Wrestling 1/31/2020 9:27:00 PM

Wrestling Drops an Exciting Match vs. Navy, 24-21

WASHINGTON - In a crowd-pleasing match that featured five pins, one sudden victory decision and two late takedowns for wins, American University wrestling came up just short to visiting Navy in a 24-21 loss.

MATCH RECAP

The Eagles (2-6, 2-4) won six of 10 bouts overall, but were pinned by the Midshipmen (5-4, 2-1) in all four of their losses.
No. 23 Tanner Harvey (184) was the wrestler of the match for AU with a pin in 49 seconds over Navy's Andrew Buckley. Harvey appeared to get the fall even earlier, but was able to repeat his move a second time before the first minute of the bout was over.
The tone for a thrilling night was set early on, as No. 24 Gage Curry trailed 1-0 with less than 10 seconds remaining in the third period. His opponent, No. 20 Logan Treaster, was due a point for riding time but gave up a stall point to Curry just before Curry was able to get a takedown in the final seconds and earn the 3-2 victory.
After a Navy win by fall for Casey Cobb over AU's Joshua Vega, No. 26 Sal Profaci echoed Curry's heroics late in the 141 bout. Profaci and Navy's Cody Trybus were tied 5-5 before a late takedown for Profaci gave him the 7-5 decision and tied up the match at 6-6.
The Eagles' top-ranked wrestler, No. 7 Kizhan Clarke, improved to 31-3 for the season with a 7-3 decision over Navy's Jon Park.
AU trailed 12-9 heading into Tim Fitzpatrick's 165 bout. He trailed Navy's Brian Case 4-3 after two periods, but later tied it up 6-6 at the end of regulation. With a takedown in overtime, Fitzpatrick scored the 8-6 win and tied up the match yet again.
The back-and-forth action continued as a Navy pin at 174 was followed by Harvey's quick win at 184, putting the match even at 18-18.
AU trailed 24-18 after its final loss at 197. Niko Camacho was solid with a 5-1 decision over John Birchmeier, but the three points earned were three short of Navy's overall total.

RESULTS

125 - #24 Gage Curry (AU) dec. Logan Treaster (Navy), 3-2 (AU 3-0)
133 - Casey Cobb (Navy) pinned Joshua Vega (AU), 4:40 (Navy 6-3)
141 - #26 Sal Profaci (AU) dec. Cody Trybus (Navy), 7-5 (Tied 6-6)
149 - #7 Kizhan Clarke (AU) dec. Jon Park (Navy), 6-2 (AU 9-6)
157 - Jared Prince (Navy) pinned Ethan Karsten (AU), 4:29 (Navy 12-9)
165 - Tim Fitzpatrick (AU) dec. Brian Case (Navy) SV 8-6 (Tied 12-12)
174 - Spencer Carey (Navy) pinned Conner Allshouse (AU), 3:24 (Navy 18-12)
184 - #23 Tanner Harvey (AU) pinned Andrew Buckley (Navy), 0:49 (Tied 18-18)
197 - Jacob Koser (Navy) pinned William Jarrell (AU), 2:21 (Navy 24-18)
285 - Niko Camacho (AU) dec. John Birchmeier (Navy), 5-1 (Navy 24-21)

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Players Mentioned

Conner Allshouse: Redshirt Junior

Niko Camacho: Redshirt Sophomore

Kizhan Clarke: Redshirt Junior

Gage Curry: Redshirt Junior

Tim Fitzpatrick: Redshirt Freshman

Tanner Harvey: Redshirt Junior

Will Jarrell: Freshman

Ethan Karsten: Redshirt Junior

Joshua Vega: Freshman

Sal Profaci: Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

Conner Allshouse
: Redshirt Junior

Niko Camacho
: Redshirt Sophomore

Kizhan Clarke
: Redshirt Junior

Gage Curry
: Redshirt Junior

Tim Fitzpatrick
: Redshirt Freshman

Tanner Harvey
: Redshirt Junior

Will Jarrell
: Freshman

Ethan Karsten
: Redshirt Junior

Joshua Vega
: Freshman

Sal Profaci
: Redshirt Senior

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