SIU Edwardsville @ Clarion

SIU Edwardsville edged Clarion 26-9 at Clarion University on January 19, 2025, in a meet that tilted on a handful of bonus-point finishes. The visitors collected enough extra-team points to build a lead that Clarion could not overcome over the course of the dual.

The biggest single swing came at 133 pounds, where Marcel Lopez capped his match with a fall over Mason Prinkey for six team points. That pin not only produced a momentum boost for SIU Edwardsville but also supplied the biggest scoring play of the night and a clear cushion in the team race.

Two more bonus victories widened the margin. At 141 pounds Danny Martinez rolled to a 13-1 major decision over Gianni Silvestri, and at 157 pounds Eric Almarinez posted an 11-3 major decision over John Altieri. Those two majors were worth four team points apiece and, combined with the fall, accounted for the majority of SIU Edwardsville’s scoring.

Clarion earned points elsewhere, but the difference came down to SIU Edwardsville converting three matches into bonus outcomes. The trio of the fall and the two majors created a scoring stretch that proved decisive, leaving Clarion with too large a deficit to rally from. SIU Edwardsville’s 26-9 win in Clarion capped a night defined by timely bonus wrestling from the visitors.