ANGOLA, Ind. – The Trine wrestling was defeated by Alma, 26-17, in its season opener Saturday morning in Hershey Hall.
Caleb Maddox, Jeffrey Helm and Jaycee Jensen all had a strong showing for the Thunder, picking up where they left off last year. Trine falls to 0-1 and Alma advances to 1-0.
Brendan Ladd for Alma scored the first team points of the dual with a pin over Brendan Stevens in the third period.
Drew Clark had a forfeit for the Thunder to tie the team score back up at 6-6.
Jeffrey Helm (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) took the quick lead in his match going up 4-1 in the first period. In the second period Helm went right back where he left off in the first by going up 7-1 by an escape and takedown. Helm went on to score another takedown after DeRossett got the escape early in the third period. Helm went on to win the match by a major decision with riding time 10-2.
Caleb Maddox (Russiaville, Ind./Western) scored the first takedown of the match to put him up 2-0 going into the second period. Maddox went to work in the second period scoring a takedown and back-points. Maddox went on to win 13-0 by a major decision with riding of four minutes and 43 seconds. The Thunder went up 14-6 in the team score.
Jared Fleming made the team score 14-9 with his 8-4 decision win over Nick Miller (Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider).
A forfeit for the Scots put Alma up 15-14 going into the 174 weight class match.
Taylor McPhail with an 11-2 major decision with riding time over Trevor Allbert (Morris, Ill/Morris) puts Alma up 19-14 in the team score.
Trent Hullett had 16-2 a major decision with riding time over Austin Farrell (Hopkins, Mich./Allegan). Alma continued with the lead 23-14.
The first period remained a deadlock between Jensen (Burns Harbor, Ind./Chesterton) and Chance Smith. Jensen quickly scored a reverse to go up 2-0, he ended the second period being up 8-3. Jenson went on to win by an 8-4 decision and scoring Trine three team points to put Trine behind by six going into the last match of the dual.
Aaron Kelly had a 5-3 decision win over Joey Stasiak at heavyweight (Mishawaka, Ind./Penn).
Alma won the dual 26 to 17.
The Thunder returns to the mats when they host the Trine Invitational Saturday Nov. 12. Matches will begin at 10 a.m.
Written by Cody Konieczki, Communications New Media '17
Results
125: Brendan Ladd (Alma) win by fall Brenden Stevens (Trine), 6:42 (Alma 6, Trine 0)
133: Drew Clark (Trine) win by forfeit (Alma 6, Trine 6)
141: Jeffrey Helm (Trine) maj. Dec. Travis De Rossett (Alma), 10-2 (Trine 10, Alma 6)
149: Caleb Maddox (Trine) maj. Dec. Anthony Lesko (Alma), 13-0 (Trine 14, Alma 6)
157: Jared Fleming (Alma) dec. Nick Miller (Trine), 8-4 (Trine 14, Alma 9)
165: Mitchell Franklin (Alma) win by forfeit (Alma 15, Trine 14)
174: Taylor McPhail (Alma) maj. Dec. Trevor Albert (Trine), 11-2 (Alma 19, Trine 14)
184: Trent Hullet (Alma) maj. Dec. Austin Farrell (Trine), 16-2 (Alma 23, Trine 14)
197: Jaycee Jensen (Trine) dec. Chance Smith (Alma), 8-4 (Alma 23, Trine 17)
HWT: Aaron Kelley (Alma) dec Joe Stasiak (Trine), 5-3 (Alma 26, Trine 17)