HAMPTON, VA – The Johns Hopkins wrestling team picked up a pair of wins on day two of the 43^rd annual Virginia Duals on Saturday as the Blue Jays topped St. Andrews (35-23) and Camden County College (47-12); with the two wins, the shorthanded Blue Jays finished 13^th in the 16-team field.
 
Blue Jays Rally Past St. Andrews
Johns Hopkins found itself in an 18-5 hole in its opening match of the day against St. Andrews as the Knights used a pair of wins by forfeit and a pin in the first four bouts to grab the early 13-point lead.
 
The Blue Jays, who had gotten a Dhilan Patel technical fall victory at 133 to account for their lone win between 125 and 149, jump-started their rally with a third-period Connor Powell pin at 157 (5:38) and added additional pins from Jake Hoffmann at 165 (4:27) and Noah Graber at 174 (5:52)to grab a 23-18 lead.
 
After Dakota Johnson pulled St. Andrews even with a technical fall of his own at 184, the Blue Jays closed out the win with a Jack Dunn forfeit victory at 197 and a second-period pin from sophomore Jacob Pomykata at 285 (3:52) to account for the 35-23 final score.
 
Hopkins Eases Past Camden County
In its final match of the weekend, the Blue Jays eased past Camden County, 47-12, to move their dual-meet record to 2-3 on the year.  Hopkins won all five contested bouts to fuel the victory and lost only by forfeit at 125 and 149.
 
All five contested wins earned bonus points for the Blue Jays as Patel (133), Powell (149), Graber (174) and Samuel Gledhill (184) all won by fall and Max Apsel grabbed a 15-0 technical fall victory at 141 to fuel the victory.
 
Norris Closing on Janquitto
The two dual-meet victories today boost head coach Keith Norris' career win total to 104 since he took over at Johns Hopkins in 2005.  He is now just three wins shy of tying Andy Janquitto for first place on the Johns Hopkins wrestling career coaching victories list.  Janquitto won 107 dual meets during his career as Johns Hopkins' head coach from 1983-96.
 
Notes of Interest
• Graber went 4-0 on the weekend with two wins by fall and two by major decision.
• Hoffmann, Patel and Dunn all posted 3-1 records in the tournament.  Hoffmann notched career win #50 on the first day of the tournament.
• Powell finished 2-2 on the weekend and his third-period pin of Kameron Ladd of St. Andrews was the 30^th win of his career – he is now 31-20 in his career and 17 of his 31 victories have earned bonus points.
 
Johns Hopkins-35, St. Andrews-23
125 – Jonah Mcburney (SA) win by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Dhilan Patel (J) tech fall Gerard Ricciuto (SA), 23-9 (6-5)
141 – Israel Schultz (SA) pin Max Apsel (J) (6:56) (12-5)
149 – Terry Adams (SA) win by forfeit (18-5)
157 – Connor Powell (J) pin Kameron Ladd (5:38) (18-11)
165 – Jake Hoffmann (J) pin Franco Cuccurelo (SA) (4:27) (18-17)
174 – Noah Graber (J) pin Akazee Kum akab a sei (SA) (5:52) (18-23)
184 – Dakota Johnson (SA) tech fall Samuel Gledhill (J), 17-1 (23-23)
197 – Jack Dunn (J) win by forfeit (23-29)
285 – Jacob Pomykata (J) pin Logan Sage (SA) (3:52) (23-35)
 
Johns Hopkins-47, Camden County College-12
125 – Yasin Carter (CC) win by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Dhilan Patel (J) pin Kyle Pickard (CC) (5:45) (6-6)
141 – Max Apsel (J) tech fall Elijah Clark (CC), 15-0 (6-11)
149 – Thomas Kaliamouris (CC) win by forfeit (12-11)
157 – Connor Powell (J) pin Nicholas Faldetta (CC) (4:12) (12-17)
165 – Jake Hoffmann (J) win by forfeit (12-23)
174 – Noah Graber (J) pin William Chrysler (CC) (1:02) (12-29)
184 – Samuel Gledhill (J) pin Tyler Willis (CC) (3:38) (12-35)
197 – Jack Dunn (J) win by forfeit (12-41)
285 – Jacob Pomykata (J) win by forfeit (12-41)