CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Thiel College wrestling team picked up two dual victories on Wednesday night at the CWRU Throwdown. The Tomcats defeated Lourdes University (26-23) and Case Western Reserve University (24-14) to improve to 4-1 on the year.

Against Lourdes, Thiel rallied from being down 14-6 as they rattled off two straight major decisions at 157 pounds and 165 pounds. Jason Miller (Clarksville, Pa./Jefferson Morgan) at 157 pounds earned a 10-1 major decision over Garrett Carter; well Austin Bonacci (West Mifflin, Pa./West Mifflin) at 165 pounds collected a 12-3 major decision over Grant Pittroff.

Down 23-14 with two matches remaining the Tomcats needed to close the gap in hurry and they would as Gage Gladysz (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) at 197 pounds pinned Noah Nuno (1:42) to put Thiel within striking distance, 23-20. Gavin Colligan (Portville, N.Y./Portville) at 285 wasted little time sealing the match in favor of the Tomcats, the heavyweight pinned Alec Moore-Nash just 45 seconds into the first to give Thiel a 26-23 victory over Lourdes.

The Tomcats got off to another slow start in their second match as the Spartans built an 11-0 lead after three matches. Freshman Lukas McClain (Ridgeway, Pa./Ridgeway Area) at 149 pounds put Thiel on the board with an 8-7 decision over Brandon Barton to make it 11-3. Miller picked up his second victory of the night with a 16-1 technical fall over Jack Chipps to put Thiel within three, 11-8.

Freshman Dylan Proper's (Titusville, Pa./Maplewood High School) major decision at 174 pounds sparked four straight Thiel victories to close out the match as Dominic Farabaugh (Loretto, Pa./Penn Cambria) pinned Brian Kent at 184 pounds followed up by decisions by Gladysz and Tyler Brooks (Venango, Pa./Saegertown) at 285 pounds. Thiel took the dual 24-14 over Case Western.

With a pair of victories, Thiel improves to 4-1 on the season and will next travel to Bradford, Pa. to take on the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford and SUNY-Brockport on Saturday.   

Final Score: Thiel 26, Lourdes 23
125 – Giovengo (TC) wins by forfeit over (LU) 6-0 TC
133 – Tyler Roberts (LU) dec. over O'Connor (TC), 7-0 6-3 TC
141 – Nick Henneman (LU) tech. fall Mion (TC), 18-1 8-6 LU
149 – Garrett Anderson (LU) pin over McClain (TC), 2:33 14-6 LU
157 – Miller (TC) maj. dec. over Garrett Carter (LU), 10-1 14-10 LU
165 – Bonacci (TC) maj. dec. over Grant Pittroff (LU), 12-3 14-14
174 – Jake Bria (LU) dec. over Proper (TC), 5-2 17-14 LU
184 – Noah Clary (LU) pin over Farabaugh (TC), 5:22 23-14 LU
197 – Gladysz (TC) pin over Noah Nuno (LU), 1:42 23-20 LU
285 – Colligan (TC) pin over Alec Moore-Nash (LU), 0:45 26-23 TC
 
Final Score: Thiel 24, CWRU 14
125 – Adam Kates (CWRU) dec. over Giovengo (TC), 9-2 3-0 CWRU
133 – Alec Hoover (CWRU) tech. fall over O'Connor (TC), 17-1 8-0 CWRU
141 – Andrew Hoover (CWRU) dec. over Mion (TC), 5-2 11-0 CWRU
149 – McClain (TC) dec. Brandon Barton (CWRU), 8-7 11-3 CWRU
157 – Miller (TC) tech. fall over Jack Chipps (CWRU), 16-1 11-8 CWRU
165 – Isaac Collier (CWRU) dec. over Bonacci (TC), 3-2 14-8 CWRU
174 – Proper (TC) maj. dec. over Aidan McCooey (CWRU), 13-5 14-12 CWRU
184 – Farabaugh (TC) pin over Brian Kent (CWRU), 2:37 18-14 TC
197 – Gladysz (TC) dec. Gavin Dersh-Fisher (CWRU), 2-1 21-14 TC
285 – Brooks (TC) dec. Grant Robinson (CWRU), 6-4 24-14 TC