RESULTS:  vs. MUSKEGON | vs. ALMA | vs. WHITEWATER | vs. OLIVET and non-varsity

OLIVET, Michigan -- The Heidelberg University wrestling team went 2-2 at the Olivet Duals on Saturday, moving to 2-3 in dual meets on the season. David Gelman, Josh Gibson, and Travis Richardson, led the way with three victories on the day.  

Heidelberg 49  Muskegon 3

Aided by five straight Muskegon forfeits, Heidelberg won the opener handily.  Brenden Yob kicked off the dual with a hard-fought 6-2 win at 125.  Up 33-0 after the forfeit parade, Anthony Grecol made his season debut with a 15-4 major.  Muskegon picked up their lone win at 184 before Nathan St. Bernard won a shutout, 4-0, and Demitrius Hernandez punctuated the romp with a second-period pin.  

Heidelberg 33   Alma 14

Down 5-0 after the 125 bout, HU responded with consecutive bonus-point wins.  David Gelman walloped his opponent at 133, 14-0, before Josh Gibson picked up a pin at 141.  At 157, Travis Richardson teched his opponent, 18-2 -- giving the Student Princes a 15-11 lead.  Decisions for Grecol and Carter Mock extended HU's lead.  Up 21-14 at 197, Gavin Wickham picked up his first collegiate win -- a first-period pin which sealed the match.  Hernandez tacked on his second fall of the day for good measure.  

Whitewater 46   Heidelberg 0

Things didn't go Heidelberg's way.  

Olivet 23   Heidelberg 21

The Student Princes took an early lead with a forfeit at 125, a Gelman decision and a Gibson pin.  After conceding three points at 149, the Tricolor extended the lead to 21-3 with a Richardson pin.  From there, the hosts began to chip away.  The Comets won the final five weight classes, including a critical tech fall and pin. Olivet won the match with a decision at 285.  

Up Next:

Heidelberg dips back into league action following the holiday. The Student Princes visit Muskingum on Tues., Nov. 28.