Kent State University
Bellarmine
Kent State Wrestling Splits Tri-State Santa Slam Action
12/11/2025 11:57:00 PM | Wrestling
KENT, Ohio- The Kent State Wrestling team finished the Tri-State Santa Slam on Thursday night with an even split in their two meets. The Golden Flashes came away victorious in the first meet of the night with an 18-16 win over Bellarmine and fell to the Edinboro Fighting Scots by a score of 30-14 in the first conference dual meet of the season.
The Blue and Gold won six bouts in their first dual against Bellarmine as Nico Calello(125) set the tone with a 4-1 sudden victory over Damion Ryan in the first match of the day, scoring a takedown to end it. Freshman Silas Stits(149) also scored a takedown in sudden victory to secure a 9-6 victory over Zac Cowan(Bellarmine).
Reese Stephen(157), Carson Miller(165), Trent Thomas(184), and Blake Schaffer(197) all came away with decision victories to help their team to a dual win over the Knights.
Kent State started their dual against Edinboro off strong as Calello recorded a 19-4 Technical Fall over Austin Zimmerman. Nick Molchak(133) followed that up by pinning Amonn Ohl in the third round. Schaffer won the other match for the Golden Flashes to secure his second of the day in a 10-4 decision over Brody Evans.
Kent State vs. Bellarmine Results (18-16)
125: Nico Calello (KENT) over Damion Ryan (BU) (SV-1 4-1)
133: Trayce Eckman (BU) over Nick Molchak (KENT) (MD 18-5)
141: AJ Rallo (BU) over Mason Tieffel (KENT) (Dec 5-0)
149: Silas Stits (KENT) over Zac Cowan (BU) (SV-1 9-6)
157: Reese Stephen (KENT) over Gray Ortis (BU) (Dec 4-1)
165: Carson Miller (KENT) over Noah Hall (BU) (Dec 8-6)
174: Grant O`Dell (BU) over Ethan Barr (KENT) (Dec 6-3)
184: Trent Thomas (KENT) over Gavin Ricketts (BU) (Dec 4-2)
197: Blake Schaffer (KENT) over Andrew Liber (BU) (Dec 3-0)
285: Daulton Mayer (BU) over Brentan Simmerman (KENT) (Inj. 1:11)
Kent State vs. Edinboro Results (14-30)
125: Nico Calello (KENT) over Austin Zimmerman (EDIN) (TF 19-4 7:00)
133: Nick Molchak (KENT) over Amonn Ohl (EDIN) (Fall 6:45)
141: Jacob Brenneman (EDIN) over Mason Tieffel (KENT) (Dec 13-7)
149: Ryan Michaels (EDIN) over Silas Stits (KENT) (TF 21-6 6:57)
157: Garrett McChesney (EDIN) over Reese Stephen (KENT) (Dec 5-2)
165: Ryan Burgos (EDIN) over Carson Miller (KENT) (Inj. 1:37)
174: Tate Geiser (EDIN) over Ethan Barr (KENT) (MD 17-3)
184: Jared McGill (EDIN) over Trent Thomas (KENT) (MD 14-2)
197: Blake Schaffer (KENT) over Brody Evans (EDIN) (Dec 10-4)
285: Aden Roe (EDIN) over Abel Ngoh (KENT) (TF 15-0 3:00)
Up Next
The Flashes will have a quick turnaround as they gear up for another Tri-Meet in Western New York on Saturday. They will match-up against Gardner-Webb at 2 P.M. before going up against another conference foe in Buffalo at 4 P.M. inside the University at Buffalo's Alumni Arena.
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