Mahoney went 6-0 last week with a pair of Conference Carolinas wins and four wins at the Cumberland Open to take home the title at 157 pounds. He started with pins of conference foes, Jack Ponder of Shorter and Julian Smith of Lincoln Memorial. he then posted two wins by pin and another by technical fall at the Cumberland Open as he won the title bout via pin over Damion Jones of Huntingdon in 2:35.