Wrestling Defeats Army West Point, 22-14

Sunday, November 13

West Point, N.Y.

2:00

Drexel University

Army West Point

Photo by: Greg Carroccio

11/13/2016 4:34:00 PM | Wrestling

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Drexel wrestling team picked up its second dual win of the weekend with a 22-14 victory over Army West Point on Sunday afternoon. The Dragons were trailing 14-13 with two matches to go, but wins from Joshua Murphy and Joey Goodhart solidified Drexel's fourth win of the season.

Tanner Shoap got things started at 125 with a 9-7 decision after securing a takedown in the first sudden victory period. Kevin Devoy, Jr. followed with a major decision over Army's Austin Harry to put the Dragons ahead, 7-0. The Black Knights got on the board with the 141 match, as David Pearce fell to No. 17 Logan Everett. However, Matthew Cimato came back with a 5-1 win over Army's Matt Kelly to give Drexel a 10-3 advantage.

No. 14 Russ Parsons took the 157 match with a technical fall for the Black Knights. Austin Rose earned a 7-4 decision at 165 to make it 13-8, but then Army's Ben Harvey picked up a 2-0 decision at 174 to cut the Dragons' lead to 13-11.

In the 184 match the Black Knights were able to take the lead as Samson Imonode earned an 8-3 decision over Alex DeCiantis. However, Murphy came back with a 6-4 win to give the Dragons a 16-14 advantage with one match to play. Goodhart finished story with a win-by-fall at 4:16 to secure a Drexel victory.

The Dragons, now 4-0 in dual competition, will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 20 as they will compete in the Keystone Classic hosted by Penn.

Drexel 22, Army West Point 14
125: Tanner Shoap (DU) DEC Trey Chalifoux (Army), SV-1, 9-7
133: Kevin Devoy Jr. (DU) MAJ over Austin Harry (Army), 8-0
141: No. 17 Logan Everett (Army) DEC David Pearce (DU), 9-5
149: No. 9 Matthew Cimato (DU) DEC Matt Kelly (Army), 5-1
157: No. 14 Russ Parsons (Army) TF Mike Comunale (DU), 17-0
165: Austin Rose (DU) DEC Andrew Mendel (Army), 7-4
174: Ben Harvey (Army) DEC Nick Elmer (DU), 2-0
184: Samson Imonode (Army) DEC Alex DeCiantis (DU), 8-3
197: Joshua Murphy (DU) DEC No. 11 Rocco Caywood (Army), 6-4
285: Joey Goodhart (DU) WBF Trevor Smith (Army) @ 4:16