COLUMBUS – All four of the night’s close matches went in favor of Ohio State Friday as Kent State dropped its first dual meet of the season 27-10 Friday at St. John Arena. Fifth-year senior Dustin Kilgore (Berea, Ohio) won his 50^th straight dual, while redshirt freshman Nick Carr (Fayette, Pa.) upset No. 10 Cam Tessari 10-3.

 

Carr improved to 13-4 on the season and gave the Golden Flashes their first win of the night at 149. 

 

“They got into a scramble in the first that lasted for about a minute,” Head Coach Jim Andrassy said.  “I think Tessari used a lot of gas during that.  And for the last five minutes it was all Nick.  He did the small things really well and that was about as good as I’ve seen him wrestle.”

 

Improving to 16-0 on the season, Kilgore scored his fifth major decision of the season, 10-1, against No. 10 Andrew Campolattano. 

 

“You could tell Dustin was feeling it tonight,” Andrassy said.  “He just smothered him.”

 

Kent State’s other victory came from redshirt freshman Sam Wheeler (Copley, Ohio) with a 4-1 decision over Craig Thomas.

 

“It was even that close,” Andrassy said of Wheeler’s three-point margin.

 

Senior 184-pounder Casey Newburg (Union, Ohio) took Kenny Courts in overtime, before falling 6-4.

 

“Casey looked nervous and a little hesitant for some reason,” Andrassy said. 

 

Two matches earlier, sophomore Caleb Marsh (Marysville, Ohio) dropped a 2-1 decision at 165.  Senior Mallie Shuster (Newville, Pa.) also came up one point short, losing 3-2, against Josh Demas.

 

“I thought Casey, Caleb and Mallie all out-wrestled their guys,” Andrassy said.  “But they can’t just wait for things to come to them.

 

The first three matches (125-141) put the Flashes in a 15-0 hole, but Andrassy thought there were a lot of bright spots and looks forward to Kent State’s Mid-American Conference opener Tuesday (Dec. 18) afternoon, hosting Northern Illinois.

 

“I feel like we’ve turned the corner since Vegas,” Andrassy said.  “Our goal is roll through them (NIU) and really flex our muscle.”

 

 

Individual Results

125   Nikko Triggas (Ohio State) pin Steve Mitcheff (Kent State) 1:59         

133   Logan Stieber (Ohio State) tech fall Kyle Bauer (Kent State) 18-1

141   Hunter Stieber (Ohio State) maj. decision Luke Kern (Kent State) 13-5                        

149   Nicholas Carr (Kent State) decision Cam Tessari (Ohio State) 10-3

157   Josh Demas (Ohio State) decision Mallie Shuster (Kent State) 3-2

165   Mark Martin (Ohio State) decision Caleb Marsh (Kent State) 2-1

174   Sam Wheeler (Kent State) decision Craig Thomas (Ohio State) 4-1

184   Kenny Courts (Ohio State) decision Casey Newburg (Kent State) 6-4 SV

197   Dustin Kilgore (Kent State) maj. decision Andrew Campolattano (Ohio State) 10-1         

285   Peter Capone (Ohio State) won by decision Keith Witt (Kent State) 2-0

 

 

Aaron Chimenti

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