ALBION, Mich. – It came down to the final seconds.
With Albion's
Bode Brown and Olivet's Mason Knight tied 1-1 in the heavyweight bout, overtime was not enough to settle the score.
Two 30-second tiebreaker periods determined the winner, Division III's No. 17-ranked wrestler Knight took two points in the stanza to win, 3-1, and take the dual meet, 19-18, on Senior Night.
The Britons had to void at 125 and found themselves down 9-0 early after
Cade Odrobina dropped an overtime match at 133. An Olivet takedown call with 20 seconds left in the third period was reversed on a coaches challenge to force the extra period.
Albion took the next four matches, which included an
Austin Matheney victory at 149. After being down for the majority of the match, a takedown with 23 seconds left cemented the comeback and won 12-10.
Another overtime match ensued at 184. Tied 1-1 in the extra period,
Owen Turnbow posted a takedown to win 4-1.
Garrett Iobe lost at 197, 8-7, before Brown's match against Knight.
Please see the complete results of the dual below.
125: Sam Schreiber (OLIV) over (Albi) (For.)
133: Trenden Bashore (OLIV) over
Cade Odrobina (Albi) (SV-1 4-1)
141:
Koen Eberhard (Albi) over Desmond King (OLIV) (MD 17-4)
149:
Austin Matheney (Albi) over Gabriel Gibbons (OLIV) (Dec 12-10)
157:
Jayden Lewis (Albi) over Darren Mcleod (OLIV) (Dec 8-3)
165:
Peyton Brooks (Albi) over Juwan Vines (OLIV) (TF 18-1 3:31)
174: Kyan Larson (OLIV) over
Nolan Rowley (Albi) (MD 9-1)
184:
Owen Turnbow (Albi) over Jack Ward (OLIV) (SV-1 4-1)
197: Gideon Loewen (OLIV) over Garrett Iobe (Albi) (Dec 8-7)
285: Mason Knight (OLIV) over
Bode Brown (Albi) (TB-1 3-1)
Up Next
Albion will head to Trine for their final dual meet of the season on Thursday, February 12 at 7 p.m.