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North Carolina D-I Wrestling Results

Gardner-Webb Wrestling Tops Queens 45-0, Falls 20-15 To Army Sunday Afternoon

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Gardner-Webb split a pair of duals Sunday afternoon, falling 20-15 in a tight result to Army before rolling past Queens 45-0 in the finale.

Army posted a 52-0 win over Queens earlier Sunday in the day’s first dual.

Gardner-Webb won six of its 10 individual bouts with Army, but bonus points for the Black Knights in three of its four wins proved to be the difference. Army took a major decision at 157 to start the match, then got a quick pin from 19th-ranked Ben Pasiuk at 174 pounds to open up a 10-3 lead. RJ Mosley, ranked No. 25 nationally at 165 pounds, won a 3-2 decision in between those two results.

Jha’Quan Anderson rallied for a 5-4 win at 184 pounds to pull GWU within 10-6 and Sam Mora followed with a 3-1 win at 197 pounds to pull the ‘Dogs within one team point. The Black Knights picked up decisions at 285 and 125 to push the lead to 16-9, but Todd Carter pulled out a 7-3 win at 133 pound to get Gardner-Webb back within striking distance.

Zach Price nearly pulled off a pin late for Gardner-Webb at 141 pounds, but settled for a 9-3 decision that trimmed Army’s lead to 16-15 with one weight class remaining.

Army held on, as Matthew Williams picked up a 14-2 major decision for the final margin.

Gardner-Webb had little trouble with Queens, scoring bonus points in six weight classes en route to a 45-0 win over the Royals.

Tyler Brignola recorded a pin in just 2:16 to open the action at 157 pounds and, … rest of story at GWUsports.com/news/2023/1/15/gardner-webb-wrestling-tops-queens-drops-nailbiter-to-army

Campbell downs No. 23 Maryland, completes action at Virginia Duals

HAMPTON, VA. – Campbell defeated No. 23 Maryland 21-14 and fell to No. 19 South Dakota State 39-3 on Saturday at the Hampton Coliseum, finishing out competition at the 2023 Virginia Duals.

The Camels (8-7) picked up their second win over a Big Ten opponent this season with the dual victory over Maryland (7-2). Saturday marked the fifth and sixth nationally ranked opponents for CU this season. 

Gabriel Hixenbaugh led Campbell with a 4-0 weekend, including a pair of wins on Saturday.

The 133 pounder jumpstarted Campbell against the Terrapins, notching a 15-0 tech fall (5:37) over Conner Quinn. Shannon Hanna followed with a 4-2 overtime win at 141 pounds before Maryland took three of the next four bouts for a 14-11 lead.

No. 27 Caleb Hopkins responded for CU at 184 pounds with a 9-0 major decision, and Levi Hopkins down 11^th-ranked Jaxon Smith 8-6 in extra time at 197. No. 12 Taye Ghadiali tacked on another decision to close out the 21-14 win, defeating No. 30 Jaron Smith 3-2, fighting through a scramble with 20 seconds remaining in regulation for the deciding takedown.

The Jackrabbits tallied seven bonus point wins over the Camels, including pins for No. 28 Tanner Jordan at 125 pounds and No. 18 Tanner Cook at 165. Hixenbaugh recorded CU’s lone individual victory against SDSU, topping Derrick Cardinal with a 5-2 decision.

Campbell also defeated Kent State 29-12 while dropping a 22-9 dual to Oklahoma on Friday.

Next up, Campbell returns home to host the 2023 Chippewa Challenge on January 22. … rest of story at GOcamels.com/news/2023/1/14/wrestling-downs-maryland-completes-action-at-virginia-duals

No. 22 App State Rolls Past Previously Unbeaten Bulldogs

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two days after hosting a top-10 team, App State Wrestling hit the road to face an unbeaten conference opponent.
Short on rest — and with two wrestlers making only their second dual starts of the season — the 22nd-ranked Mountaineers were up to the task in a 34-6 win at The Citadel on Sunday afternoon.
Squaring off against the Bulldogs, who were 4-0 overall and 3-0 at home, App State (5-2, 2-0 SoCon) won nine of 10 matches. Luke Uliano‘s six-point pin in the second match produced the first of four bonus-point victories, with the other three coming in the final three matches from Jon Jon Millner (18-7 major decision), Tommy Askey (15-7 major decision) and Will Formato (19-0 tech fall).
App State’s five decisions (worth three team points each) came from Will Miller (9-4 win), Carson Floyd (11-9), Caleb Smith (6-3), Ethan Oakley (4-3 in his second career dual start) and Heath Gonyer (6-0).
App State returned to action after putting up a strong fight Friday night in a 23-11 loss to No. 9 Virginia Tech and improved to 53-5 in its last 58 conference duals.
Two takedowns, plus back points, gave Miller an 8-1 lead after one period of his dual-opening win against Benjamin Haubert, who took third place at last year’s SoCon Championships. … rest of story at APPstatesports.com/news/2023/1/15/-22-wrestling-no-22-app-state-rolls-past-previously-unbeaten-bulldogs

