ALLIANCE, Ohio -- No. 16 ranked Mount Union got its first Ohio Athletic Conference dual meet win of the season with a 43-0 shutout win over Muskingum Tuesday at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.
Mount Union moved to 7-4 overall and evened its OAC record at 1-1 while Muskingum fell to 1-6 overall and 0-1 in the OAC.
After two forfeit wins at 125 and 133 by freshman Dan Hoberney (Wickliffe/Eastlake North) and junior T.J. Arnone (Willoughby/Willoughby South) the Purple Raiders scored major decision wins by seniors Josh Malave (Rocky River/Lutheran West) at 141 and Kevin Shadrach (Parma/Parma) at 149 to take a commanding 20-0 lead.
Freshman Jon Garrison (Fairlawn/Copley) kept the streak going by getting a 5-2 decision at 157.
Senior John Piechuta (Alliance/Marlington) got the Raiders only pin of the night at 165 as he got the fall at 5:56.
Junior Lambert McElrath (Cuyahoga Falls/Woodridge) scored a solid 15-8 win at 174 then senior Andy Jenkins (Stow/Woodridge) scored another major decision for Mount Union with a 14-3 win at 184.
Junior Chad Teague (Cambridge/Cambridge), who spent the fall on the Mount Union football team, made his first wrestling appearance of the season and got an 11-6 win at 197 before All-American Derick Hesson (Dexter City/Caldwell) finished off the match and stayed undefeated on the season with an 11-1 win at 285.
Mount Union next competes this weekend at the Pete Willson Invitational at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill.
#16 Mount Union 43, Muskingum 0
Match Summary
125 Dan Hoberney (Mount Union) won by forfeit
133 TJ Arnone (Mount Union) won by forfeit
141 Josh Malave (Mount Union) won by major decision over Brock Yackey (Muskingum) 14-5
149 Kevin Shadrach (Mount Union) won by major decision over Kenneth Poland (Muskingum) 9-1
157 Jon Garrison (Mount Union) won by decision over Michael Frasure (Muskingum) 5-2
165 John Piechuta (Mount Union) won by pin over Ronald Hepner (Muskingum) 5:56
174 Lambert McElrath (Mount Union) won by decision over Mitchell King (Muskingum) 15-8
184 Andy Jenkins (Mount Union) won by major decision over Tre Martin (Muskingum) 14-3
197 Chad Teague (Mount Union) won by decision over Lucas Weber (Muskingum) 11-6
285 Derick Hesson (Mount Union) won by major decision over David Rice (Muskingum) 11-1
