Wrestling | January 28, 2016

• Thursday's dual began with a forfeit by Cornell at 125#.
• Next up at 133#, sophomore Michael Triplett made his return to the mat.
• Triplett was the first to score, but Cornell's Phillip Opelt responded by scoring the next nine points, ending with a pin at the 4:26 mark.
• At 141#, junior Evan Weaver scored the first takedown against Cornell's Josh Martin, but an escape and eventual takedown from Martin turned the tides.
• Before the first period concluded, Weaver scored an escape to enter the second period tied 4-all.
• A quiet second period saw only one escape from Weaver, which gave him the lead heading to the third stanza.
• With two takedowns late in the period, Martin looked as though he had matters all wrapped up, but a late takedown by Weaver as time was expiring sent the match to overtime.
• Weaver kept the machine running and won in sudden victory with a takedown shortly into the overtime period.
• At 149#, Cornell's Trevor Engle took a 2-0 lead into the second period and added five points with a takedown, escape and two-point near fall.
• An escape by Griffin to start the third got the senior on the board, but another takedown from Engle sealed the major decision, 9-1.
• Sophomore Jimmy Davis got out to a quick start against Cornell's Aaron Engle, scoring a takedown and a four-point near fall.
• Engle managed to score an escape before the end of the period.
• A reversal and a takedown by Davis extended his lead to 10-2, before a third period takedown sealed the major decision, 13-3.
• At 165#, Cornell's Ben Hewson used a six-point second period to race out to a 8-0 lead over freshman Sam Schuler, eventually winning by major decision, 9-1.
• Freshman Chris Malone scored a reversal and a two-point near fall in the second period at 174#, but condeded a reversal to Cornell's Brian Cristion, sending the bout to the third period tied at 4-all.
• Malone was called for locked hands in the third before Cristion earned a point for an escape.
• A late takedown by Malone sent the match to overtime where Cristion prevailed to win 7-6.
• Five takedowns proved to be too much for Loras' Javier Soto to come back from as Cornell's Joseph Keller won 12-7.
• At 197#, senior Malcolm Watson executed his gameplan to near-perfection, scoring three takedowns and a two-point near fall to win 10-3 over Cornell's Ben Bergan.
• In the final bout of the evening, freshman Dillon Wagner fought to the final whistle, but suffered a 5-2 loss.
• The loss drops Loras to 1-11 on the year while Cornell improves to 10-6.
• Watson improved to 14-5 on the year and won his fourt consecutive bout.
• Weaver won his fifth consecutive match and improved to 12-7 on the year.