Campbell Camels Conquer 3 teams over the weekend
Wrestling downs VMI on the road 25-9
LEXINGTON, VA. – Campbell remained unbeaten in Southern Conference contests, topping VMI 25-9 on the road Sunday at Cormack Hall.
The Camels (13-8, 4-0 SoCon) won its eighth straight dual over VMI (7-5, 1-3 SoCon), claiming its third conference victory of the weekend. Campbell also defeated Presbyterian 36-9 and Davidson 43-3 yesterday in its 2022-23 home finale.
Tied at 3-3 after a pair of overtime decisions to open the match, Campbell built a commanding 25-3 lead with seven consecutive wins, highlighted by No. 29 Levi Hopkins’ 10-2 major decision at 197 pounds.
Camels took two of the match’s three overtime bouts, including Dom Baker’s 3-1 win over Braxton Lewis at 165 to start the day, and Chris Rivera’s 4-2 win over Ryan Vigil at 149.
With the dual in hand, Campbell forfeited at 157, taking the 25-9 road victory. … rest of story at GOcamels.com/news/2023/1/29/wrestling-downs-vmi-on-the-road-25-9
Wrestling downs PC, Davidson
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell defeated Presbyterian 36-9 and Davidson 43-3 in Southern Conference action on Saturday at McCall Court.
The Camels moved to 12-8 on the season and 3-0 against SoCon competition, winning their home finale over the Blue Hose (3-9, 0-5 SoCon) and Wildcats (2-7, 1-3 SoCon).
In Saturday’s opener, Dominic Chavez gave PC a 3-0 lead with a 10-3 decision at 125, but Camels reeled off five straight victories, including a pin (2:44) from No. 29 Domenic Zaccone at 133 over Jacob Brasseur, a 10-2 major decision from at 141 No. 32 Shannon Hanna over Trenton Donahue, and a 15-0 tech fall (3:05) for Troy Nation over Michael Ramirez at 157.
Chad Nix finished off the 36-9 win with a first period pin (0:42) for the Camels.
Campbell raced out to a 34-0 lead over the Wildcats in the second half of the twinbill, starting the match with five straight bonus point wins, including a pin from Hanna (2:45) over Josh Viarengo. … rest of story at GOcamels.com/news/2023/1/28/wrestling-downs-pc-davidson
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