TEMPE, Ariz.—The Arizona State wrestling team (3-3) dropped its dual against West Virginia (2-4) on Sunday night, MMA Night, in front of a crowd of 842 at Wells Fargo Arena.
“It was a tough one tonight,” head coach Zeke Jones said. “I don’t think we took care of business before we got here and that is ultimately my responsibility. We just miscued some spots throughout the week. We were experimenting with some new people in the lineup, we have been making various lineup changes. We have had some guys off the mat for a while so it was a culmination of a lot of little things like that and I think that showed up tonight.”
Starting in the upper weights, ASU picked up its first win of the night at 184 pounds, with No. 2-ranked redshirt junior Blake Stauffer defeating Jakob Scheffel in a 6-1 decision. In both teams’ dual opener on Nov. 13, Stauffer bested Scheffel 4-0 in Morgantown, W.Va.
The Sun Devils went on to drop the next five bouts before ending the dual on a high note with wins at 149, 157, and 165.
Back in action for the first time since the Daktronics Open in November, sophomore Christian Pagdilao defeated James Dekrone in a 10-4 decision at 149 pounds, before sophomore Oliver Pierce defeated Roman Perryman in a 4-3 decision at 157 pounds. Pierce also defeated Perryman in November in a 4-3 decision.
In the final bout of the night, freshman Jacen Petersen defeated Ross Renzi in a 10-8 decision with a takedown late in the first period of sudden victory competition.
Up next, ASU is back in action on Friday and Saturday at the Virginia Duals in Hampton, Va. The Sun Devils’ next home dual is on Sunday, Jan. 18 against CSU Bakersfield at 5 p.m. MT.
West Virginia 22, Arizona State 12
174: Parker VonEgidy (WVU) def. Matt Schneider (ASU): Maj 14-4 (ASU 0, WVU 4)
184: No. 2 Blake Stauffer (ASU) def. Jakob Scheffel (WVU): Dec 6-1 (ASU 3, WVU 4)
197: Jake A Smith (WVU) def. Josh DaSilveira (ASU): Dec 6-0 (ASU 3, WVU 7)
HWT: Anthony Vizcarrondo (WVU) def. Chace Eskam (ASU): Dec 3-2 (ASU 3, WVU 10)
125: Zeke Moisey (WVU) def. Ares Carpio (ASU): Fall 0:39 (ASU 3, WVU 16)
133: Cory Stainbrook (WVU) def. Dalton Brady (ASU): Dec 8-5 (ASU 3, WVU 19)
141: No. 10 Mike Morales (WVU) def. Matt Kraus (ASU): Dec 5-4 (ASU 3, WVU 22)
149: Christian Pagdilao (ASU) def. James Dekrone (WVU): Dec 10-4 (ASU 6, WVU 22)
157: Oliver Pierce (ASU) def. Roman Perryman (WVU): Dec 4-3 (ASU 9, WVU 22)
165: Jacen Petersen (ASU) def. Ross Renzi (WVU): SV-1, 10-8 (ASU 12, WVU 22)