BALTIMORE, MD - Visiting McDaniel picked up wins at 184, 197 and 285 to break a 15-all tie with host Johns Hopkins and the Green Terror scored a 24-15 victory against the Blue Jays at Goldfarb Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The Terror improve to 8-3 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial Conference, while the Blue Jays, who have competed exclusively in tournaments to-date, fall to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial.

How The Terror Won: McDaniel jumped to a 15-6 lead after the first five bouts with two quick pins doing most of the damage. Ryan O'Boyle turned Brandon Tran quickly at 133 and got the fall in just 56 seconds, while Trey Mitchell scored a reversal and caught Connor Joyce quickly at 149 to give the Terror at 15-6 lead.

After the Blue Jays knotted the match 15-all with three bouts remaining, McDaniel got wins by decision from Nick Cross at 184, Jake Pooton at 197 and Taylor Avino at 285 to secure the win. Pooton topped Miles Gilliam in overtime on a takedown 38 seconds into sudden death to give the Terror a 21-15 lead and Avino used two takedowns and an escape to secure at 5-3 win over Hayden Good at 285.

For Johns Hopkins: The Blue Jays got wins at 125 (Evan Krumheuer), 141 (Lucas Escobar), 165 (Tommy Grifa) and 174 (Jared Forman). Krumheuer and Escobar both scored wins by decision, while Grifa added a 12-4 major decision of Rob Mattox. Forman notched the second technical fall victory of his career as he topped Ron Wuest 17-1.

Up Next: Johns Hopkins will return to action on Friday, January 15 when the Blue Jays welcome York (PA) to Goldfarb Gymnasium (7 pm). The match against the Spartans will be Johns Hopkins' only non-conference match of the season.

McDaniel-24, Johns Hopkins-15
125: Evan Krumheuer (J) def. Jake Rendelman (M), 5-3 (3-0)
133: Ryan O'Boyle (M) pin Brandon Tran (J) (0:56) (3-6)
141: Lucas Escobar (J) def. Marcus Mercado (M), 6-4 (SV) (6-6)
149: Trey Mithcell (M) pin Connor Joyce (J) (1:47) (6-12)
157: Wade Bishop (M) def. Alex McLaughlin (J), 10-6 (6-15)
165: Tommy Grifa (J) def. Ron Mattox (M), 12-4 (10-15)
174: Jared Forman (J) def. Ron Wuest (M), 17-1 (6:41) (15-15)
184: Nick Cross (M) def. Isaac Morales (J), 9-3 (15-18)
197: Jake Pooton (M) def. Miles Gilliam (J), 8-6 (15-21)
285: Taylor Avino (M) def, Hayden Good (J), 5-3 (15-24)

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