McDaniel finishes third at Messiah Invitational
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Andrew Winfield (New Windsor, Md./South Carroll) went 3-0 with a pin to win the 174-pound weight class and lead McDaniel to a third-place finish at the Messiah Invitational in season-opening wrestling action on Saturday.
The Green Terror finished with 64.5 points and had five wrestlers place in the top four in their respective brackets. Messiah won the seven-team event with 122 points while Johns Hopkins was second with 96.
In addition to Winfield’s first, Ferris Bond (Gaithersburg, Md./Northwest) and Brock Glotfelty (Grantsville, Md./Northern Garrett) finished second at 197 and heavyweight, respectively. Zach Hetrick (Hanover, Pa./South Western) finished third at 165 while Tim Hall (Westminster, Md./Westminster) was fourth at 133.
After a bye, the top-seeded Winfield, won by major decision over Waynesburg’s Jason King 10-1 before pinning Case Western Reserve’s BJ Greenman in 3:15 to advance to the championship bout, where he defeated David Jones (Messiah), 5-0.
Bond needed just a single victory to advance to the championship match, defeating Messiah’s Dando Speers, 8-2. In the final bout, Bond, the No. 2 seed, fell to top-seeded Tyler Schmidt (Johns Hopkins), 10-5.
Glotfelty got a 1-minute, 17-second fall and a 18-4 major decision victory to advance to the semifinals, where he moved forward with a medical forfeit win.
The second seed in the bracket, Glotfelty was pinned in the second period by No. 1 seed Matt Williams (Ursinus).
Hetrick got a pin in the sixth minute before falling to the consolation bracket with a 6-2 loss to Case Western Reserve’s David Bernholt. Hetrick used a second pin and an 8-6 decision over Messiah’s Trey Speers to wrestle back to a third-place finish.
Hall was pinned by Garrett Rini (Case Western Reserve) in 2:52 to drop to the consolation bracket, where he was awarded a medical forfeit victory and pinned Waynesburg’s Josh Boyle in 1:19. In the third-place bout, Messiah’s Josh Craig, the top seed in the bracket, won by major decision, 15-2.
McDaniel returns to action at York (Pa.) on Wednesday. Match time is 7 pm.
Team Scores: 1. Messiah (MC) 122, 2. Johns Hopkins (JH) 96, 3. McDaniel (MCD) 64.5, 4. Case Western Reserve (CWR) 42.5, 5. King's (KC) 41.5, 6. Waynesburg (WU) 37.5, 7. Ursinus (UC) 37.
McDaniel Results: 125: Bryce Stever (MC) tech. fell Jesse Kolb 19-5 (3:00), Kolb def. Andrew Reichard (KC) 8-2, Andrew Clark (MC) dec. Kolb 7-0; 133: Garrett Rini (CWR) pinned Tim Hall 2:52, Hall med. for. Chris Ruland (JH), Hall pinned Josh Boyle (WU) 1:19, Josh Cragg (MC) maj. dec. Hall 15-2; 149: Tom Boehm maj. dec. Evan Kidwell (MC) 12-4, Drew Gardella (CWR) pinned Boehm 2:22, Jamie Vaughn (CWR) maj. dec. Boehm 10-1, Eric Preefer pinned Ryan Pastore (MC) 4:17, Matt Cole (JH) pinned Preefer 3:05, Robbie Nedbor-Gross (JH) dec. Preefer 12-7; 157: Malcolm Taylor (UC) dec. Matt Peters 8-2, Peters pinned Jacob Kornblatt (CWR) 1:49, Arthur Milner (MC) maj. dec. Peters 11-2; 165: Zach Hetrick pinned Craig Hogan (MC) 5:38, Hetrick pinned Kyle Keane (JH) 4:14, Hetrick dec. Trey Speers (MC) 8-1; 174: Andrew Winfield maj. dec. Jason King (WU) 10-1, Winfield pinned BJ Greenman (CWR) 3:15, Winfield dec. David Jones (MC) 5-0; 184: Courtney Nightengale dec. Timmy Hopkins (MC) 6-1, Matt McHugh (MC) pinned Nightengale 3:39, Zach Martinez (KC) dec. Nightengale 12-8; 197: Ferris Bond dec. Dando Speers (MC) 8-2, Tyler Schmidt (JH) dec. Bond 10-5; HWT: Brock Glotfelty pinned Lawerance Neubauer (WU) 1:17, Glotfelty maj. dec. John Humble (KC) 18-4, Glotfelty med. for. Justin Bender (KC), Matt Williams (UC) pinned Glotfelty 3:52, Williams maj. dec. Rob Shawley 10-1, Eric Steltzer dec. Shawley 4-0. |
