#3 Kyle
Borshoff, #4 Mike
Cannon and #15 Steve
Fittery each went a perfect 3-0 on Saturday to lead
the American University wrestling team to a 2-1 record at the 2009
Journeymen / BRUTE Northeast Duals. K. Borshoff and Fittery won two
bouts with bonus points while Cannon recorded bonus points in all
three of his victories.
American opened the Northeast Duals with a loss to #10 Central
Michigan in the first round. The Chippewas won each of the first
three weight classes before K. Borshoff took an 8-2 decision over
#14 Tony D'Alie at 149 lbs. to close the team scores to 10-3.
Fittery followed Borshoff with an 8-4 decision over #7 Steve Brown
at 157 lbs. to move the score to 10-6 but victories at the next two
weight classes extended Central Michigan's lead to 19-6. Cannon
pinned Raylen Davis just 1:51 into the first round at 184 lbs.,
bringing the team score to 19-12. The Chippewas, however, took the
final two bouts to earn the 29-12 victory.
The Eagles rebounded with a 20-19 win over Michigan in the
second round. #18 Jasen
Borshoff began the dual with a 5-3 decision at 125
lbs. to put American ahead before consecutive wins gave the
Wolverines a 6-3 advantage. K. Borshoff regained the lead for
American with a 10-2 major decision over Mark Beaudry, 7-6, and a
second period fall by Fittery over Dave Johnson extended the margin
to 13-6. Back-to-back wins gave Michigan the lead right back,
14-13, until a 10-2 major decision by Cannon over Hunter Collins
gave the Eagles a 17-14 margin. A tech-fall at 197 lbs. gave
Michigan the lead once again, 19-17, setting up the heavyweight
bout which would decide the outcome. Freshman Blake
Herrin proved to be up to the task and earned a 3-2
decision over Eddie Phillips to give American the win, 20-19.
American dominated its final dual of the day, defeating Northern
Colorado, 40-4. J. Borshoff opened the dual with a 4-2 decision
over #15 Tony Mustari and a forfeit at 133 lbs. allowed the Eagles
to take a 9-0 lead. A major decision at 141 lbs. cut Northern
Colorado's deficit to 9-4 but that would be as close as the Bears
would get. K. Borshoff extended American's advantage to 14-4 with a
15-0 tech-fall over Justin Gonzales. Fittery followed that up with
a 17-2 tech-fall of his own and after a 9-5 decision by Tanner
Shaffer over Tanner Weiks at 165 lbs. American led by
a score of 22-4. Phillip
Barreiro earned a 5-2 decision at 174 lbs., pushing
the lead to 25-4. Cannon earned a fall over Eric Brennan, his
second of the day, only 28 seconds into the match but would be
outdone by Kenneth
Clessas at 197 lbs. as he earned a fall just 20
seconds in over Ed Matthews. Mingo
Grant closed out the day for American with a 5-4
decision over Justin Tuell at heavyweight, earning American its
final margin of 40-4.
Cannon is now 7-0 on the year and is one win shy of 100 for his
career. His career record of 99-16 places him fourth all-time at
American. K. Borshoff improved to 6-0 with his three victories
while Fittery moved his record to an impressive 13-1. J. Borshoff
is 9-1 on the young season.
American will return to action December 29-30 at the 2009
Midlands Championships in Evanston, Ill. The Eagles placed eighth
at last year's tournament, marking the program's highest-ever
finish at the tournament. Cannon won an individual title at 174
lbs. and was joined on the podium by K. Borshoff who placed sixth
at 149 lbs.
