HARTFORD, Conn. – Wrestling against a crosstown rival in Trinity on Saturday afternoon, the Cardinals landed a couple of pins to defeat the Bantams, 27-14, in an early season dual match. Wesleyan went 6-4 on the day in bouts, winning two by pins, one tech fall, one major decision, and two decision victories.
Chris Hong '27 opened the match with a convincing 9-2 win over Alex Schaeublin at 125. Hong's triumph saw him take down a formidable foe in Schaeublin, who placed at last season's Regional meet and is currently ranked No. 3 in the Northeast Region.
Hayden Myers '27 landed a pin at 144, needing 4:33 minutes to land the six-point win and swing momentum back in favor of the Cardinals.
Ike Guttentag '26 followed that up with a 9-5 victory over Ty Trickle at 149 to make it 12-4 in the team scoring in favor of the Cardinals.
Akiva Lind '26 and Austin Edwards locked up in a high-scoring match at 165, with Lind prevailing in a 25-15 major decision victory.
Wesleyan held a 16-11 lead with three bouts remaining and
Roman Martinez '27 nearly clinched the win for the Cardinals with an impressive 18-2 tech fall win in 5:20 minutes, making it 21-11 Cardinals.
Easily the most-dramatic bout of the day saw first-year
Wynton Bowers take Luke Hutton into overtime at 197. Then 1:03 into the extra session, it was Bowers who landed a thrilling pin on Hutton to clinch the match victory for the Cardinals.
Saturday's dual also saw 11 extra bouts with Wesleyan going 6-5 in those matchups as
Noah Lim '27,
Beck Holtzman '29,
Owen Sheiman '29,
Ben Ronca '28,
Jacob Poore '27, and
Dalton Danza '29 all picked up wins.
Wesleyan is back on the mat on Saturday at Springfield for the Doug Parker Invitational.
