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NEWBERRY, S.C. – Freshman Nate Silverthorn had his first career pin and redshirt junior Brendan McKeown won by technical fall to lead East Stroudsburg University to a 35-9 win over Ohio Valley to open this weekend's Super Region 1 Duals at Newberry College.

ESU won four matches on the mat and three others by forfeit to improve to 4-5 on the season. The Warriors take on Anderson (S.C.), No. 4-ranked Newberry and Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) on Saturday.

Silverthorn had a second-period pin (3:52) of Eli Stewart at 157 pounds as the Warriors rested starter Braden Turner, a returning All-American, before Saturday's action.

McKeown, also a returning national qualifier, improved to 9-1 overall and 5-1 against Division II competition with a 17-1 technical fall over Kobina Henriques at 174 pounds.

Freshman Tyson Searer, ranked No. 5 in Division II at 197 pounds, pulled out a 5-3 decision over Chase Long in the first tiebreaker of their bout. Searer is 10-6 on the season (8-2 vs. DII).

Sophomore Joseph Hoy won a 6-0 decision at 141 pounds. Junior Nick Kaiser (125), redshirt freshman Colin Martucci (165) and redshirt senior Joe Blaes (285) all won by forfeit.


ESU 35, Ohio Valley 9
125 – Nick Kaiser (ESU) won by forfeit
133 – Josue Rodriguez (Ohio Valley) dec. Devin Holmes, 2-0
141 – Joseph Hoy (ESU) dec. Nick Varazashvili, 6-0
149 – Tyler Green (Ohio Valley) dec. Joe Welk, 6-5
157 – Nate Silverthorn (ESU) pinned Eli Stewart, 3:52
165 – Colin Martucci (ESU) won by forfeit
174 – Brendan McKeown (ESU) tech. fall Kobina Henriques, 17-1
184 – Nicco Niday (Ohio Valley) dec. Will Esposito, 9-5
197 – #5 Tyson Searer (ESU) dec. Chase Long, 5-3:tb1
285 – Joe Blaes (ESU) won by forfeit

Super Region 1 rankings
174 – McKeown (ESU) #5
197 – Searer (ESU) #1