The Eagles (6-3) captured eight of the 10 bouts with three pins, one major decision, and four decisions.
Clarion's Hunter Jones secured two takedowns over Blake Caudill in the first period before rolling to a 13-4 major decision at 125 lbs. Much like EMU's last dual, redshirt-junior Vincent Pizzuto came out firing with 10-straight points before pinning Seth Carr in the first period, allowing Eastern to take a two-point lead over the Golden Eagles.
The Green and White again replicated its last outing when Michael Shaw notched a second-straight pin at 141 lbs. to extend EMU's lead to 12-4 heading into the 149 lb. matchup. EMU's Nicholas Barber took an early lead with a takedown in the first period and securing 1:18 of riding time before getting out to a 5-0 lead in the second period. The Cleveland, Ohio native found three final takedowns in the third period and captured the riding time point to shut out Brodie Zacherl.
Trailing by one point, redshirt-senior Brandon Zeerip gained some momentum to start the second period to take a comfortable 11-5 lead with one period to go in the bout. The Fremont, Mich. native gave up just one escape point in the final minutes of action to earn a 12-6 victory and extend the EMU lead to 19-4 halfway through the dual.
Eastern Michigan saw its third victory of the day by way of the pin in the 165 lb. match when Devan Marry jumped out to an 8-0 start in the first period before notching the fall in 3:28.
Clarion saw what would prove to be final win of the afternoon in the 174 lb. weight class when Michael Pavasko got out to the early lead over Austin Geerlings. The sophomore was unable to overcome the slight deficit, falling in a 7-3 decision.
EMU took the final bouts of the afternoon with three-straight decisions from Mike Curby, Anthony Abro, and Gage Hutchison, earning a 34-7 victory over the Golden Eagles.
Eastern will waste no time getting back on the mats, heading to Pittsburgh, Pa for the Pitt Duals Sunday, Jan. 11. The Eagles will take on Duke and N.C. State with dual times starting at 10 a.m. and noon.
Results:
125- Hunter Jones (CL) maj. dec. Blake Caudill (EMU) 14-4 (Clarion, 4-0)
133- Vince Pizzuto (EMU) pinned Seth Carr (CL) 2:00 (EMU, 6-4)
141- Michael Shaw (EMU) pinned Sam Sherlock (CL) 3:18 (EMU, 12-4)
149- Nicholas Barber (EMU) maj. dec. Brodie Zacherl (CL) 8-0 (EMU, 16-4)
157- Brandon Zeerip (EMU) dec. Evan DeLong (CL) 12-6 (EMU, 19-4)
165- Devan Marry (EMU) pinned Kyle Braddock (CL) 3:28 (EMU, 25-4)
174- Michael Pavasko (CL) dec. Austin Geerlings (EMU) 7-3 (EMU, 25-7)
184- Mike Curby (EMU) dec. Daniel Sutherland (CL) 4-3 (EMU, 28-7)
197- Anthony Abro (EMU) dec. Ryan Darch (CL) 9-5 (EMU, 31-7)
HWT- Gage Hutchison (EMU) dec. Joshua Davis (CL) 8-4 (EMU, 34-7)
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