Wrestling: #9 Mount Union Dual Meet Streak Stopped By #6 Baldwin Wallace

ALLIANCE, Ohio -- No. 9 ranked Mount Union saw its streak of consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference dual meet wins stopped at 14 with a 27-14 loss to No. 6 ranked Baldwin Wallace Sunday in Timken Gymnasium.

The Purple Raiders (1-1, 1-1 OAC) last loss before today came at the hands of the Yellow Jackets -- a 22-9 defeat in Berea on Feb. 13, 2018. Ironically both teams had the same national rankings as today.

Baldwin Wallace (5-0, 5-0 OAC) won six of the 10 duals Sunday led by pins from nationally ranked wrestlers Dalton Leightner, No. 2 at 165, and Doug Byrne, No. 6 at 197.

Mount Union got wins from its three nationally ranked wrestlers as Jordin James (Bedford), the top ranked wrestler at 141 pounds, got a 15-8 win, Luke Hernandez (Nashport / Tri-Valley), ranked ninth at 149 scored a technical fall and David Massey (Cuyahoga Falls / Woodridge), ranked fourth at 133, scored a 7-5 win.

The Raiders other win came from Landon Talbert (Salem / Crestview) with a 3-2 win at 285 pounds.

	Match Summary	BW	MU
125	#6 Jack Stanley (Baldwin Wallace) over Errik Gerback (Mount Union) Dec 4-1	3.0	0
133	#4 David Massey (Mount Union) over Dante Ginnetti (Baldwin Wallace) Dec 7-5	0	3.0
141	#1 Jordin James (Mount Union) over Zachery Anderson (Baldwin Wallace) Dec 15-8	0	3.0
149	#9 Luke Hernandez (Mount Union) over Conner Deboe (Baldwin Wallace) Tech Fall 19-4	0	5.0
157	#3 (at 149) Stanley Bleich (Baldwin Wallace) over Michael Carpenter (Mount Union) Dec 6-1	3.0	0
165	#2 Dalton Leightner (Baldwin Wallace) over James Handwerk (Mount Union) Fall 4:12	6.0	0
174	Kevin Kelly (Baldwin Wallace) over David Reinhart (Mount Union) TB-1 6-3	3.0	0
184	Lucas Salmon (Baldwin Wallace) over George Lassnick (Mount Union) Inj 2:17	6.0	0
197	#6 Doug Byrne (Baldwin Wallace) over Brent Paulus II (Mount Union) Fall 3:32	6.0	0
285	Landon Talbert (Mount Union) over Jarod Miller (Baldwin Wallace) Dec 3-2	0	3.0
Dual Meet Score		27.0	14.0