INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 19 ranked UIndy wrestling team picked up their first win of the season, 29-13 in against Findlay, in the team's second home dual of the 2024-25 season.
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The Greyhounds dominated in all six of their wins, with three major decisions, a tech fall and a pin victory.
Brayden Lowery (141),
Gavin Garcia (149),
Trey Sizemore (174),
Aidan Petersen (184),
Derek Blubaugh (197) and
Cale Gray (285) all picked up wins tonight for UIndy.
INS & OUTS
The Oilers started out the dual quickly picking up two wins in the first two duals of the meet, and taking a 6-0 lead.
Both
Nathan Smith (125) and
Jadon Gyan lost closely fought 8-3 decisions against Wyatt Nemitz (125) and Ashton Anderson (133).
But the dual started to turn in favor of the Hounds after
Brayden Lowery in 141 picked up six team points with a forfeit win, and
Gavin Garcia earned a dominating 14-4 major decision win against Cade Cass in the 149 weight class.
Garcia jumped out to an early 6-2 lead after two periods with two takedowns of Cass, but the third period is where Garcia made his mark by picking up two consecutive takedowns late in the third period to preserve his lead and earn four team points, and give UIndy the 10-6 lead in team points over Findlay.
Nathan Conley (157) fell in the next dual, after a closely fought 5-3 decision in which Conley's comeback effort came up just short after a commanding third period which almost earned him a late takedown, but time was called shortly after.
Shane Bates was beaten by last year's G-MAC 3rd place finisher Andrew Knick in an 11-1 major decision in the 165 weight class, and gave the Oilers a 13-10 lead. Â
But the Hounds ended the dual reeling off four straight victories.
The first of four victories came from Sizemore in his return to the mat, after recovering from an injury for the beginning part of the season.
His first match back didn't come without some drama, after he was taken down in the second period, and forced the referee to take a medical timeout to tend to Sizemore.
But that timeout is exactly what he needed, he reset and went on a tear the remaining two periods picking up a takedown followed by a quick two-point near fall and clinching the 11-3 major decision victory over Logan Sanom.
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Petersen then earned one of his most dominating victories on the season with an 11-2 major decision over Vaughn Petty in 184. Petersen started out strong in the first period with a takedown and four-point near fall via a cradle move to make it 7-0 early.Â
He then maintained control the rest of the way, earning four points for the Hounds and giving them the 18-13 team point lead. Â
Blubaugh then made quick work of Luke Sparkman in 197 with two quick takedowns in the first period that then led to a pin via a bow-and-arrow move to clinch his victory in just over a minute, and extending the Hounds lead to 24-13.Â
The nightcap was Gray in the heavyweight division (285), where he took care of business with a convincing 15-0 tech fall victory that included three takedowns, a two-point and a three-point near fall, ending the match in the second period.Â
With the strong finish to the dual, the Hounds picked up their first dual win of the season 29-13 over Findlay, ending its four match losing streak.Â
#19 UINDY 29, FINDLAY 13
125: Wyatt Nemitz over
Nathan Smith (Dec 8-3)
133: Ashton Anderson over
Jadon Gyan (Dec 8-3)
141:
Brayden Lowery over Unknown (Forf)
149:
Gavin Garcia over Cade Cass (MD 14-4)
157: Gary Nilson over
Nathan Conley (Dec 5-3)
165: Andrew Knick over
Shane Bates (MD 11-1)
174:
Trey Sizemore over Logan Sanom (MD 11-3)
184:
Aidan Petersen over Vaughn Petty (MD 11-2)
197:
Derek Blubaugh over Luke Sparkman (Fall 1:20)
285:
Cale Gray over Zain Bell (TF 15-0 5:19)
UP NEXT
The Hounds will look to make it two wins in a row when they take on No. 20-ranked Maryville at home on Saturday Jan. 18 in the Hounds second GLVC dual of the season.
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