WORCESTER, Mass. – In a near perfect day out on the mat, the Wesleyan wrestling team landed a pair of dominant dual wins on Saturday, defeating Bridgewater State 46-6 and host WPI 38-3. The Cardinals improve to 3-0 on the season while the Bears fall to 0-4 and the Engineers drop to 7-2 in 2024-25.
Facing off against the Bears, Wesleyan landed four wins by pinfall and three more by tech falls in a one-sided affair.
Joe Colon '25 was the fastest to pin his opponent, landing a tap on James Grover in just 1:35 at 184.
Ike Guttentag '26 landed a pin on Benjamin Hankinson in 1:40 at 149,
Ronnie Christolin '28 needed 1:53 to pin Mathew Blandon at 157, while
Hayden Myers '27 landed his first of two pins on the day as he handled Malcolm Chrispin at 141 in 2:42.
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CJ Shea '25 continued his undefeated season, securing a 18-2 tech fall win at 165 against Hunter Logan in a match that lasted 3:38.
Chris Hong '27 picked up a 21-5 tech fall victory at 125 over Sei Dolomengi while
Max Martinez '25 landed a 19-3 triumph at 133 in the closing seconds against Christopher Dubey.
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The remaining two wins in the dual match against Bridgewater State saw
Aris Dashiell '25 land a 14-5 major decision win over Christian Curley at 197 while
Andrew Maiorini '25 held on for a 6-2 decision win over Michael Hopkins at 174.
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It was much of the same in the nightcap as Wesleyan won nine of 10 bouts to secure a dominant 38-3 win over WPI. Myers pinned Mason Medina in 2:27 at 141 while Will Orso '26, wrestling for the first time in his career at Wesleyan, landed a pin of Trevor Bowen in 4:04 in the heavyweight bout.
Shea dominated once again at 165, finishing off a 15-0 tech fall win over Theo Sawyers. Three bouts saw Wesleyan land a major decision victory including Guttentag (11-3 over Mason Basara), Christolin (11-2 over Joey Baisley), and Dashiell (11-3 over Nicolas LeSieur).
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Wesleyan then took three of the remaining four bouts by decision outcomes including a 10-9 triumph for Martinez at 133, 6-4 win for Maiorini at 174, and Colon was victorious with a 7-3 win at 197.
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Completing the day with four individual bouts against Maine Maritime, Wesleyan went 3-1 in those bouts including pins for Hong at 125, Shea at 165, and Maiorini at 174.
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The Cardinals look to continue their unbeaten start to the dual match season next Saturday with a trip to the Ursinus Tournament.