Hempstead, NY - Garrett Lambert, Ricky Stamm and Trey Rogers each picked up wins for Hofstra but George Mason won the seven other weight classes, including two in sudden victory, to post a 28-9 victory Friday night at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.

Hofstra fell to 6-14 with the loss while George Mason improved to 9-7 on the year.

The match started with a Hofstra forfeit at 125 and the Patriots upped their lead to 12-0 at 133 pounds when Talha Farooq scored a win by fall with 39 seconds remaining over the Pride's Jacob Martin. Martin was on his way to a major decision before the takedown and fall.

Lambert put Hofstra on the board at 141 with a 10-5 decision over Julio Alegria. The Patriots picked up wins in the next three weights including a 8-6, sudden victory decision by Colston DiBlasi at 165 over Chris Mauriello that gave the visitors a commanding 21-3 lead.

Stamm downed Neil Schuster, 6-3, at 174, and Rogers followed with a 3-1 victory at 184 over Paul Pierce to give the Pride their final six points of the match. George Mason closed out the night with a sudden victory win at 197 and a major decision at 285.

Hofstra will return to action March 8-9 at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships at Binghamton.

Notes:
-Before the match, Hofstra recognized seniors Connor and Ryan Burkert, and Nezar and Omar Haddad before the match.
-Stamm has won four consecutive matches.


George Mason 28, Hofstra 9

125: Spencer Reed (GMU) wins by forfeit	0-6
133: Talha Farooq (GMU) wbf. Jacob Martin (Hofstra), 6:21	0-12
141: Garret Lambert (Hofstra) dec. Julio Alegria (GMU), 10-5	3-12
149: Tejon Anthony (GMU) dec. Holden Heller (Hofstra), 10-4	3-15
157: Kolby Ho (GMU) dec. Ryan Burkert (Hofstra), 8-2	3-18
165: Colston DiBlasi dec. Chris Mauriello (Hofstra), 8-6 sv	3-21
174: Ricky Stamm (Hofstra) dec. Neil Schuster (GMU), 6-3	6-21
184: Trey Rogers (Hofstra) dec. Paul Pierce (GMU), 3-1	9-21
197: Eli Spencer (GMU) dec. Nezar Haddad (Hofstra), 3-1 sv	9-24
285: Matt Voss (GMU) major dec. Omar Haddad (Hofstra), 10-1	9-28