Duke, forced to forfeit a pair of matches at 125 and 165 pounds, won seven of the eight bouts wrestled and scored bonus points at 157, 197 and heavyweight to improve to 9-4 on the year. Trailing 15-10 with four matches remaining, the Blue Devils outscored the Runnin’ Bulldogs 15-0 in the last four bouts.
Redshirt junior Brendan Walsh iced the victory for Duke with a commanding 16-0 technical fall over Drew Barrett at heavyweight. The tech fall was the second of the year for Walsh and pushed his wins total to seven.
Both Immanuel Kerr-Brown and seventh-ranked Conner Hartmann recorded major decisions for the Blue Devils. Kerr-Brown, at 157 pounds, gave up an early takedown to Tyler Marinelli, but dominated the rest of the match en route to the 10-2 victory. The Duke captain improves to 17-7 overall and 9-4 in duals.
At 197, Hartmann was in full control from the opening whistle. He scored an early takedown and back points and never looked back on his way to his 14th win of the year. The Port Orchard, Wash., native has 20 points in his previous four bouts and is an impressive 10-1 in duals this season.
True freshman Mitch Finesilver put Duke on the scoreboard with a hard-fought 3-1 victory at 133 pounds. The win evens Finsilver’s dual record to 3-3 and is his third straight. At 141 pounds, Evan Botwin controlled the first two periods to build a commanding lead. Gardner-Webb’s Ryan Hull came out aggressive in the third period, but Botwin refused to let him creep back into contention as he posted the 11-5 decision.
After Duke forfeited at 165 pounds, Trey Adamson and Jacob Kasper registered consecutive decisions to put the Blue Devils back in front by one, 16-15. Adamson won a wild match at 174 pounds, besting Brett Stein 8-6. Kasper, a winner in six of his past seven bouts, gave Duke the lead with a 5-0 decision over Gray Jones and Hartmann and Walsh closed the evening for the victory.
Duke is back in action at home Feb. 7 versus Sacred Heart at 7:30 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils close out their home schedule against ACC foe North Carolina Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
Results:
125 – Cortez Starkes (GW) wins by forfeit Duke 0, GWU 6
133 – Mitch Finesilver (Duke) dec. Tyler Ziegler (GW), 3-1 Duke 3, GWU 6
141 – Evan Botwin (Duke) dec. Ryan Hull (GW), 11-5 Duke 6, GWU 6
149 – Ryan Mosley (GW) dec. Tanner Hough (Duke), 6-1 Duke 6, GWU 9
157 – Immanuel Kerr-Brown (Duke) major dec. Tyler Marinelli (GWU), 10-2 Duke 10, GWU 9
165 – Austin Trott (GWU) wins by forfeit Duke 10, GWU 15
174 – Trey Adamson (Duke) dec. Brett Stein (GWU), 8-6 Duke 13, GWU 15
184 – Jacob Kasper (Duke) dec. Gray Jones (GWU), 5-0 Duke 16, GWU 15
197 – No. 7 Conner Hartmann (Duke) major dec. Boyce Cornwell (GWU), 11-1 Duke 20, GWU 15
285 – Brendan Walsh (Duke) tech fall Drew Barrett (GWU), 16-0 Duke 25, GWU 15
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