Clarion @ American

American University edged Clarion 19-18 at American University in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2024, a duel decided by bonus points and a tight run of upper-weight results. The margin was a single team point, and three bonus victories stood out as the difference between the programs.

At 165 pounds Kaden Milheim delivered a major decision, downing John Altieri 13-1 to collect four team points and push American toward the edge of a lead. That dominant performance was one of the few clear scoring separations in an otherwise close dual and gave American an important cushion in the team math.

Clarion struck back with a huge bonus score when John Worthing finished Caleb Campos by fall at 174, a six-point swing that swung the dual back toward Clarion. The match at 197 then became decisive: Liam Volk-Klos stayed steady for American and pinned Connor Jacobs, another six-point bonus that reclaimed the advantage and ultimately proved decisive in the 19-18 final. Those two falls, traded in the upper weights, were the major momentum and scoring drivers late in the lineup.

In the end American’s major decision and Volk-Klos’s pin combined to offset Clarion’s big win at 174, and the dual was settled by that one-point difference. With bonus points accounting for the margin, the meeting showed how a handful of decisive bouts can determine a tight team score.