2022-23 Wrestling Roster

Andy McLean
Jay Crain
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Bret Strelow

Mason Fiscella

  • Position Heavyweight
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Poquoson, Va.
  • High School Poquoson

Biography

Career: Record of 43-37 over three weight classes ...Went 8-4 in SoCon duals and 9-10 in all duals, with appearances at 184, 197 and heavyweight.
 
2022-23: Went 11-10 at heavyweight, including 2-3 in duals and 1-0 in SoCon duals ... Season cut short by injury suffered in Jan. 13 dual appearance against Virginia Tech ... Second-period pin in dual win against Queens improved record to 11-6 ... Won an 11-9 decision in SoCon dual against Bellarmine ... Won twice at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, prevailing 3-1 in Sudden Victory and 5-3 during a 2-2 event that included matches against two opponents ranked in the top seven nationally ... Placed third at the Mountaineer Invitational and fifth at the Keystone Classic.

2021-22: Went 4-5 during a promising start to the season as the starter at 197 pounds, as he suffered a season-ending injury early in the first SoCon dual of the season and was approved for a medical hardship waiver … Mountaineer Invitational and Keystone Classic runner-up with 2-1 records at both events … Won an 11-1 major decision and a 3-1 decision with a Sudden Victory takedown against Indiana’s starter before dropping the Mountaineer Invitational final against No. 7 Kordell Norfleet of Arizona State … Went 0-3 in duals with appearances against ranked opponents from North Carolina and NC State.

2020-21 (Didn't count against eligibility because of COVID): First-year starter at 197 pounds went 8-8 overall, 5-3 in SoCon duals and 5-4 in all duals … Went 2-2 at the App State Individual Quad event with two pins and added a pin in the SoCon dual against The Citadel … Also victorious in league competition against Bellarmine, Davidson, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian … Tied at 2-2 entering the third period against Gardner-Webb, executed a key reversal to take control as his riding time had dipped to 1:02 in a 7-4 win against Jack Trautman.

2019-20: Went 20-14 at 184 pounds as a redshirt freshman, including 2-0 in App State duals (both SoCon duals) … In a SoCon doubleheader, won 3-2 against Presbyterian’s Austin Stith and claimed a 12-4 decision against Davidson’s Gavin Henry, the SoCon’s third-place finisher … Finished first place in the freshman/sophomore bracket at the Southeast Open, going 4-0 with two falls … Placed second at the Newberry Open with a 3-1 record that included three straight pins … Had eight pins among 20 victories, a pin total that ranked in the top 40 nationally.

2018-19: Redshirted … Wrestling unattached, had a 14-14 record at 197 pounds … Fifth place at the Newberry Open... Member of the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Won a Class 2 state championship at 195 pounds and went 39-0 as a senior while helping lead Poquoson to the team state title, giving the Bull Islanders their first championship since 1999 … Claimed the state title in 2018 with a pin in the final match … State runner-up as a junior, when he went 37-4 … Wrestled at Poquoson for his final two years and was coached there by Eric Decker.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Redshirt Freshman

  • 2020-21Redshirt Sophomore

    184/197 pounds
  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    197 pounds
  • 2022-23Redshirt Sophomore

    Heavyweight