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-weight 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 tuneup 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 beginning on Saturday, Nov. 8.
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