No. 21 Eagles Topple No. 10 Hilltoppers On Senior Night

Ashland University's wrestling team has made a habit of beating nationally-ranked teams in 2024-25, and Friday (Feb. 7) night at Kates Gymnasium was no different.
 
The No. 21-ranked Eagles defeated No. 10 West Liberty on Friday, 28-18, on Senior Night to improve to 10-2 in duals this season – their most single-season wins since 2018-19 (12). Of those 10 wins this winter, Ashland has earned six against teams in the Top 25 in NCAA Division II.
 
West Liberty is 7-4.
 
Freshman Rylen Campbell got Ashland on the board at 133 pounds, improving to 17-14 this season after a pin in 2:38 over Caiden Harbert. Three Eagles then won consecutively:

• Sophomore 149-pounder Hayden Kuhn (24-5), 19-2 technical fall over Anthony Wood.
• Junior 157-pounder Evan Davis (3-4), 8-2 decision over Toby Abbott.
• No. 5-ranked 165-pound junior Nate Barrett (23-9), 16-0 tech fall over Breagan Pearson.

The Eagles finished off the win thanks to No. 9-ranked 197-pound senior Kaine Morris' (22-9) 9-1 major decision over Luke Justice, and junior 285-pounder Wyatt Bailey's (15-9) 19-3 tech fall over Vincent Parke.
  125 pounds – No. 8 Logan Davis (WL) maj. dec. No. 13 Luke Acuna (AU), 12-4 (4-0 WL)
133 pounds – Rylen Campbell (AU) pin Caiden Harbert (WL), 2:38 (6-4 AU)
141 pounds – Khyvon Grace (WL) tech. fall Caleb Wetzel (AU), 15-0 (9-6 WL)
149 pounds – Hayden Kuhn (AU) tech. fall Anthony Wood (WL), 19-2 (11-9 AU)
157 pounds – Evan Davis (AU) dec. Toby Abbott (WL), 8-2 (14-9 AU)
165 pounds – No. 5 Nate Barrett (AU) tech. fall Breagan Pearson (WL), 16-0 (19-9 AU)
174 pounds – No. 13 Carter Winegardner (WL) tech. fall Logan Smalley (AU), 22-7 (19-14 AU)
184 pounds – No. 1 Ty McGeary (WL) maj. dec. No. 14 Peyton Lemon (AU), 12-4 (19-18 AU)
197 pounds – No. 9 Kaine Morris (AU) maj. dec. Luke Justice (WL), 9-1 (23-18 AU)
285 pounds – Wyatt Bailey (AU) tech. fall Vincent Parke (WL), 19-3 (28-18 AU)
 
UP NEXT
Sunday (Feb. 9) at 1 p.m. at No. 14 Gannon.