Skip To Main Content

University of Mount Union

Athletics Site of the Mount Union Purple Raiders
Athletics Site of the Mount Union Purple Raiders
Blaine Chrisman

Men’s Wrestling: Raiders Finish Runner-Up in Dominant Performance in Season-Opening Home Invite

| By:
Full Results

ALLIANCE, Ohio – The Mount Union men's wrestling team placed second out of 17 schools in its season-opening Mount Union Invitational on Saturday.

The Raiders finished with 185.5 points and were only behind No. 5 nationally ranked NCAA Division II Gannon University, who placed first.

Mount Union had 13 top-8 finishes, including three winners, a runner-up, and a third-place mark.

Sophomore Blaine Chrisman (Medina, OH / Medina) won 197 with a dominant 5-0 record (including three wins by pin) for the day. It was Chrisman's first career championship, including the title win over No. 3 nationally ranked Myles Johnson from Ohio Northern.

Sophomore Jack DeBoe (Mentor, OH / Mentor) won 149A after going 4-0, while freshman Owen Edwards (Zanesville, OH / John Glenn) won 157B with a 3-0 record.

Freshman Diezel Edgar (Lakewood, OH / Lakewood) finished runner-up at 149B. Sophomore Aiden Mozden (Alliance, OH / Alliance) battled back at 185 to finish third with a 6-1 record.

Mount Union will next wrestle at Case Western Reserve University on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m.
Print Friendly Version

Related Videos

Related Stories