The Belmont Abbey wrestling team dropped both of its matches on the final day of the Super Region II Duals, losing to 13th-ranked Tiffin 28-18 and to Kutztown by a 25-15 score.
Belmont Abbey returns to the mat Thursday as it hosts King and Greensboro starting at 6:30 on Senior Night.
In the opener, Tiffin, ranked 13th nationally forfeited two of the first four matches but scored wins by Major Decision and Fall. Belmont Abbey then surged ahead with wins by Scott Bosak at 157 and Joe Coss at 165 to snare the lead, but Tiffin won the last four bouts to claim a ten point victory.
In the final match of the day, Belmont Abbey's Will Rees earned a second period win by fall to move the Crusaders ahead 6-4. Kutztown won the next match by fall to move back in front, but Nicauzi Mitchell posted a 9-3 victory to slice the edge to 10-9. The next match featured a pair of All-American's as Scott Bosak and Matt Martoccio, the nation's sixth ranked wrestler at 157 pounts, battled to a 2-2 stalemate, but Martoccio had enough riding time to secure a 3-2 win.
Coss posted his second win of the afternoon, a 6-1 victory, followed by a Chaas Delgado 6-0 win at heavyweight in the final bout of the day.
#13 Tiffin 28, Belmont Abbey 18
125 Michael Bedard (Belmont Abbey) over Unknown (Unattached) Forfeit
133 Lawrence Blackful III (Tiffin University) over William Rees (Belmont Abbey) Maj 13-4
141 Travis Salyer (Tiffin University) over Jonathan Charpenter (Belmont Abbey) Fall 3:18
149 Nicauzi Mitchell (Belmont Abbey) over Unknown (Unattached) Forfeit
157 Scott Bosak (Belmont Abbey) over Samphanh Viengmany (Tiffin University) Dec 9-2
165 Joseph Coss (Belmont Abbey) over Jett Hurt (Tiffin University) Dec 4-1
174 Christopher Baker (Tiffin University) over Tyler MacLaine (Belmont Abbey) SV-1 7-6
184 Jared Chambers (Tiffin University) over Gerry Vassil (Belmont Abbey) Fall 0:23
197 #5 Jacob Cramer (Tiffin University) over Jonathan Smith (Belmont Abbey) Fall 2:00 285 #2 Garrett Grey (Tiffin University) over Chaas Delgado (Belmont Abbey) Dec 5-1
Kutztown 25, Belmont Abbey 15
125 Austin Petril (Kutztown) over Michael Bedard (Belmont Abbey) Maj 19-6
133 William Rees (Belmont Abbey) over Bruno Gerardi (Kutztown) Fall 4:27
141 Zach Ulerick (Kutztown) over Jonathan Charpenter (Belmont Abbey) Maj 14-2
149 Nicauzi Mitchell (Belmont Abbey) over Joe Esposito (Kutztown) Dec 9-3
157 #6 Matt Martoccio (Kutztown) over Scott Bosak (Belmont Abbey) Dec 3-2
165 Joseph Coss (Belmont Abbey) over James Meyer (Kutztown) Dec 6-1
174 Joseph Balboni (Kutztown) over Tyler Maclain (Belmont Abbey) TF 20-5
184 Collin Schildt (Kutztown) over Gerry Vassil (Belmont Abbey) Dec 13-7
197 Brandon Clark (Kutztown) over Jonathan Smith (Belmont Abbey) Fall 2:25
285 Chaas Delgado (Belmont Abbey) over Ryan Appleby (Kutztown) Dec 6-0
