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Appalachian State picks up big win at Duke

DURHAM, N.C. — A road trip from Boone to the Bull City resulted in a good-looking win for Appalachian State Wrestling. Wearing new gold and black Nike singlets, App State claimed a 21-17 victory against Duke in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Thursday night, giving head coach JohnMark Bentley’s program its sixth win against a Power Five Conference team in the last four seasons. The Mountaineers’ six wins Thursday came from Angel Najar, Alan Clothier, Randall Diabe, Cary Miller, De’Andre Swinson-Barr and Codi Russell, with a comeback in Swinson-Barr’s 8-4 decision against Arien Leigh at 125 pounds occurring at a critical time. The four nationally ranked Finesilver brothers, made up of two sets of twins, accounted for all of the Blue Devils’ victories.

App State (6-6) trailed 10-3 before it rattled off five straight wins, capped by Russell’s six-point forfeit at 133 pounds to give the Mountaineers a 21-10 advantage with two matches remaining against the Blue Devils (2-6). The streak began with decisions from Clothier (9-3 against Kaden Russell at 184 pounds), Diabe (10-3 against Alec Schenk at 197 pounds) and Miller (6-2 against Araad Fisher at 285 pounds). With the Mountaineers moving ahead 12-10 on Miller’s win, Swinson-Barr’s match had the potential to be a dual-deciding one with six points guaranteed at 133 points and two ranked Finesilver brothers taking the mat in the final two matches. Rest of the story at https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/21373

February 9, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized