Braxton Brown Goes 3-0, No. 24 Terps Complete Rider Quad

Friday, December 20

Lawrenceville, NJ

10 AM

Maryland

Pittsburgh

Braxton Brown wrestles at the Rider Quad

Braxton Brown Goes 3-0, No. 24 Terps Complete Rider Quad

12/20/2024 3:38:00 PM | Wrestling

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – No. 17 Braxton Brown (133) led the way for the Terps as they wrestled No. 18 Pittsburgh, Rider and No. 14 South Dakota State as part of the Rider Quad.

In the team's last action before the new year, Brown won all three of his matches on the day, including two wins over ranked opponents and two wins by bonus points. Ethen Miller (157) and Seth Nevills (285) each went 2-0, with Miller besting a pair of ranked opponents and Nevills downing a top-15 opponent in Dayton Pitzer of Pittsburgh.

In the Terps' first match of the day, a 25-12 loss to No. 18 Pittsburgh, Jaxon Smith and Nevills added huge boosts to their resumes with wins over top-15 opponents. Brown and Ethen Miller also picked up ranked wins for the Terps.

The Terps fell to host school Rider in a narrow match, 18-17. Ethen Miller picked up another ranked win in the match while Brown, Branson John, Chase Mielnik and Nevills all notched wins as well, with Brown's victory coming via technical fall.

In the final match of the day, South Dakota State defeated Maryland. Brown had the highlight win of the match, dominating No. 22 Derrick Cardinal en route to a 14-2 major decision. Kal Miller also picked up a clutch win in sudden victory.

Full Results

#18 Pittsburgh 15, #24 Maryland 12
125: Matt Marlow major dec. (11-1) Tyler Garvin (Pitt 4, Marland 0)
133: No. 17 Braxton Brown dec. (5-0) No. 32 Vinnie Santaniello (Pitt 4, Maryland 3)
141: No. 31 Anthony Santaniello dec. Dario Lemus (Pitt 7, Maryland 3)
149: No. 28 Finn Solomon dec. (4-3) No. 27 Kal Miller (Pitt 10, Maryland 3)
157: No. 8 Ethen Miller dec. (5-4) No. 31 Dylan Evans (Pitt 10, Maryland 6)
165: Jared Keslar TF (18-1, 3:54) Ryan Money (Pitt 15, Maryland 6)
174: No. 17 Luca Augustine TF (20-4, 6:26) Branson John (Pitt 20, Maryland 6)
184: No. 6 Jaxon Smith TB-2 (2-2) No. 11 Reece Heller (Pitt 20, Maryland 9)
197: No. 16 Mac Stout TF (22-6, 6:08) Chase Mienik (Pitt 25, Maryland 9)
285: No. 14 Seth Nevills dec. (7-0) No. 13 Dayton Pitzer (Pitt 25, Maryland 12)

Rider 18, #24 Maryland 17
125: Kaden Naame SV (4-1) Tyler Garvin (Rider 3, Maryland 0)
133: No. 17 Braxton Brown TF (15-0, 5:38) D`Amani Almodovar (Maryland 5, Rider 3)
141: No. 25 McKenzie Bell dec. (2-1) Dario Lemus (Rider 6, Maryland 5)
149: No. 15 Sammy Alvarez dec. (9-4) No. 27 Kal Miller (Rider 9, Maryland 5)
157: No. 8 Ethen Miller dec. (4-2) No. 22 Colton Washleski (Rider 9, Maryland 8)
165: Enrique Munguia fall (4:53) Ryan Money (Rider 15, Maryland 8)
174: Branson John dec. (12-5) Michael Wilson (Rider 15, Maryland 11)
184: No. 22 Issac Dean dec. (2-1) No. 6 Jaxon Smith (Rider 18, Maryland 11)
197: Chase Mielnik dec. (8-3) Brock Zurawski (Rider 18, Maryland 14)
285: No. 14 Seth Nevills dec. (7-2) Collin French (Rider 18, Maryland 17)

#14 South Dakota State 27, #24 Maryland 7
125: No. 14 Tanner Jordan dec. (6-0) Tyler Garvin (SDSU 3, Maryland 0)
133: No. 17 Braxton Brown major dec. (14-2) No. 22 Derrick Cardinal (Maryland 4, SDSU 3)
141: Caleb Gross dec. (5-2) Dario Lemus (SDSU 6, Maryland 4)
149: No. 27 Kal Miller SV (4-1) Colin Dupill (Maryland 7, SDSU 6)
157: Moses Espinoza-Owens dec. (8-5) Mekhi Neal (SDU 9, Maryland 7)
165: No. 12 Drake Rhodes dec. (8-3) Sammy Gautreau (SDSU 12, Maryland 7)
174: No. 10 Cade DeVos major dec. (11-2) Branson John (SDSU 16, Maryland 7)
184: No. 8 Bennett Berge dec. (4-2) No. 6 Jaxon Smith (SDSU 19, Maryland 7)
197: Thomas Dineen major dec. (15-3) Chase Mielnik (SDSU 23, Maryland 7)
285: No. 26 Luke Rasmussen major dec. (9-0) Sam O'Brian (SDSU 27, Maryland 7)

Up Next

The Terps will break for the holiday before heading to Albany, NY on Jan. 5, 2025 for another quad meet. They will face Binghamton, Columbia and Lock Haven.