CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland State (0-4, 0-2) began its busy weekend with a 29-13 loss to George Mason (11-3, 6-0) on Saturday afternoon. The Vikings will hop on a bus and head to CMU for a match tomorrow at 2 p.m.

The Patriots claimed the opening three points with a 13-9 decision at 125-pounds. The Vikings answered, taking their first lead of the day, 4-3, as Nick Molchak recorded a 12-3 major decision at 133-pounds.

Ethan Mitchell pinned his opponent in 1:32 as the Green and White advantage extended to 10-3. However, the next two matches went to GMU by decision as the margin was down to one.

A pair of falls and a technical fall for the visitors put them ahead on the scoreboard, 26-10. Joey Lyons picked up an 8-3 decision at 197-pounds to make it 26-13 in favor of the visitors.

At heavyweight, No. 25 Daniel Bucknavich suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 decision in triple sudden death as the Vikings dropped the conference match, 29-13.

Cleveland State 13, George Mason 29
125 | Ben Monn (GMU) DEC Ben Aranda (CSU), 13-9 | GMU leads 3-0
133 | Nick Molchak (CSU) MD Geoffrey Whelan (GMU), 12-3 | CSU leads 4-3
141 | Ethan Mitchell (CSU) FALL Dominic Hargrove (GMU), 1:32 | CSU leads 10-3
149 | Cale Roggie (GMU) DEC Connor Saylor (CSU), 7-2 | CSU leads 10-6
157 | No. 29 DJ Mcgee (GMU) DEC Reese Stephen (CSU), 5-1 | CSU leads 10-9
165 | No. 26 Evan Maag (GMU) FALL Tate Geiser (CSU), 4:32 | GMU leads 15-10
174 | Logan Messer (GMU) TF Ronald Dimmerling (CSU), 19-4 | GMU leads 20-10
184 | Malachi DuVall (GMU) FALL JR Reed (CSU), 1:09 | GMU leads 26-10
197 | Joey Lyons (CSU) DEC Tyler Kocak (GMU), 8-3 | GMU leads 26-13
285 | James Blackman (GMU) DEC Daniel Bucknavich (CSU), 4-3 SV3 | GMU leads 29-13