George Mason @ American

American University edged George Mason 20-18 in a dual at American University in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 20, 2025. The 2-point margin came down to bonus-point work and one late high-value result that shifted the team score.

George Mason leaned on bonus offense from the middle weights. At 133 pounds Anthony Lucchiani produced a 13-2 major decision, and at 149 #20 Kaden Cassidy followed with a 13-1 major, the two victories supplying eight crucial team points and keeping the Patriots within striking distance.

American answered with hard-fought bonus wins of its own, but the decisive sequence came at 184 where #27 Caleb Campos finished Jack Kelly by fall. Campos’ pin generated six team points and proved the turning point in a dual decided by margins rather than a single runaway performance. Those bonus points gave American the cushion it needed when the late heavyweight bouts tightened the scoreboard.

George Mason’s Malachi DuVall kept the outcome in doubt with a 12-2 major decision at 197, cutting the gap and illustrating how the dual revolved around bonus scoring. With four bonus victories for each side, the meeting was fundamentally a battle of majors and a match-clinching fall, and American’s pin proved to be the difference in the 20-18 final.