Andover goes 3-1 at 8 Schools dual tournament

Andover competed in the Eight Schools Dual Tournament, hosted by Choate Rosemary Hall. In Pool B Andover competed against Hotchkiss, St. Paul’s School, and Lawrenceville.

Against Hotchkiss, Tasha Bohorad ’26 opened up the dual meet at 132 with a first period pin. Dani Nugent ’25 carried that moment with a pin of her own, giving Andover the team score lead 12-0. Andover lost the next two bouts and Hotchkiss tied it up 12-12, but at 157 James Bae ’26 pinned his opponent to give Andover the lead again 18-12. Andover lost the next four bouts, trailing behind Hotchkiss 18-30. At 285 Sebastian Haferd ’25 pinned his opponent in the first period. At 106 Christian Robinson ’28 won by forfeit. And Andover won the next three matches at 113, 120, 126, with pins from Serra Akyali 28, Julian Rios ’26, and Brady Haskell ’28, to win the dual 48-36.

In our second dual meet the team took on St. Paul’s for the second time this season. We fell behind early, losing the first 3 bouts, until at 157 James Bae ’26 put team points up on the board with a pin, making the team score 6-17. At 165 Sean Flynn ’27 followed up with a pin of his own, closing the gap 12-17. We lost the next three matches, and at 285 Sebastian Haferd ’25 pinned his opponent, making the team score 18-35. At 113, 120, and 126 Akyali ’28, Rios ’26 and Haskell ‘28 all recorded pins again, but it wasn’t enough to get Andover over the line, and we lost the dual to SPS 36-47.

In our third dual of the day Andover took on Lawrenceville. At 150 Magnus Julin ’25 pinned his opponent and put Andover’s first team points up on the board. At 157 and 165 James Bae ’26 and Sean Flynn ’27 added pins of their own to give Andover the lead 18-6. We lost the next three matches, and at 285 Sebastian Haferd ’25 had an exciting back-and-forth match before pinning his opponent in the second period, tying it up 24-24. At 106, 113, and 120 Akyali ’28, Rios ’26, and Haskell ’28 all recorded pins to give Andover the lead 42-24. Andover lost at 126 and 132, but co-captain Dani Nugent ’25 solidified the win with a pin at 138, and Andover won the dual meet 48-36.

Since the team was 2-1, we were slated to wrestle Choate, who went 3-1 in their pool. Since we had just wrestled Choate the previous weekend (for the second time), we opted to wrestle Deerfield instead. The team won many of it’s matches by forfeit. Matches of note were a pin from James Bae ’26 at 165; and pins for Rios ’26 and Haskell ’28 at 120 and 126.

The team went 3-1 on the day, improving our record to 7-5. We had a great showing of fans at Choate and are so appreciative of our families for their support. Next weekend we head to Exeter for the Seabrooke duals, our last dual meets of the season before tournaments begin.

In exhibition matches against St. Paul’s, Andover went 4-0 with pins from Gentry Thatcher ’27, Tasha Bohord ’26, Ophelia Lee ’26, and a 6-4 decision from Christian Robinson.

In exhibitions against Lawrenceville Andover went 3-1, with a 10-3 decision from David Siahaan ’27, a pin from Fumi Kimura ’25, a pin from Konnor Fortini ’28, and Tasha Bohorad ’26 lost by fall to a tough opponent.

In an exhibition match against Deerfield, Sean Flynn ’27 won by fall.

Individual varsity records

285 Sebastian Haferd 4-0; 113 Julian Rios 4-0; 120 Brady Haskell 4-0; 157 James Bae 4-0; 106 Serra Akyali 3-1; 138 Dani Nugent 3-1; 165 Sean Flynn 3-1; 106 Christian Robinson 2-1; 150 Gentry Thatcher 1-1; 126 Tasha Bohorad 1-1; 132 Narek Hambardzumyan 1-1; 144 Magnus Julin 1-3; 144 Eva Murphy 0-2; 190 Nick Marini 0-4; 215 Konnor Fortini 0-3; 132 Willy Park 0-1; 157 Fumi Kimura 0-1