The Purple Raiders are 13-3 overall and at 4-0 in the OAC grab their 14th conference title in school history.
Mount Union scored a pair of impressive technical falls from senior Jon Garrison (Copley/Copley) at 157 pounds and freshman Nick Mancini (Boardman/Boardman) at 125 pounds.
The match started at 197 pounds and sophomore Brian Olson (Covington/Covington) scored a 6-0 win for the Raiders.
Heidelberg (10-11, 2-2 OAC) tied the match when No. 3 ranked Nino Majoy scored a win at 285.
Mancini, ranked No. 8 in the nation, then scored his tech fall in the third period at 125 before junior Jeremy Border, ranked No. 1 in the nation at 133, scored an 11-0 major decision win which gave Mount Union a 12-3 lead.
Senior Bryant Roby (Westchester, Ill./St. Joseph) scored an overtime win at 141 and fellow senior Ben Kazimir (Chagrin Falls/Kenston) had a decision win at 149 that pushed the lead to 18-3.
Garrison, ranked eighth at 157, then got his tech fall in the third period followed by wins from senior Nick Hendershot (Willoughby/Willoughby South) at 165 and sophomore Nick Miller (Mansfield/Ontario) at 174 gave the Raiders a commanding 29-3 lead.
Mount Union closes out the regular season next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. against John Carroll in an OAC dual at the MAAC in Alliance.
Results:
125 -- #8 Nick Mancini (MTU) tech fall Ty Price (BERG), 19-2 5:23
133 –- #1 Jeremy Border (MTU) maj. dec. Joe Brodman (BERG), 11-0
141 -- Bryant Roby (MTU) dec. Justin Kihn (BERG), 3-1 SV
149 -- Ben Kazimir (MTU) dec. Damon Cheek (BERG), 6-2
157 -- #5 Jon Garrison (MTU) tech fall Tyler Fahrer (BERG), 21-6 5:54
165 – Nick Hendershot (MTU) dec. Myles Wright (BERG), 4-2
174 -- Nick Miller (MTU) dec. Brennan Kelly (BERG), 5-3
184 -- Richard Dowdley (BERG) maj dec. Brent Kirk (MTU), 14-5
197 -- Brian Olson (MTU) dec Matt Shurina (BERG), 6-0 *
285 -- #3 Nino Majoy (BERG) dec. Jacob Alarie (MTU), 3-0
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