The wrestling team earned its first two victories of the season this past week in separate meets.
In Delaware Saturday, Duke routed Delaware State, 35-7, and fell to Columbia, 22-14. Matt Mapes collected a fall at 165 pounds against Delaware State and scored a 12-3 win in the Columbia match. Freshman Daegan Smith, at 197, also earned a fall and recorded a pair of wins.
The Blue Devils snuck by Virginia Tech Monday. Duke used four wins and a forfeit at the heavyweight spot to secure a 23-21 victory. Mapes, Deuce Harris, Jason Gorski and Tom Cass all won their matches. Gorski collected a pin.
Last Thursday at the Old Dominion Quadrangular, Duke was not as fortunate, losing all three matches in Norfolk, Va. Bill West's pin was the highlight of a 28-9 loss to Old Dominion. The Blue Devils also lost to VMI, 31-9, and Drexel, 30-9.
Track competes in Father Diamond Memorial: Both track teams opened their spring seasons in the Father Diamond Memorial this past weekend. The men captured two second-place finishes while the women earned one.
With a time of 2:26.72, Jesse Allen finished second in the 1,000-meter run. Allen was one of three Blue Devils to finish in the top 10. Andrew Mutschler placed second in the high jump, clearing a height of two meters.
Lisa Bell was the women's top finisher, taking second place in the pole vault by clearing 2.9 meters. Cross country star Megan Sullivan finished seventh in the 1,000 meters, and Ellie Culp earned a sixth-place finish in the 3,000 meters.
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