Maryland started things off with a win in the 125 match, as Michael Beck defeated Tanner Shoap by a 6-2 decision. Devoy came out next and secured a 6-1 victory over the Terps' Billy Rappo to even the score at 3-3. In the 141 match, Ryan Diehl took a 6-1 decision from David Pearce to put Maryland ahead again, 6-3.
Cimato gave the Dragons' their first lead of the night with a 10-1 major decision over Maryland's Adam Whitesell. Although Justin Alexander took a win in the 157 match to put the Terps up again halfway through the dual, the Dragons would take the next four matches to go ahead, 20-9. Austin Rose defeated Patrick Gerish at 165, 3-1 and then Ebed Jarrell followed with a 14-2 major decision over Josh Ugalde in the 174 match. Alex Deciantis was able to edge Idris White, 2-1 at 184 and then in exciting fashion Joshua Murphy battled David-Brian Whisler to the second set of tiebreakers and walked away with a 6-3 victory.
No. 17 Joey Goodhart also took his opponent to overtime in the heavyweight match, but dropped a 4-2 decision as Maryland's Youssif Hemida secured a takedown in sudden victory. The late effort from the Terps was not enough to overcome the deficit the Dragons had created. Drexel was able to walk away with a 20-12 victory and has now secured wins in five of its last six outings.
With the win, the Dragons improve to 12-6 overall and remain 7-3 against EIWA opponents. Maryland moves to 2-16 on the season and are 0-9 against Big Ten opponents.
Drexel returns to action tomorrow, when it will close out the regular season with a dual down 33rd Street at Penn. The Dragons and Quakers will battle for ownership of the Abner's Cheesesteak Trophy with matches beginning at 1 p.m. at the Palestra.
Results:
125: Michael Beck (Maryland) DEC Tanner Shoap (DU), 6-2
133: No. 11 Kevin Devoy Jr. (DU) DEC Billy Rappo (Maryland), 6-1
141: Ryan Diehl (Maryland) DEC David Pearce (DU), 6-1
149: No. 18 Matthew Cimato (DU) MAJ Adam Whitesell (Maryland), 10-1
157: Justin Alexander (Maryland) DEC Willie Davis (DU), 7-4
165: Austin Rose (DU) DEC Patrick Gerish (Maryland), 3-1
174: Ebed Jarrell (DU) MAJ Josh Ugalde (Maryland), 14-2
184: Alex DeCiantis (DU) DEC Idris White (Maryland), 2-1
197: Joshua Murphy (DU) DEC David-Brian Whisler (Maryland), 6-3 (TB-2)
285: Youssif Hemida (Maryland) DEC No. 17 Joey Goodhart (DU), 4-2 (SV-1)
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