Andover drops close dual to Brooks; exciting wins from Nugent '23 and Palmer '23
Andover lost a close dual meet against Brooks School on Saturday, 36-42. Co-captain Colin Nugent ’23 opened the dual with a 26 second pin, but unfortunately Andover lost the next couple of matches. Miles Palmer ’23 launched the team into the lead with a riveting 3rd period pin, but Andover dropped the final 2 bouts, ending with a team score of 36-42. In exhibition matches, the favorite match of the day was a 2nd period pin by Sakina Cotton ’24. Dani Nugent ’25, and Ben Forman ’23 also won exhibition matches on the day.
Andover’s first home meet is this Wednesday against Wilbraham and Monson Academy.
Varsity results;
160 Colin Nugent pinned Brandon Townshend 0:26; 170 Ben Forman lost by pin to Ryan Tsai 2:21; 182 Somen Chakrabortti won by forfeit; 195 Ben Perez lost by pin to Nelson Lamb 0:22; 220 Adrian Morrison lost by pin to Anthony Carroll 0:50; 285 no contest; 106 Sonia Xiong lost by pin to Drake Tarlow 0:52; 113 Sakina Cottona won by forfeit; 120 George Ryckman won by forfeit; 126 Robert Simkus won by forfeit; 132 Arnav Bhakta lost by pin to Corey Gaffney 5:32; 138 Miles Palmer pinned Mujeeb Amin 5:18; 145 Ivan Betancourt lost by pin to Leito Betts 0:35; 152 Theo Kim lost by pin to Arihaan Barua 0:49.
Exhibition results:
Isabelle Matloff lost by pin to Sean Wang 0:39; Dani Nugent pinned Aidan Cross 0:38; Sakina Cotton pinned Drake Tarlow 2:35; Connor Klein lost by pin to Nelson Lamb 0:59; Ben Forman pinned Brandon Townshend 0:52.