BOSTON - The Boston University wrestling team took control early and went on to post a convincing 30-16 win over conference foe Sacred Heart on Friday evening at Case Gym. BU’s Alex Brown won by pinfall, while A.J. Detwiler claimed a 17-0 technical fall to help guide the Terriers to victory in their dual opener. Sacred Heart drops to 2-1 in the CAA.

After taking the first match by way of forfeit, the Terriers’ Joey Whitaker posted a 7-3 decision in the second match, moving the BU lead to 9-0. In the third match, Carlo Ferrandino was down through the first two periods, but made a valiant comeback going from a 6-2 deficit with two near falls and went on to post a 13-10 decision over Sacred Heart’s Cory Dunn.

At 149, Mike Roberts gave the Terriers a commanding 15-0 lead with an 11-5 decision over Sacred Heart’s Chris Davis. Roberts controlled the match right out of the gates and never relinquished the lead.

A.J. Detwiler jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first period, while nearly pinning Michael Hartman once in the second before earning two more takedowns for the 17-0 technical fall. The win extended the Terriers’ lead to 20-0.

After going down 4-0 in his match at 165, CJ Inglin rallied in the second period to pin SHU’s Sherwood Fendryk at 5:13.

BU’s Alex Brown never trailed and picked up a major decision over Jed Giguere with a 13-4 win.

Sacred Heart claimed a major decision at the 184-weight class when Andrew Silber posted eight unanswered points over BU’s Carmen Rondash. In the 197-bout, Sacred Heart’s Kevin Fox pinned Jim Connors in 39 seconds to move the score to 30-10. BU’s Orey Hall forfeited the heavyweight bout, rounding out the final scoring to 30-16.

BU welcomes Bucknell on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 4 p.m.

Boston University 30, Sacred Heart 16
125 - Abbie Rush (BU) won by forfeit (BU 6-0)
133 - Joey Whitaker (BU) dec. Mike Arone (SHU), 7-3 (BU 9-0)
141 - Carlo Ferrandino (BU) dec. Cory Dunn (SHU), 13-10 (BU, 12-0)
149 - Mike Roberts (BU) dec. Chris Davis (SHU), 11-5 (BU, 15-0)
157 - A.J. Detwiler (BU) tech. fall Michael Hartman (SHU), 17-0 (BU, 20-0)
165 - CJ Inglin (BU) WBF Sherwood Fendryk (SHU) 5:13 (BU, 26-0)
174 - Alex Brown (BU) major dec. Jed Giguere (SHU), 13-4 (BU, 30-0)
184 - Andrew Silber (SHU) major dec. Carmen Rondash (BU), 8-0 (BU, 30-4)
197 - Kevin Fox (SHU) WBF Jim Connors (BU), 0:39 (BU, 30-10)
285 - Payam Zarrinpour (SHU) Forfeit Orey Hall (BU, 30-16)