Barket Remains Undefeated; Duke Splits Doubleheader with Morgan State & Drexel

Sunday, November 16

Baltimore, MD

12 p.m.

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Barket Remains Undefeated; Duke Splits Doubleheader with Morgan State & Drexel

11/16/2025 5:45:00 PM | Wrestling

BALTIMORE, MD. — Duke redshirt junior Connor Barket remained undefeated Sunday as the Blue Devil wrestling team split a doubleheader in Baltimore Sunday afternoon against Morgan State and Drexel at Hurt Gymnasium.

The Blue Devils opened the day with a 28-10 victory over Morgan State and then closed the doubleheader by dropping a 37-4 decision versus Drexel. Duke moved to 3-2 on the season.

A native of West Lafayette, Ind., Barket moved to 7-0 on the year with a win against Drexel, while Morgan State forfeited against Duke at heavyweight.

HOW IT HAPPENED – DUKE VS. MORGAN STATE

The match opened at 125 pounds with Duke redshirt freshman Riley Rowan collecting a 1-0 decision versus Jimmie Jones to give the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead.
Morgan State took its first lead as Javaan Yarbrough totaled a tech fall victory over Duke's John King to go ahead, 5-3.
Raymond Adams, a Duke junior, totaled his fourth win of the year with a tech fall, 19-4, at 141 pounds to put the Blue Devils back into the lead, 6-5.
Morgan State evened the match, 8-8, as Eugene Harvey notched a 9-4 decision over Dylan Ross at 149 pounds.
In a tight battle at 157 pounds, Morgan State's Yannis Charles collected a 13-10 overtime win over Duke's Mikey Boulanger to go ahead, 11-8.
The Blue Devils closed strong as graduate student Aurelius Dunbar moved to 2-0 at Duke with a 2-1 decision as Duke evened the ledger, 11-11.
Aidan Wallace improved to 7-0 on the season at 174 pounds as he netted a 5-2 decision against Cortillius Vann to give the Blue Devils a 14-10 lead.
Competing at 184 pounds, junior David Hussey made his 2025 debut and collected a 7-3 decision against Sam Diggs to put Duke ahead, 17-10.
Redshirt freshman Owen McGrory registered his fourth win of the year at 197 pounds as he totaled a 17-1 tech fall win over Eric Washington.The Blue Devils led, 22-10, heading into the heavyweight bout.
Connor Barket won by forfeit as Duke totaled a 28-10 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED – DUKE VS. DREXEL

After Drexel opened with wins at 125, 133 and 141, Duke's SP O'Donnell had a tough bout with Pat Kelly, but dropped a 3-0 decision.
Aidan Wallace lost his first match of the season in a tight, 4-2 decision, against Josiah Queen.
Duke heavyweight Connor Barket closed the match with a bright spot as he logged an 11-2 decision over Nat Schon.

NOTES

Connor Barket is now 47-30 all-time for the Blue Devils and 30-12 over the last two seasons. He has won 16 out of his last 21 dual matches. Barket is now 7-0 on the year.
Aidan Wallace collected his 30th career victory and 16th all-time dual match win against Morgan State.
Junior David Hussey collected his fifth career victory and second dual match win as a Blue Devil.
Raymond Adams now owns seven career dual match wins and 16 all-time victories.
Riley Rowan logged his third career dual match victory.

WHAT IS NEXT

Next up for the Blue Devils will be a doubleheader Saturday, Nov. 22 at VMI.Duke will face host VMI at 1 p.m., and Mercyhurst at 3 p.m.

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Duke 28, Morgan State 10
125 –Riley Rowan (Duke) def. Jimmie Jones (Morgan State), DEC 1-0 | 0-3
133 - Javaan Yarbrough (Morgan State) def. John King (Duke), TF 17-2 | 5-3
141 - Raymond Adams (Duke) def.  Blake Bryant (Morgan State), TF 19-4 | 5-6
149 - Eugene Harvey (Morgan State) def. Dylan Ross (Duke), DEC 9-4 | 8-8
157 - Yannis Charles (Morgan State) def. Mikey Boulanger (Duke),  DEC 13-10 OT | 11-8
165 - Aurelius Dunbar (Duke) def. Antoine Glasgow (Morgan State), DEC 2-1 | 11-11
174  - Aiden Wallace (Duke) def. Cortilius Vann (Morgan State), DEC 5-2 | 10-14
184 – David Hussey (Duke) def. Sam Diggs (Morgan State), DEC 7-3 |  10-17
197 - Owen McGrory (Duke) def. Eric Washington (Morgan State), TF 17-1  | 10-22
HWT - Connor Barket (Duke) won by forfeit | 10-28

Drexel 37, Duke 4
125 – Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) def. Riley Rowan (Duke), TF 17-2 | 0-5
133 – Kyle Waterman (Drexel) def. John King (Duke), TF 19-4 | 0-10
141 – Jordan Soriano (Drexel) def. Raymond Adams (Duke), 11-4 DEC | 0-13
149 – Pat Kelly (Drexel) def.  SP O'Donnell (Duke), DEC 3-0, 0-17
157 – Luke Nichter (Drexel) def. Mikey Boulanger (Duke), DEC 11-2, 0-21
165 – Dom Findora (Drexel) def. Aurelius Dunbar (Duke), DEC 11-3, 0-25
174  - Josiah Queen (Drexel) def. Aiden Wallace (Duke), DEC 4-2, 0-28
184 – Ethan Wilson (Drexel) def. David Hussey (Duke), TF 18-2, 0-33
197 – Ibrahim Ameer (Drexel) def. Owen McGrory (Duke), MD 18-5, 0-37
HWT – Connor Barket (Duke) def. Nate Schon (Drexel), DEC 11-2 | 4-37