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#1 Lander Wrestling Places Ten at Mountaineer Open

BOONE, N.C. – The top-ranked Lander Wrestling team opened tournament season on Saturday as they took part in the Mountaineer Open hosted by App State. The Bearcats brought 13 wrestlers and had ten of them place in the top four against a field filled with Division I athletes, including four first place finishes by Anthony Yacovetti, Brandon Matthews, David Hunsberger, and Juan Edmond-Holmes.
#10 Anthony Yacovetti had a dominant day as he placed first in the 197-pound class by recording three pins in all three of his matches. He opened the tournament with a pin of Edison Flores of Gardner-Webb in 5:27. He followed that up with a 26-second pin of Amarion Wilson of Greensboro College and then pinned Gunnar Polle of App State in 4:14.
#12 Brandon Matthews had three bonus point wins as well in his first-place run. After a 2:08 pin of Luke Gregory of Greensboro College he recorded back to back shutout tech falls of wrestlers from Gardner-Webb and North Carolina.
#2 Hunsberger had to pins in less than 45 seconds in his first two matches and followed that up with a 18-2 tech fall and a 20-11 major decision over Nick Grizales from App State.
#2 Holmes also had bonus point wins in all of his matches as he finished 3-0 with a 17-1 tech fall, a 16-3 major decision, and a 1:07 pin.
Isham Peace, Jack Tangen, Kaden Kuenzi, and Nate Bukovich each placed second for the Bearcats.
Peace followed up his pin against Limestone with back to back pins to open the day before falling in a narrow 4-2 decision in the finals.
Kuenzi picked up a 36-second pin in his first match and followed that up with a 5-2 decision in the semifinals before dropping in the finals in a 7-2 decision. … rest of story at … Landerbearcats.com/Lander-wrestling-places-ten-at-mountaineer-invitational

November 11, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized