked toward the edge of the mat and McGuire was called for stalling. That proved to be the deciding point. 
• The Lakers kept the momentum going with a pin, a decision and a major decision victory for a 23-0 advantage going into the 165-pound weight class.
• A battle of two nationally-ranked wrestlers went the Lakers way with No. 12 Logan Grass topping No. 4 Shane Ruhnke, 10-3. Ruhnke had an early 2-0 advantage with a takedown with 1:45 left in the first. Grass escaped and then had a takedown with a minute left in the period. Grass continued to build the advantage.
• Mercyhurst responded after the 165-pound battle with a fall at 174 and a hard-fought 9-3 decision at 184. At 197, senior Colton Dull came out of the gate strong to win in dominant, 19-2 fashion. Dull ended the first period with a 12-2 advantage. At 285, nationally-ranked Jake Robb finished the match off with a 2-0 victory.

BOX SCORE
Mercyhurst 35, Millersville 5 (FINAL)
125: No. 8 Eric Bartos (HURST) by maj. dec. over Connor Sheehan (VILLE), 15-4 (HURST, 4-0)
133: Alexis Soriano (HURST) by dec. over Ryan McGuire (VILLE), 6-5 (HURST, 7-0)
141: Aidan Burke (HURST) by fall over Alex Jablonski (VILLE), 1:38 (HURST 13-0)
149: Mike Clark (HURST) by dec. over D.J. Mele (VILLE), 10-2 (HURST 16-0)
157: Kevin Kinyua (HURST) by maj. dec. over Rob Saum (VILLE), 22-8 (HURST, 20-0)
165: No. 12 Logan Grass (HURST) by dec. over No. 4 Shane Ruhnke, 10-3 (HURST, 23-0)
174: Gavin Wilkerson (HURST) by fall over Reece Muldoon (VILLE), 2:36 (HURST, 29-0)
184: Trevor Begin (HURST) by dec. over Evan Morrill (VILLE), 9-3 (HURST, 32-0)
197: No. 6 Colton Dull (VILLE) by tech. fall over Jeffrey Thompson (HURST), 19-2 (4:09) (HURST, 32-5)
285: No. 6 Jake Robb (HURST) by dec. over David Wuestner (VILLE), 2-0 (HURST, 35-5)

HEAD COACH KERRY REGNER'S QUOTES
"Colton Dull wreslted well with an intent to score from the whistle."
"We will continue training hard, make adjustments and train to win."
 
NOTES
• Dull picked up his third dual and fourth technical fall win.
• Ruhnke lost his first dual match of the season.

UP NEXT
• The Marauders return to action at the PSAC Championships on Saturday, Dec. 8. The championships will be held at Kutztown University.
 

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