Myles Martin picked up a fall and technical fall on Tuesday (Photo/Juan Garcia)KENT, Ohio -- The tri-meet between three of the four NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling programs in the Buckeye State on Tuesday night was branded as the Thanksgiving Throwdown. Held at the M.A.C. Center on the campus of Kent State University, the Golden Flashes played host to Cleveland State and Ohio State in a showcase event.
Action took place on two mats with a V.I.P. area at one end of the floor, where there was a pre-match and during match social with appetizers and drinks being served. While there was not an official attendance number reported, the V.I.P. social event seemed to be well attended with the lower level seating on both sides of the arena relatively full, and the upper level seating was about two-thirds full.
The format was three rounds of five segments, each held in a serpentine type format. Certainly a very non-traditional format at the collegiate level, it was somewhat familiar for those that follow mid-week league triangular meets in Ohio; though this non-traditional format has phased out with the advent of "double duals" in the last five or so years.
Ohio State, which is No. 5 nationally in this week's dual meet rankings, was the dominant force in the evening's wrestling competition. Even with a pair of two-time All-Americans absent from the lineup, as No. 3 Nathan Tomasello (133) and No. 1 Bo Jordan (174) did not wrestle, the Buckeyes still won 17 of 20 bouts on the evening.
Ohio State upended Kent State 36-13 and Cleveland State 52-0, as 15 of their 17 match victories came via bonus point outcomes. Earning victories in both dual meets for the Buckeyes were Jose Rodriguez (125), No. 12 Ke-Shawn Hayes (141), No. 6 Micah Jordan (149), Cody Burcher (165), No. 2 Myles Martin (184), No. 12 Kollin Moore (197), and No. 1 Kyle Snyder (285).
The back three of the Buckeyes lineup came up big on Tuesday evening. Returning national champ Martin scored a pin in 2:08 over Kent State's Jerald Spohn during the evening's first segment, while scoring a 24-9 technical fall over Nick Corba of Cleveland State in the second segment; Moore scored a pin in 1:22 over Collin Kelly of Cleveland State in the first segment and a 21-4 technical fall over Stephen Suglio of Kent State in the final segment; while NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist Snyder scored first period pins during both of his bouts.
The host Golden Flashes emerged victorious over Cleveland State in the evening's other match, winning nine of ten bouts in a 40-3 victory. No. 17 Anthony Tutolo (133) and Casey Sparkman (157) anchored Kent State's overall performance. Tutolo had a pair of major decision victories, while Sparkman had a technical fall over Cleveland State and used a pair of last-minute takedowns to beat No. 13 Jake Ryan of Ohio State by a 6-4 score.
Ohio State 36, Kent State 13
133: Anthony Tutolo major decision over Brendan Fitzgerald 14-2
157: Casey Sparkman decision over Jake Ryan 6-4
184: Myles Martin fall over Jerald Spohn 2:08
125: Jose Rodriguez technical fall over Beard Seth 16-0
149: Micah Jordan technical fall over Tim Rooney 26-6
141: Ke-Shawn Hayes fall over Ethan McCoy 4:13
174: Jairod James fall over Seth Williams 6:38
285: Kyle Snyder fall over Devin Nye 2:16
197: Kollin Moore technical fall over Stephen Suglio 21-4
165: Cody Burcher decision over Isaac Best 5-2
Ohio State 52, Cleveland State 0
141: Ke-Shawn Hayes decision over Evan Cheek 7-3
165: Cody Burcher fall over John Vaughn 2:00
197: Kollin Moore fall over Collin Kelly 1:22
133: Brendan Fitzgerald fall over Terrell Grant 1:04
157: Jake Ryan fall over Grant Turnmire 4:17
184: Myles Martin technical fall over Nick Corba 24-9
125: Jose Rodriguez fall over Spencer Dusi 1:26
149: Micah Jordan technical fall over Nick Montgomery 18-3
285: Kyle Snyder fall over Mike Furbee 1:30 |
174: Justin Kresevic decision over Devon Pingel 12-8
Kent State 40, Cleveland State 3
125: Cory Simpson (KSU) decision over Spencer Dusi (CSU) 10-6
133: Anthony Tutolo (KSU) major decision over Terrell Grant (CSU) 11-2
141: Chance Driscoll (KSU) decision over Evan Cheek (CSU) 6-4
149: Nick Montgomery (CSU) decision over Tim Rooney (KSU) 6-2 TB2
157: Casey Sparkman (KSU) technical fall over Grant Turnmire (CSU) 21-6 3:14
165: Isaac Bast (KSU) major decision over John Vaughn (CSU) 11-2
174: Jairod James (KSU) major decision over Devon Pingel (CSU) 17-5
184: Jerald Spohn (KSU) fall over Nick Corba (CSU) 0:41
197: Stephen Sugilo (KSU) technical fall over Collin Kelly (CSU) 16-0 1:42
285: Devin Nye (KSU) fall over Michael Furbee (CSU) 4:24
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