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    George Mason defeats Cleveland State

    FAIRFAX, Va. -- The George Mason wrestling team won six out of 10 matches over the Cleveland State Vikings to win Saturday’s dual in the RAC 19-12, the first EWL victory for the program.

    The Patriots improve to 5-4 in duals this season, 1-0 in conference. Cleveland State evens its record at 2-2, 0-1 in the EWL.

    After falling in the first match at 125lbs., Mason was able to win the next three, each with decisions to take a 9-3 lead and control of the dual. While trailing 1-0 in the third period, Vincent Rodriguez used two late-period takedown on his way to a 5-1 decision that evened the match at 3 apiece. Sahid Kargbo settled in with a 9-4 decision at 141lbs. before Konbeh Koroma won his back-and-forth match at 149lbs. 9-8 with an escape with 12 seconds remaining.

    Patrick Davis continued the momentum in the second half, taking down Matt Donohoe just seconds into the match on his way to a 19-8 major decision, his second of the season. Ryan Forrest followed up with a 7-4 decision at 174lbs. and Matt Meadows recorded the final victory of the afternoon, 2-1 over Kanez Omar.

    The Patriots spend next weekend in Pennsylvania, wrestling Bucknell and Sacred Heart at Bucknell on Saturday, January 17 then traveling to Clarion, Pa. for a dual with conference member Clarion on Sunday.

    Results:
    125 Ben Willeford (CSU) over Ibrahim Banduka (George Mason) (Dec 6-0)
    133 Vince Rodriguez (George Mason) over Alfredo Gray (CSU) (Dec 5-1)
    141 Sahid Kargbo (George Mason) over Mike Carlone (CSU) (Dec 9-4)
    149 Konbeh Koroma (George Mason) over Nick Montgomery (CSU) (Dec 9-8)
    157 LaTrell Davis (CSU) over Gregory Flournoy (George Mason) (Dec 6-5)
    165 Patrick Davis (George Mason) over Matt Donohoe (CSU) (MD 18-8)
    174 Ryan Forrest (George Mason) over Gabe Stark (CSU) (Dec 7-4)
    184 Xavier Dye (CSU) over Ryan Hembury (George Mason) (Dec 6-3)
    197 Matt Meadows (George Mason) over Kanez Omar (CSU) (Dec 2-1)
    285 Riley Shaw (CSU) over Jacob Kettler (George Mason) (3-1)

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