ALLIANCE — Freshmen Trent VandenEynden and Luke Dolan earned victories in their respective weight classes as the Otterbein men's wrestling team opened its Ohio Athletic Conference schedule with a 41-11 loss at Mount Union on Tuesday night.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (0-1 overall, 0-1 OAC), Mount Union (5-4 overall, 1-1 OAC)
• Venue: Timken Gymnasium - Alliance, Ohio
• Full Results

Dual Results - Mount Union 41, Otterbein 11

• 125: Mount Union opened with a win via forfeit for a 6-0 lead.
• 133: Senior Eric Saddler fell to Mount Union's Nolan Frye via fall in 6:01, putting the Purple Raiders up 12-0.
• 141: Mount Union increased its lead to 15-0, as Mason McCarty defeated senior Tamas Eder via 11-9 decision.
• 149: Otterbein scored its first points of the dual courtesy of VandenEynden, who defeated Ridge Barkley via a 21-6 technical fall in 5:22, making the score 15-5.
• 157: The Cardinals added six more points, as Dolan defeated Hunter Newell via fall in 6:40, making the score 15-11.
• 165: Mount Union extended its lead to 21-11, as Jake Starkey defeated graduate student Austin Amens via fall in 2:35.
• 174: The Purple Raiders' Nathaniel Johnson defeated sophomore Josh Taylor via 4-2 decision, putting Mount Union up 24-11.
• 184: Mount Union's Brayden McFetridge defeated junior Gary Steele via fall in 2:31 for a 30-11 Purple Raider lead.
• 197: The Purple Raiders increased their lead to 35-11, as Bryce McCloskey defeated freshman Muhammad Jallaq via 17-2 technical fall in 4:27.
• 285: Mount Union capped the scoring with a victory via fall in 3:28 from Steven Marra over senior Billy Reed-Bodey.

Notables

• Dolan improved to 4-0 on the season with three falls and one major decision.
• Ninth-year head coach Brent Rastetter is now 59-58 in his Otterbein career.