ST. LOUIS – The No. 25 ranked Maryville Saints wrestling team kept it's GLVC record perfect, defeating the Quincy Hawks 33-13 in the confines of Moloney Arena. The Saints scored four-straight extra-point wins to close the dual, the final show coming from Orest Nazarchuk who scored a 23-10 major decision.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Saints got off on the right foot as Sam Shafer (125) kept the Hawks quiet with a 4-0 win. Evan Binder, in a continued return to form, was aggressive early and it paid off in droves as he grabbed the first fall of the evening, his third of the season.
 
The Hawks weathered the storm, scoring wins at 141, 149 and 165, with Javier Gutierrez's major being the only thing stopping Quincy from taking the lead. That was the last chance for the Hawks as the big boys shut down the show with Cole Ritter making his return from injury to the show of a three-minute tech fall. Dalton Litzsinger, the Saints pin leader, added onto his double-digit total with a first-period fall.
 
Jeremiah Larson's tech fall, and the Nazarchuk major ended the day for the Saints.
 
#25 MARYVILLE 23, QUINCY 10
125: Sam Shafer (MU) over Brian Farley (QU) (Dec 4-0)
133: Evan Binder (MU) over Damien Flores (QU) (Fall 2:57)
141: Sabian Russell (QU) over Hudson Hackbarth (MU) (Dec 12-11)
149: Zachary Harrington (QU) over Logan Rubinstein (MU) (TF 15-0 4:31)
157: Javier Gutierrez (MU) over Hunter Vernon (QU) (MD 10-2)
165: Jackson Jones (QU) over Nick Baer (MU) (TF 17-2 5:28)
174: Cole Ritter (MU) over Aaron Taylor (QU) (TF 18-1 3:00)
184: Dalton Litzsinger (MU) over Callan Ivy (QU) (Fall 1:33)
197: Jeremiah Larson (MU) over Logan Colbert (QU) (TF 18-1 5:11)
285: Orest Nazarchuk (MU) over Caleb Groff (QU) (MD 23-10)
 
UP NEXT
The Saints are on the road with another GLVC dual, heading up to the University of Indianapolis on Saturday, Jan. 18, with action set to begin at 7 p.m. from the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center.