No. 9 Tech prevails on the road against No. 22 App State

The Hokies win seven of ten bouts to finish out of conference competition

BOONE, NC – The No. 9 Virginia Tech wrestling team wrapped up non-conference slate in convincing fashion with a 23-11 win in hostile territory over scrappy No. 22 App State on Friday night. The Hokies were led by bonus point victories from Andy Smith and Hunter Catka but no victory of the evening bigger than that from freshman Caleb Henson. … rest of story at Hokiesports.com/news/2023/1/14/wrestling-no-9-tech-prevails-on-the-road-against-no-22-app-state

Wrestling rolls to first SoCon victory at Davidson

DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Bellarmine wrestling team wrapped up its weekend trip to North Carolina on a high note, as the Knights defeated Davidson 27-12 for their first SoCon victory of the season.

Bellarmine (2-2, 1-2 SoCon) fell to the Wildcats (2-5, 1-1 SoCon) in heartbreaking fashion 20-19 last season.  This year, the Knights used a strong start and a pair of pins to earn the conference win.

“Scoring bonus points is something we have been training and working diligently for, so it was great to see us start off with a pin from Royce at 197 and follow up with the Division 1 pin leader recording another in Thadd Huff,” Knights Head Coach Ned Shuck said.  “Jack scoring bonus and Zac Cowan running the table after a slow start to get a tech fall was impressive as well.”

Freshman Royce Hall started Bellarmine’s scoring pinning Davidson’s Gavin Henry (2:35) at 197.  After limited action and several tough matches to start the season, Hall’s pin was the first victory of his career.  Fellow freshman Thadd Huff followed with a pin of Oliver Tipton (4:41) at 285.  Huff now leads all DI wrestlers with 13 pins in his 18 total victories.

Jack Parker kept Bellarmine going with a 14-6 major decision victory over Hale Robinson at 125, and Michael Schiffhauer followed with a 4-1 win by decision against Noah Burstein at 133.  Trayce Eckman continued the streak for the … rest of story at Bellarmine.edu/news/2023/1/15/wrestling-rolls-to-first-socon-victory-at-davidson

Black Knights Defeat Queens and Gardner-Webb

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – The Army West Point wresting team defeated Queens University of Charlotte 52-0 and Gardner-Webb University 20-15 in a tri-dual Sunday afternoon. Ethan Berginc, Trae McDaniel and Kade Carlson went undefeated in their matches.

How it Happened
The Black Knights dominated early on, winning all ten duals against Queens. Army’s Tanner Craig, Dillon Sheehy, Kade Carlson, #32 Ethan Berginc, Ryan Franco, and Trae McDaniel each won their duals by pins. In the dual against Gardner-Webb, #21 Ben Pasiuk also won his dual by a pin.

Tanner Craig kicked things off for Army in the 157 class. Craig went up against Queen’s Toure Moore. After a scoreless first period, Craig scored first with an escape. With 1:30 left in the second period, Craig extended his lead with a takedown making it a 3-0 dual, Craig defeated Moore with a 3-0 fall (4:25).

In the 165-weight class Dalton Harkins faced Vladimir Sukhikh. After a scoreless first period, Harkins struck first after scoring an escape. Harkins defeated Sukhikh by a 7-0 decision after earning four points with a near fall.

In the 174 class, Dillon Sheehy competed against Jay Skalecki where Sheehy bested Skalecki with a 4-2 pin (4:05). Sahm Abdulrazzaq faced Queen’s D’Andree Hunt in the 184 class. Abdulrazzaq struck first with earning two points from a takedown. With a 2-1 lead Abdulrazzaq added points with another takedown. Dominating the match, Abdulrazzaq bested Hunt by a 17-2 tech fall.

Daniel Lawrence competed next in the 197-weight class, … rest of story at Armywestpoint.com/news/2023/1/15/wrestling-black-knights-defeat-queens-and-gardner-webb

January 20, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized