LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J- The Rider University Wrestling team remained the MACs lone unbeaten as they moved to 7-0 in the Mid-American with a 27-9 win over Clarion. With the win, Rider moves to 7-6 overall and remains perfect at 7-0 in the conference while dropping Clarion to 8-9 and 3-3 in the MAC.

Rider kicked off the dual with a dominant shutout victory for Azeem Bell, picking up his second straight major decision win, 11-0 over Ethan Wiant. Bell scattered a trio of takedowns throughout the match scoring one in each period while also pitching a shutout to get the Broncos an early bonus point win.

Rider went on a run of four straight victories as #32 David Szuba, Tyler Klinsky, and Richie Koehler all got victories to help Rider go up big through four bouts. 

After dropping the bout at 141, the Broncs would go on another tear scoring victories from 149 to 174 including another major decision by #28 Colton Washleski. Washleski picked up his 10th victory in his last 11 matches and bounced back after a close loss in his last time out. Washleski secured the bonus point victory with a last-second takedown of Suds Dubler to win 15-5. 

Quotes and Notes
- "The kids are wrestling well right now, their confidence is really good, their comradery is good right now, and we accomplished the first goal today. The second goal is coming which is something we haven't had yet which is winning the MAC Tournament, so we want to do everything we can do to capture that" Rider Head Coach John Hangey
- "I think we wrestled great I think everyone wrestled to their abilities today, we wrestled a tough schedule early and that work showed off today by winning some tough matches" - Richie Koehler
- "I've been doing this for 17 years and I had to just remember I've been doing it for that long and having the support system back home and I had to remember I'm just as good of a wrestler as anyone in the country" Azeem Bell
-The win gave Rider their 12th straight MAC win dating back to January 26th of 2023.
- Bell scored his second straight major decison win. 
- Rider also clinched their best conference record since 2019 when they went 7-1 in their first year apart of the MAC.
- Washleski won his team best 24th match and his 10th in his last 11 bouts.
Results 
125 Tyler Klinsky Joseph Fischer W DEC 5 - 1
133 Richie Koehler TJ England W DEC 9 - 4
141 Will Betancourt Ryan Sullivan L DEC 7 - 1
149 #33 Quinn Kinner Kyle Schickel W DEC 10 - 6
157 #28 Colton Washleski  John Altieri W MD 15 - 5
165 Jake Silverstein Eli Brinsky W DEC 10 - 4
174 Michael Wilson Suds Dubler W MD 10 - 1
184 (Forfeit) Cameron Pine L FOR 0 - 0
197 Azeem Bell Ethan Wiant W MD 11 - 0
285 #32  David Szuba Austin Chapman W DEC 4 - 1


Up Next
Rider travel to Pitt and Cleveland State to wrap up their dual season on Feburary 22nd and 23rd.