After sitting out the previous three weeks with a leg injury, Morkel returned in winning fashion, escaping with 1:02 left in the third for a 5-4 win.
AU lost the next four matches of the dual to go down 12-3 in team scoring. Jordan Lipp (Beachwood, Oh./Beachwood) took an 8-4 loss. Lipp was down 7-3 going into the final period and escaped for a point, but that was all he could do as Maryland's Brendan Byrne tacked on another point from riding time to take the win.
At 141 Daniel Lobsenz (Fairfield, Conn./Choate) wrestled for the first time for the Eagles and almost took the win in the final minute of the match, scoring an escape and a takedown to tie the match at 5. Maryland's Steve Fehnel escaped in the final 15 seconds and added a riding time point for the 7-5 win.
Senior Tom Kniezewski (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown) took a 2-1 lead into the final round, but a Maryland escape tied it at two. With 38 seconds left Kniezewski was taken down, which proved to be the difference in his 4-2 loss. Kniezewski is 6-3 on the year for the Eagles.
Christopher Stout (Hackettstown, N.J./Blair Academy) fell to 5-6 at 157 on the year with his 13-6 loss.
Abdurakhmanov helped AU gather some momentum with his pin of Mason Krumholtz at the 1:59 mark. Abdurakhmanov is 11-0 and ranked sixth in the country currently.
Dwayne Hash-Barberis (Scotia, N.Y./Scotia Glenville) kept things going for the Eagles at 174 as he came from behind in the third period to take the match at 11-10.
At 184 Anthony Fuschino (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) wrestled for the first time this year and took a 7-3 loss to Rob Parker.
Glenn moved up to 197 for the Eagles and scored a 15-0 major decision victory over Jerry Afari. The five points he scored put AU in the lead for the dual victory, but snapped his nine consecutive match pin streak.
Heavyweight No. 13 Adam LoPiccolo (Glen Rock, Pa./Glen Rock) sealed the deal for the Eagles with a pin of Bryan Reiss at 1:25 in the first.
American has a few weeks off before the prestigious Midlands Tournament in Chicago, Ill. just after Christmas.
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