BALTIMORE, MD – Visiting Ursinus won the first four bouts to jump out to a 21-0 lead and the Bears held off host Johns Hopkins, 30-13, in Centennial Conference wrestling action in Goldfarb Gym Friday night.  The Bears improve to 6-3 overall and 1-0 in the Centennial with the win, while the Blue Jays fall to 4-6 overall and 0-1 in the Centennial.
 
Where the Match Was Won
Ursinus picked up a win by forfeit at 125 and added back-to-back first period pins at 133 and 141 to quickly jump out to an 18-0 lead.  Junior Dante Monaco then won one of the swing bouts in the match at 149 as he used a third period escape, takedown and four-point near fall to top Connor Powell 10-7 and give the Bears the 21-0 lead.
 
Maurath, Hoffmann Score Big Wins
Johns Hopkins jumped back in the match with back-to-back bonus point wins at 157 and 165 to trim the deficit to 21-10.  After giving up an early takedown, junior Fritz Maurath scored an escape and then quickly added a takedown against Scott Winkowtiz before sticking him at 2:11 to get the Blue Jays on the board.
 
Blue Jay freshman Jake Hoffmann then scored a stunning 13-2 major decision of Shawn Marchesano at 165 to make it 21-10.  Hoffmann, who had lost by fall to Marchesano early in the year, gave up an early takedown, but took a 3-2 lead after the first period, pushed the margin to 6-2 at the end of the second and added another takedown and four back points in the third with a point of riding time tacked on to account for the 13-2 final score.  Machesano entered the match ranked second in the Mideast Region.
 
Bears Lock it Up Late
Ursinus grabbed three consecutive wins by decision at 174, 184 and 197 to push the lead to 30-10 and seal the victory.  In the featured bout among those three, Johns Hopkins'  Joe Paul bumped up to 184 to take on Gary Nagle with Nagle grabbing a 2-1 win.  Paul is the reigning 174-pound Centennial Conference Champion while Nagle is the reigning 184-pound champion.  The Blue Jays closed things out with a 4-3 win from freshman Jacob Pomykata over senior Jake Ahmad at 285.
 
Notes of Interest
Hoffmann improved to 20-8 on the year and has now won six of his last seven.  Maurath's pin is the eighth of his career.  Paul entered the match ranked third in the Mideast Region while Nagle was ranked sixth at 184.  The match was the 145^th of Paul's career – he is one shy of tying Jared Forman for second on JHU's career matches list.
 
What's Next
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Friday, January 27 when the Blue Jays welcome McDaniel to Goldfarb Gym (7 pm) for another Centennial Conference match.  The Blue Jays will honor their seniors prior to the match.
 
Ursinus-30, Johns Hopkins-13
125 – Terry Adams (U) win by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Jagger Clapsadle (U) pin Dhilan Patel (J), (1:27) (12-0)
141 – Romeo Rodriguez (U) pin Alex Tinana (J), (2:22) (18-0)
149 – Dante Monaco (U) dec. Connor Powell (J), 10-7 (21-0)
157 – Fritz Maurath (J) pin Scott Weinkowitz (U) (2:11) (21-6)
165 – Jake Hoffmann (J) maj. dec. Shawn Marchesano (U), 13-2 (21-10)
174 – Anthony Cerulli (U) dec. Luke Hirtzel (J), 4-2 (OT) (24-10)
184 – Gary Nagle (U) dec. Joe Paul (J), 2-1 (27-10)
197 – Kyle Schaffer (U) dec. John Libby (J), 2-0 (30-10)
285 – Jacob Pomykata (J) dec. Jake Ahmad (U), 4-3 (30-13)
 
Exhibition Matches
149 – Jacob Sheiner (U) pin Jon Peng (J), (2:03)
174 – Alex Koenig (U) pin Elliott Lee (J) (3:16)
 
Johns Hopkins (4-6, 0-1 CC)
Ursinus (6-3, 1-0 CC)