DAVIDSON, N.C. — Remaining unbeaten in SoCon duals, App State Wrestling started its final road swing of the regular season by taking nine of 10 matches in a 38-3 victory at Davidson on Friday night.
The first-place Mountaineers (9-5, 6-0) wrestle again Sunday at preseason favorite Chattanooga, which is 8-5 overall and 5-1 in SoCon duals, with the lone league setback being a 19-18 loss to The Citadel in a showdown decided by tiebreaking criteria. An 18-all tie in that dual was broken by the fact that the only pin of the night belonged to The Citadel, which fell to 4-1 in the league via a 23-13 loss at App State.
With two SoCon duals left on App State's schedule, the outcome Sunday in Chattanooga could play a big role in determining if there is one outright champion or co-champions in the regular season race.
App State wrestled seven of its 10 primary starters at Davidson, and redshirt senior
Joe Zovistoski earned the first dual win of his career with a 9-4 decision against Josh Lange at 174 pounds.
Making his third career dual appearance after being named a NWCA Scholar All-American last year, Zovistoski took a 3-1 lead by recording a takedown late in the second period and finishing the period on top. Lange followed Zovistoski's escape to open the third with a tying takedown, but Zovistoski responded with a tiebreaking escape and sealed the match on a takedown shortly thereafter.
Joe Fongaro, a Rutgers transfer in his first year at App State, made his SoCon dual debut and earned his second dual win of the season at 141 pounds, while
Kai O'Dell improved to 3-0 in his career as a dual starter.
App State built a 22-0 lead through four matches thanks to two forfeits (at 197 and 125) and a pair of tech falls (from heavyweight
Stephan Monchery and
Jarvis Little at 133) before Fongaro fired in immediately and recorded a takedown less than five seconds into his 5-0 shutout of Marley Washington.
Davidson's only victory came in a showdown of 149-pound wrestlers with 5-0 league records. Anderson Heap recorded an overtime takedown against
Kaden Keiser to prevail 4-1.
A second-period takedown was the difference in O'Dell's 4-2 decision against Anwar Alli at 157, and
Anthony Conetta won an 8-4 decision against Bryce Griffin in the next match at 165.
Tomas Brooker followed Zovistoski's victory with a major decision in the final match.
App State's 2025-26 season is presented by Hungry Howie's and Penn Station.
App State 38, Davidson 3
197:
Logan Eller (APP) won by forfeit
285:
Stephan Monchery (APP) def. DJ Spring II (DC), 22-4 tech fall
125:
Cooper Foster (APP) won by forfeit
133: #31
Jarvis Little (APP) def. Luke Passarelli (DC), 18-2 tech fall
141:
Joe Fongaro (APP) def. Marley Washington (DC), 5-0 dec.
149: Anderson Heap (DC) def. #29
Kaden Keiser (APP), 4-1 dec (SV)
157:
Kai O'Dell (APP) def. Anwar Alli (DC), 4-2 dec.
165:
Anthony Conetta (APP) def. Bryce Griffin (DC), 8-4 dec.
174:
Joe Zovistoski (APP) def. Josh Lange (DC), 9-4 dec.
184: #22
Tomas Brooker (APP) def. Cody Kirk (DC), 11-1 maj. dec.
