West Virginia Natives Lead The Way For WVU At Bobby Kauffman Open

[KBratke]

While our starters were picking up an exciting win over Columbia in Atlantic City yesterday afternoon, we had eight wrestlers in action at the Bobby Kauffman Open at Edinboro. We had six placers on the day and four of them are West Virginia natives! Ian Bush finished as runner-up, Matthew and Michael Dolan were each third, and Dom Parker was sixth.

Like most open tournaments, if you lost before the semifinals, the best you can do is 5th place. Below are complete results for each Mountaineer wrestler. You can see full brackets here: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/a0 ... c6749d0e1b

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Matthew Dolan maj dec Julian Dawson (Morgan State), 18-9
Dolan maj dec Eamonn Jimenez (Edinboro), 18-5
Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell) tech fall Dolan, 20-5
Dolan dec Caleb Edwards (Edinboro), 5-2 SV
Dolan finishes 3-1 in 3rd place

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Michael Dolan tech fall Zack Ramsey (Michigan), 15-0
Dolan tech fall Egidio DiFazio (Lake Erie), 20-3
Lucas Kapusta (Lock Haven) dec Dolan, 2-0
Dolan tech fall Colin Roberts (Edinboro), 15-0
Dolan finishes 3-1 in 3rd place

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Kolby Depron (Bucknell) tech fall Dom Parker, 20-4
Parker dec Buzz Bomberger (Spartan Combat RTC), 6-2
Parker maj dec Steffan Lynch (Edinboro), 20-7
Parker FALL Kelly Kakos (Unattached), 1:04
Eric Tigue (Buffalo) tech fall Parker, 17-1
Parker finishes 3-2 in 6th place

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Bryce Hepner FALL Sasha Gavronsky, 2:07
Gavronsky FALL Miles Bassett (Bucknell), 2:22
Gavronsky medical forfeit over Brett Barbush (Lock Haven)
Gavronsky dec Matt Leehan (Unattached), 9-6 SV
Gavronsky dec Rafael Knapp (Buffalo), 9-8
Gavronsky finishes 4-1 and 5th place

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Ian Bush maj dec JR Reed (Cleveland State), 9-1
Bush maj dec Eli Makel (Edinboro), 8-0
Bush tech fall Carson Crace (Spartan Combat), 19-3
Mikey Bartush (Bucknell) dec Bush, 4-2
Bush finishes 3-1 and 2nd place

Rylan Rogers (Michigan) dec Brian Finnerty, 7-3
Matt McKenna (Michigan) inj def Finnerty, 3:43
Finnerty finishes 0-2

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Cole Tolley dec Nick Lodato (Edinboro), 8-2
Logan Deacetis (Bucknell) tech fall Tolley, 19-2
Connor Jacobs (Clarion) tech fall Tolley, 15-0
Tolley finishes 1-2 and 4th place

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Leo Muzika dec Shane Cook (Cleveland State), 5-3
Mekhi Bradley (Cleveland State) dec Leo Muzika, 5-4
Hogan Swenski (Ohio State) FALL Muzika, 1:43
Muzika finishes 1-2


We return to Morgantown this Sunday at 1 PM, for a huge showdown with Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are coming off a big win over #4 NC State. We will have our work cut out for us, but let's fill up the Coliseum and make it a tough environment.

Remember, any wrestling team can get free tickets. All you need to do is reach out to me at kyle.bratke@mail.wvu. and I'll send you over the form.

Let's Go Mountaineers!