COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College wrestling team swept through its four opponents at the North/South Duals for the fourth consecutive season on Saturday, as the Bears hosted 11 other programs (three of them nationally ranked) in the annual round-robin event.
Senior Derek Arnold won all four of his matches, collecting a pair of pins in addition to a technical fall in his first action since November 19. Fellow senior Matan Peleg was a perfect 4-0 in the heavyweight class, including one pin and a forfeit.
Freshmen Brandon Miller (125) and Trey Harkness (133) were both 3-1, with Miller posting two pins and Harkness registering a technical fall and a major decision. Sophomore Michael Newman prevailed in both of his bouts at 197.
With the four additional victories, head coach Bill Racich moved past John Reese (Wilkes) and into fifth place on the NCAA all-time wins list. Racich now owns 518 career victories.
Ursinus 53, Hunter 3
The Bears kicked off 2017 in style with pins in the first five contested bouts. Freshman Brandon Miller (125), freshman Thomas Boldosser (141), sophomore Patrick Rowe (149), senior Derek Arnold (157), and sophomore Zachary Goranson (165) all won by fall, with Boldosser, Arnold, and Goranson all sealing victory in the first period.
After Nick Brutus secured Hunter's lone points with a decision at 174, senior Robert Rein resumed the pin party with a first-period takedown at 184. Sophomore Michael Newman followed with a technical fall at 197. Freshman Trey Harkness (133) and senior Matan Peleg (HWT) each won by forfeit.
Ursinus 39, Elizabethtown 6
Junior Garrett Madged took advantage of his first action of the season, scoring a major decision at 141. Kramer followed with a technical fall at 149, and Arnold netted a 10-4 decision over Chris Kummerer at 157.
Senior Corey Markovitch produced a pin of Quinn Ruble in just 41 seconds at 174, and Peleg recorded one of his own just before the end of his bout with Eric Eckstein. In between, junior Cody Richmond edged Dayne Ross, 9-6, at 184.
Ursinus 33, Rhode Island College 6
Markovitch pinned his second consecutive opponent, this time Samuel Lindblom, in the 174-pound bout. The Bears got an 18-0 technical fall from Arnold against Vincent Drago and an 11-3 major decision out of Harkness at 133, while Madged (141), Goranson (165), Newman (197), and Peleg (HWT) all scored decisions.
Ursinus 26, Camden County 19
The Bears had to work to close the afternoon undefeated. Miller staked the home side to a lead with a pin of David Harris-Norton in just 42 seconds, and Harkness added to it with a 20-2 technical fall over Alex Velez. After Camden County got a fall of its own, a disqualification and a pin of Chaz Bramble by Arnold extended the margin to 23-6.
Camden County won the next four bouts to close the gap to 23-19 before Peleg sealed the deal with a 6-0 blanking at heavyweight.
The wrestling team is back home for the Will Abele Invitational on Saturday, January 14.
