Four Panthers won their matches, with three earning falls.
It all came down to the final match at heavyweight. It was up to Blaize Cabell to overcome the 19-18 edge ODU earned with wins at 141, 149, 157, 184 and 197 pounds.
An escape and two takedowns gave Cabell the 5-1 lead. Cabell went on to get the 7-4 decision to seal UNI’s perfect season.
Brandon Jeske of ODU struck first in the 125-pound match with a takedown, but Dylan Peters countered with a reversal and earned a point for locked hands to go up 3-2 in the first. Peters gave up the escape to end the first period in a 3-3 tie. Another escape early in the second put Jeske up 4-3, but Peters got his fall in 4 minutes, 47 seconds.
Joe Colon (133 pounds) is the nation’s leader in tech falls. He dominated his match against Michael Hayes, going up 14-1 before getting the fall in 6:12.
Joey Lazor (141 pounds) pulled within one point of No. 4 Chris Mecate, but Lazor was not awarded back points after an official review and lost 9-8. The Panthers would go on to lose the next two, pulling UNI within two team points (12-10).
It was Cooper Moore who got UNI back on the board, pinning Devin Geoghegan, an Iowa Central Community College transfer who won the junior college regionals in 2012-13. Moore (165 pounds) got an early takedown in the first period to go up 2-0. From there, he continued to dominate, going up 12-4 before he earned a fall in 6:38.
Just like UNI, this is Old Dominion’s first full MAC season. The Monarchs are now 4-4 in the MAC, while UNI improves to 7-0.
Results:
125: No. 6 Dylan Peters (UNI) fall Brandon Jeske (ODU), 4:47
133: No. 1 Joe Colon (UNI) fall Michael Hayes (ODU), 6:12
141: No. 4 Chris Mecate (ODU) dec. No. 20 Joey Lazor (UNI), 10-8
149: Alexander Richardson (ODU) dec. Tyler Patten (UNI), 7-4
157: Tristan Warner (ODU) maj. dec. Jarrett Jensen (UNI), 9-0
165: No. 11 Cooper Moore (UNI) fall Devin Geoghegan (ODU), 6:38
174: No. 19 Billy Curling (ODU) dec. Cody Caldwell (UNI), 9-6
184: Jack DeChow (ODU) dec. No 5 Ryan Loder (UNI), 5-4
197: Kevin Beazley (ODU) dec. Basil Minto (UNI), 5-3
285: Blaize Cabell (UNI) dec. Matt Tourdot (ODU), 7-4
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