Takedown Report

College Duals in North Carolina in January

Molton named SoCon Wrestler of the Week
BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Redshirt senior Anthony Molton has been named the SoCon Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon. Molton took first place at the Franklin & Marshall Open last Friday, going 5-0 at the event. 
Molton began his day with a 6:15 tech fall over Jack Parker (unattached). He followed that up with his second and third falls of the season. He defeated Navy’s Grant Treaster in 4:14, followed by Carson Wagner (Binghamton) in 4:01 in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Molton defeated Vince Robinson of NC State by a 5-4 decision. He then beat Robinson’s teammate Troy Hohman in the finals by a 4-1 tally. In each match, Molton scored a takedown in the final 30 seconds of the third period to reach the winning score. … story at … GOcamels.com/Molton-named-socon-wrestler-of-the-week

No. 20 Men’s Wrestling goes perfect 2-0 on Day 1 of Davidson Duals
No. 20 Bald Eagles open day with 30-14 win over Gardner-Webb; Haven caps perfect day with thrilling 20-14 victory over Harvard
DAVIDSON, N.C. – The nationally-ranked Lock Haven men’s wrestling team picked up a pair of wins today (Thursday, Jan. 11) to go a perfect 2-0 on day one of the 2024 Davidson Duals.
The No. 20 Bald Eagles opened the day with a clinical 30-14 victory over Gardner-Webb and Lock Haven closed day-one action with a thrilling 20-14 victory over Harvard.
It marked Lock Haven’s first two dual victories of the 2023-24 season as The Haven moved to 2-5 overall.
The victory over Gardner-Webb also marked dual-win No. 75 at The Haven for head coach Scott Moore.
Leading the way today was Gable Strickland (Benton, Pa./Benton), No. 13 Wyatt Henson (Waynesburg, Pa./Waynesburg), Nick Stonecheck (Alpharetta, Ga./Buford) and Connor Eck (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem). All four were a perfect 2-0 on the day.
Strickland was 2-0 at 133 pounds, 13^th-ranked Henson went 2-0 … story at … GOlhu.com/No-20-mens-wrestling-goes-perfect-2-0-on-day-1-of-davidson-duals

UMO extends streak with victory at Belmont Abbey, 31-12
Results
BELMONT, N.C. (Jan. 11) – The University of Mount Olive men’s wrestling program registered seven victories, including three via fall, in a 31-12 win at Belmont Abbey on Thursday night in Conference Carolinas action.
With the win, the Trojans extend their winning streak to seven straight and improve to 9-1 overall behind a 4-1 record in conference duals. Mount Olive has won the last two meetings with Belmont Abbey with the record split at 2-2 all-time in the series. Meanwhile, the Crusaders fall to 5-5 this season with a 3-3 mark in league meets.
In the opening match, junior Lens Mathurin recorded a takedown and four-point near fall in the first period before pinning Ethan McCullough in the 125-weight class to give UMO a 6-0 edge. After the Crusaders received a forfeit at 133, the Trojans answered back with redshirt sophomore Taylor Robinson posting a 10-2 major decision over Will Cline with three takedowns in the 141-weight class to put Mount Olive ahead by a 10-6 margin. At 149, redshirt sophomore Dallas Wilson leaped out to a 7-0 lead in the first period before securing a 9-5 decision against Skyler Caban to extend the advantage to 13-6. Belmont Abbey responded in the 157-weight class with a victory by a 7-4 decision to cut the deficit to 13-9 through five matches. At 165, Mount Olive countered with … story at … UMOtrojans.com/UMO-extends-streak-with-victory-at-belmont-abbey-31-12

Little Rock’s Perfect Outing at Davidson Duals Brings Team Win Total to Nine, Proves Higher Standards
The nine wins this season doubles the program’s win total prior to this season
DAVIDSON, N.C. – Little Rock concluded the Davidson Duals with two more team wins to bring the outing to a perfect 4-0, moving to 9-4 on the season in the process. With the ninth win, the Trojans have effectively doubled their program win total in just this season alone.
Going into the 2023-24 season, Little Rock held a record of 9-41 throughout the program’s history. This week on the East Coast, the Trojans surpassed the total they brought in last year (5), and then brought the program total to 18. The best part? They still have seven duals left on the schedule.
“It’s a great feat for us and something that wasn’t imaginable for a few years,” admitted head coach Neil Erisman. “We’ve set a new standard for our program. That’s been the main theme since day one, having to raise the bar and do new things, and this is just one step in the right direction toward our goals. But it can’t be understated how cool it is to reach this mark.”
Even with a forfeit at 157 pounds in both of day two’s matches at the Davidson Duals, Little Rock still scored at least 40 team points between the pair of matches. Over the entire event, the Trojans put up 176 team points to their opponents’ 23 and won 35 of the 40 bouts. Read more about how day one went at the the two-day Davidson Duals here.
The results this week were not a given, but they were expected by Coach Erisman. “If we had some slip-ups or didn’t wrestle well, we could’ve came out of there with some losses. But we focused on scoring points and I’m proud that I saw us make a decision change for the better a few times.”
Two Trojans now are tied for the program’s most falls collected in a single season: Tyler Brennan and Josiah Hill. The duo collected their eighth respective pins of the year over the past two days as Brennan added two and Hill went three in a row following the first dual. Notably, the pair were also tied for the previous high, seven, set in the 2021-22 season. … story at … LRtrojans.com/Wrestling-little-rocks-perfect-outing-at-davidson-duals-brings-team-win-total-to-nine-raises-program-standards

#20 Wrestling Downs North Carolina on the Road, 26-10; Wins First Dual of Season
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The #20 University of Pennsylvania wrestling team won its first dual meet of the season on Friday night after beating North Carolina, 26-10, in Chapel Hill.  
#10 Michael Colaiocco (133), #11 Nick Incontrera (174), #16 Maximus Hale (184), #25 Lucas Revano (157), #33 Max Gallagher (125), Kelly Dunnigan (149), and Kaya Sement (165) took their bouts to give Penn its sixth straight win over North Carolina.
Quaker Notemeal
*Dunnigan made his season debut in duals tonight against the Tar Heels, sweetening the start with the victory by decision over North Carolina.
*Hale and Incontrera’s perfect records are still intact as both moved into 3-0 in duals with the wins.
*The Quakers took seven matches in a dual for the first time this season.
*For the first time this year, Penn wrestled in extra matches during a dual with Andy Troczynski (149) and Zach Delsanter (285), hitting the mats for the Red and Blue.
How It Happened
#33 Gallagher gave the Quakers a lead they would not lose … story at … Pennathletics.com/Wrestling-downs-north-carolina-on-the-road-26-10-wins-first-dual-of-season

Wrestling Hosts First Ever Sellout Crowd, Falls to Cowboys 22-12
Jack, Arrington, and Hidlay each earn wins
RALEIGH – The fourth-ranked NC State wrestling team fell to the ninth-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, 22-12, Friday evening in Reynolds Coliseum. 
The meeting between the two top-10 programs was a sellout, the first ever for an NC State home match. 
125 (3-0, Oklahoma State)
Troy Spratley and Jakob Camacho started the evening for the two teams. Spratley earned the Cowboys three points after defeating Camacho by a 7-3 decision.
133 (7-0, Oklahoma State)
Dalton Fix started with a quick 7-2 lead over Kai Orine, but Orine added an escape with one minute remaining in the third period to shrink Fix’s lead to 7-3. With just seconds left … story at … https://gopack.com/news/2024/1/5/wrestling-hosts-first-ever-sellout-crowd-falls-to-cowboys-22-12

January 17, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized