Black Knights Drop Decision to Drexel

Saturday, January 20

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

Drexel

Black Knights Drop Decision to Drexel

January 20, 2018 | Wrestling

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point wrestling team dropped a 20-12 decision to Drexel here at Gillis Field House on Saturday afternoon.

The Black Knights move to 1-5 overall and 0-2 against Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) opponents, while the Dragons improve to 7-2 and 2-2.

Army got out to a 6-0 lead after picking up decision in the first two bouts and won three of the first four. Drexel won the next three, however, to pull ahead, 14-9.

Sophomore Ben Harvey cut the home team's deficit to two after scrambling to a 7-5 decision in the first sudden victory period. Unfortunately, that would be as close as Army would get to recapturing the lead as the Dragons won the final two matches to claim the win.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Rookie Bobby Heald led off the dual with his first-career dual victory.
Ben Harvey picked up his second win over a ranked opponent of the season after defeating then-No. 7 Ethan Ramos on Nov. 6.
Harvey, Trey Chalifoux and Austin Harry all picked up their team-best fourth dual wins of the season.
Harvey moved above .500 in duals in his career with a record of 9-8.

HOW IT HAPPENED
285 lbs.: Bobby Heald dec. over Sean O'Malley, 5-3 (Army leads, 3-0)
125 lbs.: Trey Chalifoux dec. over Zack Fuentes, 8-4 (Army leads, 6-0)
133 lbs.: #4 Austin DeSanto maj. dec. over Lane Peters, 24-10 (Army leads, 6-4)
141 lbs.: Austin Harry dec. over Julian Flores, 3-1 (Army leads, 9-4)
149 lbs.: #28 Trevor Elfvin dec. over Will Lucie, 13-8 (Army leads, 9-7)
157 lbs.: #24 Garett Hammond maj. dec. over Lucas Weiland, 11-2 (Drexel leads, 11-9)
165 lbs.: #33 Ebed Jarrell dec. over Cael McCormick, 7-6 (Drexel leads, 14-9)
174 lbs.: #24 Ben Harvey dec. over #30 Austin Rose in SV-1, 7-5 (Drexel leads, 14-12)
184 lbs.: #28 Alex DeCiantis dec. over #27 Noah Stewart, 3-2 (Drexel leads, 17-12)
197 lbs.: #20 Stephen Loiseau dec. over #28 Rocco Caywood, 4-3 (Drexel leads, 20-12)

UP NEXT

The Black Knights remain home for senior day tomorrow against No. 6 Lehigh.
Army will honor its six seniors prior to the dual: Sean Badua, Matt Kelly, Jack Lucie, Andrew Mendel, Parker Meytrott and Jack Wedholm.
The match against the Mountain Hawks is slated to begin at 2 p.m.