Feb. 11, 2006

FAIRFAX, Va. - George Mason split its final two conference dual meets of the season on Saturday, winning 32-9 against Campbell and losing 34-14 to Old Dominion, to finish the season 6-4 in the Colonial Athletic Association.

After today's action, the Patriots are 8-6 overall, while Campbell, with a pair of losses, falls to 5-11 overall and 2-5 in the CAA. ODU improves its record to 10-6-1 and 5-1-1 in the CAA with two victories.

In the first meet of the afternoon, the Patriots dominated Campbell by a final score of 32-9. Mason lost only two matches during the meet, one by forfeit at 157 pounds due to Mitch Webster's knee injury. The Patriots picked up three major decisions, by Joe Coughlin at 125 pounds, Will Powars at 133 pounds, and the reigning back-to-back CAA Rookie of the Week Tyler Tisdell at 165 pounds. Sophomore Randy Oates registered a 16-0 technical fall victory over Kyle Higgins at 184 pounds.

Wins by Coughlin at 125 pounds, Robert Henry at 149 pounds and Ryan Kittrick at heavyweight were bright spots in the Patriots tough loss to ODU. Coughlin registered a 20-1 technical fall victory over Bryan Lashomb with 50 seconds left in the third period, while Henry pinned Jeff Becker 1:44 into the match. In the final match of the meet, Kittrick went into overtime with John Dolida and won the match by two points with a takedown.

In other action, Old Dominion downed Campbell 39-9. The Monarchs won matches at eight of the 10 weight classes, registering two falls and three technical falls.

George Mason wrestles Maryland in its final dual meet of the season on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. at the John Linn Memorial Gym.

George Mason 32, Campbell 9

125: Joe Coughlin (Mason) maj. dec. Richie Apolinar (Campbell), 16-3, Mason 4-0

133: Will Powars (Mason) maj. dec. Caleb Lesnoff (Campbell), 12-4, Mason 8-0

141: Elliot Berger (Campbell) dec. Chris Cartella (Mason), 5-0, Mason 8-3

149: Robert Henry (Mason) dec. Steve Wiktorek (Campbell), 7-4, Mason 11-3

157: Nick Amato (Campbell) wins forf., Mason 11-9

165: Tyler Tisdell (Mason) maj. dec. Brent Poynter (Campbell), 13-2, Mason 15-9

174: Ken Jackson (Mason) wins forf., Mason 21-9

184: Randy Oates (Mason) tech. fall Kyle Higgins (Campbell), 16-0 (6:39), Mason 26-9

197: Joel Caruso (Mason) dec. Jason Cook (Campbell), 11-4, Mason 29-9

HWT: Ryan Kittrick (Mason) dec. Jeremiah Fennell (Campbell), 3-2, Mason 32-9

Old Dominion 34, George Mason 14

125: Joe Coughlin (Mason) tech. fall Bryan Lashomb (ODU), 20-1 (6:10), Mason 5-0

133: Ryan Williams (ODU) dec. Will Powars (Mason), 7-2, Mason 5-3

141: BJ Compton (ODU) fall Chris Cartella (Mason), 4:02, ODU 9-5

149: Robert Henry (Mason) fall Jeff Becker (ODU), 1:44, Mason 11-9

157: Nick Pullano (ODU) wins forf., ODU 15-11

165: Robby Gosnell (ODU) wins forf., ODU 21-11

174: Bryan Lenhardt (ODU) dec. Randy Oates (Mason), 8-4, ODU 24-11

184: David Mendoza (ODU) fall Ken Jackson (Mason), 5:30, ODU 30-11

197: Adam Wright (ODU) maj. dec. Joel Caruso (Mason), 20-7, ODU 34-11

HWT: Ryan Kittrick (Mason) dec. John Dolida (ODU), 6-4 (SV), ODU 34-14

Old Dominion 39, Campbell 9

125: Bryan Lashomb (ODU) dec. Richie Apolinar (Campbell), 13-8, ODU 3-0

133: Ryan Williams (ODU) fall Trevour Smith (Campbell), 5:38, ODU 9-0

141: BJ Compton (ODU) tech. fall Elliot Berger (Campbell), 17-2 (4:10), ODU 14-0

149: Steve Wiktorek (Campbell) fall Jeff Becker (ODU), 6:32, ODU 14-6

157: Nick Pullano (ODU) tech. fall Nick Amato (Campbell), 16-0 (3:00), ODU 19-6

165: Robby Gosnell (ODU) wins forf., ODU 25-6

174: Bryan Lenhardt (ODU) wins forf., ODU 31-6

184: David Mendoza (ODU) dec. Kyle Higgins (Campbell), 13-7, ODU 34-6

197: Adam Wright (ODU) tech. fall Jason Cook (Campbell), 22-7 (6:08), ODU 39-6

HWT: Jeremiah Fennell (Campbell) dec. John Dolida (ODU), 7-3, ODU 39-9