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Carolinas’ Colleges News, Notes & Results – # 4

Citadel BULLDOGS CAPTURE SOCON VICTORY OVER GARDNER-WEBB
BOILING SPRINGS, NC – The Citadel wrestling team captured its first conference victory of the season, toppling Gardner-Webb, 31-14, Thursday night. The Bulldogs sealed bonus-point wins in four matches, including three pins. Michael McAleavey, Selwyn Porter and Martin Duane, and all earned victories by pin fall, with McAleavey pinning Gabriel Picket in under three minutes. Douglas Gudenburr sealed the fourth bonus-point victory in a major decision, 13-3 against Taylor Parks in the 157 weight class. …. story at https://citadelsports.com/news/2020/1/30/wrestling-bulldogs-capture-socon-victory-over-gardner-webb.aspx?mc_cid=0c135afe6f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

BULLDOGS DROP HOME DUAL TO APP STATE
CHARLESTON, SC – The Citadel wrestling team fell to the App State Mountaineers , 44-0 Saturday evening. The Bulldogs are now 2-3 in the SoCon and 4-4 overall. Sophomore Dazjon Casto nearly captured a victory for the ‘Dogs. Casto led 4-1 after the first round, but his opponent William Formato fought back through a tie-breaker to take the bout, 9-6. Story at …. https://citadelsports.com/news/2020/2/8/wrestling-bulldogs-drop-home-dual-to-app-state.aspx

BULLDOGS DROP MATCH TO CHATTANOOGA
CHARLESTON, SC – The Citadel wrestling team dropped its home dual match to the Chattanooga Mocs 39-9, Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs are now 2-4 in the SoCon and 4-5 overall. Doug Gudenburr and Michael McAleavey posted points for the ‘Dogs. Gudenburr earned six for The Citadel with a pin fall against Tyler Shilson at 157. …. story at https://citadelsports.com/news/2020/2/16/wrestling-bulldogs-drop-match-to-chattanooga.aspx

Newberry rolls past King, 23-16
Wolves pick up second conference win
NEWBERRY- The Newberry wrestling team ( 2-3, 2-1 South Atlantic Conference Carolinas) displayed strong performances up and down the lineup on Thursday evening as they came away with a 23-16 victory over King University (3-6, 2-2). The Wolves kept up the hot streak against the Tornados, picking up their eighth consecutive win against the program. The Tornados had to forfeit two duals, causing them to give up 12 points to the Wolves.  The dual began at 125 where Newberry’s Josh Aquino lost a hard-fought 12-4 major decision to King’s Rylee Billings, giving the Tornados an early 4-0 lead in the dual. story at …. https://newberrywolves.com/news/2020/1/30/wrestling-newberry-rolls-past-king-23-16.aspx?mc_cid=0c135afe6f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Chris Poland Named South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Wrestler of the Week
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Coker University wrestler Chris Poland was named the South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Wrestler of the Week for his performance last week (Jan. 20-26), announced by the league today (Wednesday, Jan. 29).  Poland posted a huge victory over No. 11 Majid Corbett of No. 14/20 Limestone in the team’s dual match on Jan. 23, winning by 9-2 decision. Corbett is also the top-ranked wrestler in Super Region II at 133 pounds. … story at https://www.cokercobras.com/sports/wrest/2019-20/releases/20200129khto58?mc_cid=efd3bacf82&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Royals Rally to Victory at Emmanuel
Franklin Springs, GA – The Queens University of Charlotte men’s wrestling team (5-7; 3-2 SAC/CC) defeated Emmanuel (2-13; 0-3 SAC/CC) 25-15 Thursday evening advancing above .500 in conference action. Freshman Hunter Tobiasson wrestled above his weight class but still earned the Royals’ first victory in the 285 lb heavyweight bout. Melvin Rubio (125 lb) followed with a decisive victory of his own and Devinaire Hayes (141) was the lone Royal to win by fall. …. story at https://queensathletics.com/news/2020/1/30/mens-wrestling-royals-rally-to-victory-at-emmanuel.aspx?mc_cid=0c135afe6f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Queens Loses Final Conference Match to Limestone
Charlotte, NC – The Queens University of Charlotte men’s wrestling team (5-9; 3-4 SAC/CC) lost to Limestone (10-4; 5-1 SAC/CC) by a 29-6 final score in its final match of conference play. Junior Melvin Rubio (125 lb) and freshman Joey Hancock (149) scored victories for the Royals tonight against the twentieth-ranked Saints. Rubio put Queens on the scorecard first with a 7-3 win by decision. Hancock engineered an impressive comeback to win 9-6.  … story at https://queensathletics.com/news/2020/2/11/mens-wrestling-queens-loses-final-conference-match-to-limestone.aspx

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