WESTMINSTER, Md. -- The Elizabethtown College wrestling team built up a lead early on that it did not give up as they went on to beat McDaniel Saturday night at the Gill Center, 31-15.

Ganon Smith and Will Davis each collected their 22nd wins of the season, Smith with a fall at 184 and Davis a close decision at 197. Febian Dawit won his first career dual match bout with a fall at 141. Braden Schuyler tooked down nationally-ranked Alex DuFour to open the match with a major at 125.

ELIZABETHTOWN 31, McDANIEL 15
125: Braden Schuyler (ETOWN) maj. dec. Alex DuFour (MCD) 32-20 (0-4)
133: Corey Cope (ETOWN) maj. dec. Romeo Tsai (MCD) 9-0 (0-8)
141: Febian Dawit (ETOWN) fall William Conley (MCD) 4:13 (0-14)
149: Thomas Monn (MCD) maj. dec. Braden Scott (ETOWN) 17-5 (4-14)
157: Xavier Howard (MCD) tech fall Michael Beers (ETOWN) 20-4, 3:20 (9-14)
165: Justice Hockenberry (ETOWN) tech fall Nick Massengill (MCD) 15-0, 1:26 (9-19)
174: Avery Cummings (MCD) fall Jacob Speed (ETOWN) 2:51 (15-19)
184: Ganon Smith (ETOWN) fall Patrick Takeuchi (MCD) 1:59 (15-25)
197: Will Davis (ETOWN) dec. Val Pryor (MCD) 1-0 (15-28)
285: Ksawery Niewiadomy (ETOWN) dec. Zeke Gayle (MCD) 7-6 (15-31)
 
Exhibition
149: Logan Ryan (ETOWN) fall Joe McKneely (MCD) 1:13

Elizabethtown hosts the Kenneth Ober Memorial Tournament this coming Saturday in the Bowers Center beginning at 9:30 a.m.