Moore and McFadden win titles at Cleveland State Open

McFadden goes 5-0 in his first action of the season

December 17, 2016

CLEVELAND - Sophomore David McFadden and freshman Brent Moore went a combined a 10-0 to take home individual championships wrestling unattached for the Hokies at the Cleveland State Open on Saturday.

Moore, who finished 5-1 to finish fifth at the Lake Erie Storm Open two weeks ago, continued his hot start two by taking home the 141-pound title. He started off with a convincing 16-0 tech fall over Matthew Dowler of Edinboro and pinned Kent State’s Collin Adkins in the quarterfinals before winning by medical forfeit in the finals.

In his first action since having surgery that repaired a knee injury suffered during the 2016 NCAA Championships, McFadden looked like hadn't missed a beat as he tallied two TFs, a major decision and two pins in five matches. After pinning Eric Fasnacht of Buffalo in 2:03, it took McFadden only a second longer to pin Eastern Michigan’s Devan Marry in the finals, giving him the 165-pound title.

Also reaching the podium for the Hokies wrestling unattached were sophomore Cody Hughes at 174 and freshman Andrew Dunn at 285. Dunn dropped his opening round to Jacob Robb of Mercyhurst but went on to win four-straight bouts to reach the finals. It was sweet revenge for Dunn in the finals as the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania product pinned Robb in 3:39 to place fifth. Hughes’ sixth place finish was highlighted by a 12-7 decision of Michigan State’s Daniel Kruse in the second round.

125 - Kyle Norstrem, 2-2 (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Norstrem fall Jt Ayers (Notre Dame (Ohio)), 3:32
Champ. Round 2 - Norstrem fall Spencer Dusi (Cleveland State), 1:39
Quarterfinal - Louie Hayes (Virginia) dec. Norstrem, 4-3
Cons. Round 4 - Justin Patrick (Buffalo) dec. Norstrem, 7-6

141 - Brent Moore, 5-0 - First Place (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Moore TF Matthew Dowler (Edinboro), 16-0
Champ. Round 2 - Moore dec. Austin Shaw (Seton Hill University), 5-3
Quarterfinal - Moore fall Collin Adkins (Kent State), 1:04
Semifinal - Moore MD Evan Cheek (Cleveland State), 11-2
1st Place Match - Moore medical forfeit over Luke Pletcher (Ohio State)

141 - Andrew Mehrholz, 2-2 (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Mehrholz TF Dallas Roemer (Gardner-Webb), 18-3
Champ. Round 2 - Drew Walker (Notre Dame (Ohio)) dec. Mehrholz, 8-4
Cons. Round 2 - Mehrholz dec. Jackson Renicker (Michigan State), 12-8
Cons. Round 3 - Alex Hrisopoulos (Michigan State) dec. Mehrholz, 2-1

149 - Mattheos Lozier, 1-2
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Meisinger (Michigan) dec. Lozier, 16-15
Cons. Round 1 - Lozier (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Lozier (Virginia Tech) dec. Aaron Rehfeldt (Ohio State) 8-6 (SV)
Cons. Round 3 - Lucas Ortiz (Lock Haven) MD Lozier (Virginia Tech), 15-5

157 - B.C. LaPrade, 0-2 (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Laken Cook (Appalachian State) fall Laprade, 1:59
Cons. Round 1 - Laprade (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Seth Elwood (Notre Dame (Ohio)) dec. Laprade, 7-6

157 - KT Forysthe, 0-2
Champ. Round 1 - Jake Ryan (Ohio State) fall Forysthe, 3:30
Cons. Round 1 - Forysthe (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Jake Tucker (Michigan State) dec. Forysthe, 4-3

157 - Derek Ciavarro, 1-2
Champ. Round 1 - Justin Alexander (Maryland) dec. Ciavarro, 4-0
Cons. Round 1 - Ciavarro fall Ricky Ratcliff (Cumberland University), 1:44
Cons. Round 2 - Richard Jackson (Kent State) dec. Ciavarro, 3-1 (SV)

165 - David McFadden, 5-0 - First Place (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - McFadden tech fall Jr Andrecjic (Notre Dame (Ohio)), 20-4
Champ. Round 2 - McFadden tech fall Dj Hollingshead, 16-1
Quarterfinal - McFadden MD Kyle Ash (Gardner-Webb), 11-1
Semifinal - McFadden fall Eric Fasnacht (Buffalo), 2:03
1st Place Match - McFadden fall Devan Marry (Eastern Michigan), 2:04

174 - Cody Hughes, 3-2 - Sixth Place (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Hughes (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Hughes dec. Daniel Kruse (Michigan State), 12-7
Quarterfinal - Jordan Pagano (Rutgers University) fall Hughes, 6:14
Cons. Round 4 - Hughes dec. Anthony Dailey (Notre Dame (Ohio)), 9-5
Cons. Semi - Hughes dec. Dylan Barreiro (Kent State), 8-7
5th Place Match - Sutton (Michigan) dec. Hughes, 14-9

184 - T.J. Allen, 0-2
Champ. Round 1 - Allen (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Alan Clothier (Appalachian State) dec. Allen, 8-1
Cons. Round 2 - Morris Lawson (Seton Hill University) dec. over Allen, 4-1

184 - Brooks Wilding, 3-2 (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Will Schany (Virginia) dec. Wilding, 12-6
Cons. Round 1 - Wilding (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Wilding won by forfeit over Hunter Gamble (Gardner-Webb) (FF)
Cons. Round 3 - Wilding MD Brendan Winning (Lake Erie), 13-5
Cons. Round 4 - Wilding dec. Alan Clothier (Appalachian State), 4-2
Cons. Semi - Garrett Hoffman (Bucknell) MD Wilding, 12-2

197 - Dylan Cook, 1-2 (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Cook (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Owen Scott (Unattached) MD Cook, 13-0
Cons. Round 2 - Cook won by injury default over Chance McClure (Virginia)
Cons. Round 3 - Drew Barrett (Gardner-Webb) dec. Cook, 7-4

285 - Andrew Dunn, 5-1 - Fifth Place (UA)
Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Robb (Mercyhurst) dec. Dunn, 8-4
Cons. Round 1 - Dunn (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Dunn MD Nick Shawley (Clarion), 16-6
Cons. Round 3 - Dunn MD Jackson Price (Gardner-Webb), 11-1
Cons. Round 4 - Dunn dec. Tyler Love (Virginia), 5-2
Cons. Semi - Dunn dec. Gary Traub (Ohio State), 7-5
5th Place Match - Dunn fall Jacob Robb (Mercyhurst), 3:39

-UA - Unattached

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