Wrestling season underway after Maroon and Gold scrimmage
Arizona State held its annual Maroon and Gold scrimmage to commence the 2025-26 season
TEMPE – Sun Devil Wrestling held the program’s annual Maroon and Gold scrimmage at Desert Financial Arena on Saturday afternoon for the opening of its 2025-26 campaign. Various wrestlers, like Pierson Manville, Nicco Ruiz and newcomer David Szuba, dazzled throughout victories to commence the new 2025-26 season.
There were a total of 12 duals in today’s showcase across all weight classes. The day started with the lightweight match between Damian Moreno and An’ee Vigil, where Moreno came out on top, 5-4. No. 32-ranked Pierson Manville debuted in the 141 weight class, where he earned a tech fall 18-2 win over Daniel Miranda. The 174-pound class match between Cael Valencia and Leo Tukhlynovych ended with Valencia taking the matchup 12-9. Newcomer heavyweight David Szuba faced an unorthodox triple-header against Max Acciardi, Damion Schunke, and his own brother, Ben Szuba, to end the scrimmage. David ended up winning 9-2 over Acciardi, tying 0-0 against Schunke, and falling to his brother, 5-3.
In the end, Maroon took the annual Maroon and Gold scrimmage, 21-13, in front of a lively Desert Financial Arena. The tune-up served as one of eight home events for the team this season, here in Tempe. Oklahoma State will be the next home match on Saturday, November 23, at 1:00 p.m. MST at Desert Financial Arena.
Final results
- Damian Moreno (Maroon) over Anecito Vigil (Gold) (Dec 5-4)
- Kyler Larkin (Gold) over Carter Dibert (Maroon) (MD 20-4)
- Pierson Manville (Maroon) over Daniel Miranda (Gold) (TF 18-2, 3:44)
- Kaleb Larkin (Maroon) over Gabriel Delgado/Jabari Hinson (Gold) (MD 20-7)
- Chance McLane (Maroon) over Michael Kilic (Gold) (Dec 8-1)
- Nicco Ruiz (Gold) over Israel Ibarra (Maroon) (TF 15-2 5:56)
- Cael Valencia (Maroon) over Leo Tukhlynovych (Gold) (Dec 12-9)
- Jacob Meissner (Gold) over Aidan Ysaguirre(Maroon) (Dec 8-3)
- David Szuba (Maroon) over Max Acciardi/Damion Schunke/Ben Szuba (Gold) (Dec 18-14)
Up next
The Sun Devils will officially begin the '25-’26 season next weekend when the team travels to East Lansing, Mich., for the Michigan State Open starting on Saturday, Nov. 8.
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