#9 Roughnecks Lose 2 at 1st Day of G-MAC Championship

The University of Findlay wrestling program went 0-2 on the first day of the 2022 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Championship on Jan. 21 in Painesville, Ohio. The 9th-ranked Roughnecks lost 37-12 to 24th-ranked Tiffin University before falling 20-15 to Lake Erie College.

Junior Branson Proudlock, junior Hunter Reed, and senior Mark Trifelos led the team on the first day of competition as they all went 2-0. Proudlock claimed a 7-0 win over Tiffin's Matthew Zuckerman before beating Lake Erie's Nate DeBoe 8-4. Reed pinned Tiffin's Samuel Lofaso in 55 seconds and then claimed a 7-1 victory over Lake Erie's John Penfold. Trifelos meanwhile won 4-0 against Tiffin's Kian Thompson before scoring a 4-2 victory against Lake Erie's Tylor Orrison.

Tiffin 37, Findlay 12

125 - Branden Mendoza (Tiffin) over Zachary Collins (Findlay) Fall 4:06
133 - Bryce Allison (Tiffin) over Gavin Ritter (Findlay) Dec 6-2
141 - Branson Proudlock (Findlay) over Matthew Zuckerman (Tiffin) Dec 7-0
149 - Collin Adkins (Tiffin) over Chase Moore (Findlay) Fall 1:39
157 - Dylan Mansor (Tiffin) over Alexander Isbrandt (Findlay) Fall 1:45
165 - Bryan LaVearn (Tiffin) over Justin West (Findlay) Fall 4:44
174 - Hunter Reed (Findlay) over Samuel Lofaso III (Tiffin) Fall 0:55
184 - Mark Trifelos (Findlay) over Kian Thompson (Tiffin) Dec 4-0
197 - Nicholas Mason (Tiffin) over Jacob Charette (Findlay) Fall 0:44
285 - David Henson (Tiffin) over Keigan Yuhas (Findlay) Maj 11-1

Lake Erie 20, Findlay 15

125 - Zachary Collins (Findlay) over Jacob Johnson (Lake Erie College) Dec 2-1
133 - Corey Gamet (Lake Erie College) over Gavin Ritter (Findlay) Dec 9-3
141 - Branson Proudlock (Findlay) over Nate DeBoe (Lake Erie College) Dec 8-4
149 - Jack Haskin (Lake Erie College) over Chase Moore (Findlay) Dec 6-2
157 - Tyler Swiderski (Lake Erie College) over Alexander Isbrandt (Findlay) Maj 20-6
165 - James Penfold (Lake Erie College) over Justin West (Findlay) Fall 1:48
174 - Hunter Reed (Findlay) over John Penfold (Lake Erie College) Dec 7-1
184 - Mark Trifelos (Findlay) over Tylor Orrison (Lake Erie College) SV-1 4-2
197 - Chris Droege (Lake Erie College) over Jacob Charette (Findlay) Maj 10-2
285 - Keigan Yuhas (Findlay) over Ronnie D`Amico (Lake Erie College) Dec 7-4

Day two of the event will begin tomorrow.