Bears Dominate at Drexel

Friday, November 15

Philadelphia, Pa.

5 p.m.

University of Northern Colorado

Drexel

11/15/2024 10:26:00 PM | Wrestling

By: Michael High, Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications

PHILADELPHIA – No. 19 Northern Colorado (1-1) cruised to a 29-16 victory over Drexel (0-3) at the Daskalakis Athletic Center Friday.

The Bears jumped out to a 15-0 lead, with bonus point wins in the first three bouts. UNC won six of the 10 matches, tallying at least four points in five triumphs.

A forfeit victory for Stevo Poulin handed UNC six free points and the early lead.

No. 22 Dominick Serrano pushed the margin to 10-0 with a major decision victory. He opened a 9-2 victory with three takedowns in the opening round. Serrano outscored his opponent 4-2 in the middle frame, before surrendering an offensive point in the final stanza.

No. 1 Andrew Alirez dominated his opponent, collecting a 22-5 tech fall. He tallied seven takedowns and surrendered no offensive points for the second time in two duals of the year.

Following a win by Drexel at 149 pounds, No. 16 Vincent Zerban pushed the advantage out to 20-4, with a tech fall. After building a 6-1 lead after the opening frame, Zerban earned a reversal and takedown in the second frame pushing the gap out to 10.

No. 30 Clayton Ulrey picked up a hard-fought 3-2 result, moving the team total to 23-4. Scoreless through two periods, Ulrey fell behind with an escape but secured the victory with a takedown.

A pinfall and two decisions for Drexel sliced the deficit to 23-16, with one bout remaining.

Leading 4-1, Remington Peterson closed the contest with a pinfall at the 5:55 mark.

125 | Forfeit // UNC 6, Drexel 0
133 | No. 22 Dominick Serrano (UNC) defeats Kyle Waterman, MD 16-7 // UNC 10, Drexel 0
141 | No. 1 Andrew Alirez (UNC) defeats Deon Pleasant, TF 22-5 // UNC 15, Drexel 0
149 | Dom Findora (DRX) defeats Adam Busiello, MD 13-3 // UNC 15, Drexel 4
157 | No. 16 Vincent Zerban (UNC) defeats Luke Nichter, TF 19-4 // UNC 20, Drexel 4
165 | No. 30 Clayton Ulrey (UNC) defeats Cody Walsh, Dec. 3-2 // UNC 23, Drexel 4
174 | Jack Janda (DRX) defeats Aydin Rix-McElhinney, Fall 6:07 // UNC 23, Drexel 10
185 | Giuseppe Hoose (DRX) defeats AJ Heeg, Dec. 4-1 // UNC 23, Drexel 13
197 | No. 22 Mickey O'Malley (DRX) defeats Andrew Donahue, Dec. 5-2 // UNC 23, Drexel 16
285 | Remington Peterson (UNC) defeats Dom Petracci, Fall 5:53 // UNC 29, Drexel 16

For complete coverage of UNC Athletics, check out the official homepage at uncbears.com.

Up Next
UNC closes its trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Penn tomorrow at 10 a.m.

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