Fish fry
Falcons sweep Muskies in home dual

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – Notre Dame defeated Muskingum on Tuesday, 45-0, in their second dual meet of the season. No. 15 Notre Dame dominated in eight bouts winning two by fall and five by major decisions. The victory at Murphy Gymnasium runs NDC's season record to 1-1.

Tyler Savage (Fr/Lima, OH) started the match off at 125 with a major decision over the Muskies' Michael Halko (Fr/Columbus, OH). Dante Rini (Fr/Massillon, OH) and Brett Freeman (So/Burton) followed Savage with a pair of pins at 133 and 141 to give the Falcons a commanding 16-0 lead.

From there, Nate Spencer (So/Mayfield, OH), Jason Spencer (Jr/Mayfield, OH) and Mike Mahon (Fr/Cincinnati, OH) earned consecutive major decisions over their Muskie opponents. Two bouts, at 184 and 197, were forfeited by Muskingum. The Wrestling Falcons won eight bouts overall.

The next event for the Falcons is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 1, when they travel to Ashland, Ohio for the Simonson Invitational.

#15 Notre Dame 45, Muskingum 0
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007
Murphy Gymnasium, South Euclid, Ohio

125         Tyler Savage (NDC)  by maj. dec. over Michael Halko (MC); 11-3                          NDC 4, MC 0
133         Dante Rini  (NDC) by fall over Gavin Speakman (MC); 1:50                                      NDC 10, MC 0
141         Brett Freeman (NDC) by fall  over Blake Freidt (MC); 1:50                                         NDC 16, MC 0
149         #7 Nate Spencer (NDC) by  maj. dec. over TJ Brown (MC) 12-2                             NDC 20, MC 0
157         Jason Spencer (NDC) by dec. over  Patrick Minner (MC) 8-6                                   NDC 23, MC 0
165         Mike Mahon (NDC) by maj. dec. over Ralph Geesey (MC); 16-5                             NDC 27, MC 0
174         Ken Sanger (NDC) by dec. over Christopher Farrington (MC); 6-4                          NDC 30, MC 0
184         Paul Kordich (NDC) by forfeit.                                                                                    NDC 36, MC 0
197         Matt Kuti (NDC) by forfeit                                                                                            NDC 42, MC 0
HWT      Anthony Watson (NDC) by dec. over JD Centineo (MC); 3-0                                      NDC 45, MC 0

Match started at 125; attendance 173

Notes from the Nest...

Fish eggs: Last year the Falcons shut out the Muskies 51-0. Tuesday's shutout win was the third dual meet shutout in Falcon history. The Falcon's all-time dual meet record now stands at 11-7.