Takedown Report

Champs! Campbell wins 2017 Southern Conference Championship

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Congratulations to the Fighting Camels.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Campbell picked up two key victories in the championship round to secure the 2017 Southern Conference championship Saturday evening inside McAlister Field House. The Camels finished Saturday’s event with an overall team score of 89.5 points to claim their first SoCon Championship in team history. Appalachian State finished second with 86 points and SIUE finished third with 69.5 points. Campbell’s 89.5 points is the highest team score by a champion since 2013 when Chattanooga scored 102.5 points. Joshua Heil and Quentin Perez collected first place medals at 141 and 165, respectively. Both competitors defeated their Appalachian State counterparts, which proved to be the difference maker in the team score. The Camels entered the championship round with a 2.5-point lead, 82.5-80, over the Mountaineers. Neither side added to their total through the opening three matches of the championship round until Heil’s win at 141. The Brunswick, Ohio native won by a 10-2 major decision over Irvin Enriquez to extend the Campbell lead to 6.5 points. His match was the first of three Campbell championship round matches against Appalachian State. Rest of the story at http://gocamels.com/sports/wrest/2016-17/releases/20170304yf0z21?mc_cid=70ec160641&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

March 17, 2017 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized