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Men’s Wrestling Sweeps NCAA Division II Tiffin and UNC-Pembroke

David Panda Won Two Matches By Pinfall (Photo Courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)
David Panda Won Two Matches By Pinfall (Photo Courtesy of Lauren Gardner '25)

BEREA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's wrestling team swept a pair of non-conference matches against NCAA Division II Tiffin University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in the Lou Higgins Center inside the Lou Higgins Center.

BW (3-0) defeated Tiffin by a final score of 34-11.   The Yellow Jackets beat UNC-Pembroke by a final score of 33-14. 

Tiffin Match Results

  • 125-pounds     Brandon Mendoza won by a 16-1 technical fall over junior Johnny Novak (Cleveland/St. Ignatius)
  • 133-pounds     Junior Jaden Hinton (Glassboro, N.J.)  won by a 17-1 technical fall over Jackson Collins
  • 141-pounds     Junior David Panda (Columbia, Md./ Atholton) won by pinfall in 56 seconds over Elijah Hunter
  • 149-pounds     Senior Conner DeBoe (Mentor) won a 13-0 major decision over Bryson Cole
  • 157-pounds     Sophomore Tommy West (Avon Lake/St. Edward) won a 6-3 decision over Dylan Mansor
  • 165-pounds     Sophomore Donovan Palmer (North Ridgeville/Lutheran West) won a 19-4 technical fall over Sam Lofaso
  • 174-pounds     Sophomore Carter Lloyd (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) won by pinfall in 3:44 over Kolby Crowe
  • 184-pounds     Iran Love won an 8-4 decision over sophomore Jack Cain (Springfield/Shawnee)
  • 197-pounds     Senior Division III All-American Doug Byrne (Wickliffe) won a 19-4 technical fall over Dylan McCandless
  • 285-pounds     Clayton Ours won a 6-2 decision over senior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference performer Matthew Werts (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute)

UNC-Pembroke Results

  • 125-pounds     Novak won by a 19-1 technical fall over Cameron Greene
  • 133-pounds     Hinton won a 14-5 major decision over Logan Robinson
  • 141-pounds     Panda won by pinfall in 1:51 over Brandon Smith
  • 149-pounds     Jake Piccirilli won a 14-4 major decision over DeBoe
  • 157-pounds     West won by pinfall in 1:27 over Loye Burkhead
  • 165-pounds     Caleb Grau won a 15-6 major decision over Palmer
  • 174-pounds     Lloyd won a 13-10 decision over Logan Hoffmann
  • 184-pounds     Shylik Scriven won by pinfall in over Cain
  • 197-pounds     Byrne won a 5-3 decision over Garrett Steele
  • 285-pounds     Senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC performer Drew Levis (Elyria) won by pinfall in 3:45 over Ryan Walker 

Extra Matches vs. UNC-Pembroke

  • 141-pounds     Junior Academic All-OAC performer Robby Palmieri (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) won by pinfall in 5:44 over Joshua Feliz
  • 141-pounds     Palmieri won a 7-4 decision over Dante Williams
  • 157-pounds     Junior Academic All-OAC performer Justin Ritchie (Carlisle) won a 6-2 decision over Dante Williams
  • 157-pounds     Freshman Manny Scordos (Brecksville/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) won a 7-4 decision over Burkhead
  • 157-pounds     Scordos won a 16-0 technical fall over Dante Williams
  • 157-pounds     Junior Max Carrier (Oberlin / The Gow School {N.Y.}) won a 13-5 major decision over Dante Williams
  • 165-pounds     William Lowery won by pinfall in 2:43 over junior Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference performer Hunter Kupniewski (North Royalton)
  • 165-pounds     Freshman Remington Bauer (Norwalk/Edison) won a 10-8 decision over Burkhead
  • 184-pounds     Christopher Dickey won a 5-1 decision over sophomore Brandon Burkhart (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls)
  • 184-pounds     Dickey won by pinfall in 3:57 over sophomore Evan Daniels (McDonald, Pa. / Madonna {W. Va.})
  • 197-pounds     Nick Williams won a 7-1 decision over senior Ryan Haas (Toledo/Maumee)
  • 197-pounds     Nigel Williams won by pinfall in 2:52 over freshman Shawn Earle, Jr. (Broadview Heights / Brecksville-Broadview Heights)
  • 285-pounds     Levis won by pinfall in 5:00 over Malcolm Gray
  • 285-pounds     Levis won a 1-0 decision over Massimo Sullivan
  • 285-pounds     Werts won a 7-1 decision over Chad Metikosh
  • 285-pounds     Junior Mitch Sanders (Newberry) won a 3-2 decision over Metikosh
  • 285-pounds     Sanders won a 7-1 decision over Gray
  • 285-pounfd     Sanders won a 3-1 decision over Sullivan
  • 285-pounds     Sullivan won a 3-2 decision over sophomore Ben DeGuzman (North Canton/Hoover)
  • 285-pounds     DeGuzman won a 5-2 decision over Metikosh
  • 285-pounds     DeGuzman won by pinfall in 3:42 over Gray 

BW is back in action on Saturday, December 10 when it travels to Naperville, Illinois to compete in the 58th Annual North Central College Invitational at 10 a.m.