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    Arizona State tops West Virginia in dual opener

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Arizona State wrestling team won its dual match opener, defeating West Virginia, 19-13, on Thursday night at the WVU Coliseum.

    The win marks head coach Zeke Jones’ first in his coaching career with the Sun Devils.

    ASU started off strong, picking up five consecutive decisions to take a 15-0 advantage over the Mountaineers. At 141-pounds, junior Matt Kraus (1-0, 1-0 duals) started things off with a 5-4 decision over James Dekrone, while sophomore Oliver Pierce (4-1, 1-0 duals) topped Roman Perryman in a 4-3 decision at 157-pounds.

    Redshirt senior Joel Smith (5-1, 1-0 duals) took the match at 165-pounds with a 9-5 decision over Timothy Wheeling, while junior Ray Waters (4-1, 1-0 duals) added an 8-4 decision over Ross Renzi at 174.

    Redshirt junior No. 9 Blake Stauffer is now 6-0 on the year at 184 pounds, defeating Jakob Scheffel in a 4-0 decision. Also undefeated at 5-0 is sophomore Dalton Brady, who picked up ASU’s first bonus-point win in the dual slate with a 13-5 major decision over Cory Stainbrook.

    Two Sun Devils were edged in matches that went down to the wire, first with redshirt senior Chace Eskam (5-1, 0-1 duals), who fell, 5-4, in the second tiebreaker to Anthony Vizcarrondo. Sophomore Mech Spraggins (4-3, 0-1 duals) fell in the first period of sudden victory, 3-1, to Mike Morales.


    ASU is back in action on Saturday, facing No.3/4 Ohio State and Binghamton as part of the Journeymen Tussle in Albany, N.Y. The dual with Binghamton is set for Noon MT/2 p.m. ET, while the match against Ohio State will begin at 1:45 p.m. MT/3:45 p.m. ET. Fans with a subscription to Flowrestling will be able to follow the livestream of the duals.

    Results:
    149: Matt Kraus (ASU) def. James Dekrone (WVU): Dec, 5-4 (ASU 3, WVU 0)
    157: Oliver Pierce (ASU) def. Roman Perryman (WVU): Dec 4-3 (ASU 6, WVU 0)
    165: Joel Smith (ASU) def. Timothy Wheeling (WVU): Dec 9-5 (ASU 9, WVU 0)
    174: Ray Waters (ASU) def. Ross Renzi (WVU): Dec 8-4 (ASU 12, WVU 0)
    184: No. 9 Blake Stauffer (ASU) def. Jakob Scheffel (WVU): Dec 4-0 (ASU 15, WVU 0)
    197: Jake Smith (WVU) def. Wes Moore (ASU): Dec 6-1 (ASU 15, WVU 3)
    HWT: Anthony Vizcarrondo (WVU) def. Chace Eskam (ASU): TB-2, 5-4 (ASU 15, WVU 6)
    125: Zeke Moisey (WVU) def. Judson Preskitt (ASU): MD 12-2 (ASU 15, WVU 10)
    133: Dalton Brady (ASU) def. Cory Stainbrook (WVU): MD 13-5 (ASU 19, WVU 10)
    141: Mike Morales (WVU) def. Mech Spraggins (ASU): SV-1, 3-1 (ASU 19, WVU 13)

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