Takedown Report

Carolina Colleges’ Match Results

Newberry Wrestling Ends Senior Night With A Win
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Men’s wrestling clinches the two seed in the Conference Carolinas east division with their win tonight over Mount Olive 37-9. Prior to the regulation matches, seniors Will Evans and Armando Acosta wrestled in two exhibition matches at 157 and 184. Will Evans claimed the first fall of the night against the Trojans in 3:14. Not far behind him, Acosta also claimed a fall in similar fashion in 3:35. Both Evans and Acosta were recognized tonight as seniors, ending their collegiate career on the highest note. Zach Shupp was also recognized during tonights ceremony after a decorated career as a wolf. Shupp came out firing on all cylinders, barely giving his opposition an inch. Wrapping up his regular season career, Shupp defeated Mount Olive’s Lens Mathurin by 17-2 tech fall in a time of 4:29 to give the Wolves a 5-0 lead. After a handful of take downs by freshman Ben Guilliam, he claimed his second fall of his collegiate career tonight in a time of 4:40, to extend the Wolves lead to 11-0. The next win came from none other than 149 stud Devan Moore. Moore battled Mount Olive’s Dallas Wilson for the first period but held on claiming 7-6 decision victory to give Newberry a 14-6 lead.  Tonights match of the night came from another senior night highlight, … story at … Newberrywolves.com/Wrestling-ends-senior-night-with-a-win 
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Appalachian State Wrestling Takes Care of Keydets In SoCon Dual
BOONE, N.C. — App State Wrestling recorded a bounce-back victory Sunday, taking eight of 10 matches in a 32-7 conference win against VMI in Varsity Gym. All eight recent starters who were in the lineup for the Mountaineers (5-3, 2-1 SoCon) posted victories against the Keydets (7-8, 1-3),  
Carson Floyd overcame an early VMI takedown to score the next eight points before he delivered a first-period pin at 197, while Tommy Askey (157) and Will Miller (165) were responsible for back-to-back tech falls. Chad Bellis contributed a win via a major decision at 125, and two of App State’s four wins by decision came from Cody Bond (149) and Tomas Brooker (184).
The closest matches of the day occurred at 141, as Ike Byers won a 2-1 decision in the Tiebreaker-1 overtime period, and at heavyweight, with Jacob Sartorio overcoming an early 7-0 deficit in a 16-14 decision.  
Sartorio cut his deficit against Tyler Mousaw to 7-4 by the end of the first period and pulled within 7-6 on a reversal before Mousaw executed a second-period reversal of his own. Sartorio had another takedown later in that period and trailed 12-9 after conceding an escape to open the third period.
A takedown from Sartorio with 1:12 left evened the score at 12-all, and he turned that advantage into four near-fall points to seize control. A late reversal from Mousaw accounted for the final margin.
Byers, who picked up his second career dual win Friday at Campbell, … story at … APPstatesports.com/Wrestling-takes-care-of-keydets-in-socon-dual
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Six Pins Help #2 Lander Down #22 Montevallo
GREENWOOD – The second-ranked Lander Wrestling team had a season-high six pins, with five of them coming in less than 90 seconds and all of them coming in the first period, as the Bearcats downed the 22nd-ranked Montevallo Falcons, 48-3, in a match that lasted just under 50 minutes.
Lander improved to 14-3 overall, a perfect 9-0 in Conference Carolinas action, and 5-0 in the Conference Carolinas Western Division, clinching at least a share of the division title and securing a spot in the inaugural Conference Carolinas Wrestling Tournament on February 17th. Montevallo dropped to 6-7 overall, 4-4 in conference, and 3-2 in division. James Joplin (Greensboro, N.C.) once again wasted no time lighting a spark in the crowd as he got a quick takedown that resulted in a pin in 45 seconds to give Lander a 6-0 lead. Montevallo got on the board with their first and only win at 133 as Elijah Lusk (Merritt Island, Fla.) could not secure a late takedown and fell to the top-ranked wrestler in the weight class, Gabe Hixenbaugh, by a 4-2 decision to cut the Lander lead in half. At 141, Isham Peace (Okatie, S.C.) secured three … story at Landerbearcats.com/Wrestling-six-pins-help-2-lander-down-22-montevallo-and-clinch-share-of-west-division-title
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Citadel Wrestling Subdues Unbeaten Bellarmine Behind Clutch Decisions, Tops Knights 27-3
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sparked by a slew of tight wins — including three overtime decisions — throughout the dual, The Citadel (11-3, 3-1 SoCon) managed to rack up victories across nine of 10 bouts against previously undefeated Bellarmine (13-1, 3-1 SoCon) in a key dual between Southern Conference leaders, overwhelming the Knights via a 27-3 mark Sunday afternoon at McAlister Field House.
FINAL RESULTS
The Citadel def. Bellarmine, 27-3
Sunday, Feb. 4 | Charleston, S.C.
125 —Malik Hardy (CIT) over Damion Ryan (BEL), DEC (5-1, TB-1)
133 — Trayce Eckman (BEL) over George Rosas (CIT), DEC (3-2) … story and video at … Citadelsports.com/Wrestling-subdues-unbeaten-bellarmine-behind-clutch-decisions-tops-knights
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V.M.I. Keydets take down Presbyterian
CLINTON, S.C. – After falling by close decisions at the 157 and 165 weights to open the match, the VMI wrestling team rallied to win the final eight bouts to earn a dominant 46-6 win over host Presbyterian Saturday afternoon at Clinton High School in Clinton, South Carolina.  
The victory marked VMI’s first Southern Conference win of the season to improve the Keydets to 1-2 in conference play and move to .500 overall at 7-7 for the season.  
Braxton Lewis got VMI back on track by pinning Brandon Jacoby at 174 pounds in 2:42. Toby Schoffstall and Josh Evans continued the trend by pinning their respective opponents to put VMI up, 18-6, with five bouts to go.  
In the heavyweight class, VMI senior Tyler Mousaw provided the Keydets five more points by earning a 21-3 tech fall over Presbyterian’s Morvens Saint Jean to make the score 23-6 for VMI. Over the final four weights, VMI took easy three wins … story at … VMIkeydets.com/Keydets-take-down-presbyterian
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Kaleb Snodgrass and the Chattanooga Mocs earned a Southern Conference road win at Gardner-Webb early Saturday afternoon
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—The Chattanooga Mocs roared out to an early advantage in a 29-14 win over the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs early Saturday afternoon in Paul Porter Arena. The Mocs scored early and often to clinch the win by the seventh match.
Starting at 125, they jumped out to a 13-0 lead behind a dominant major decision by Brayden Palmer followed by a near-miss 13-7 decision from Blake Boarman. Isaiah Powe shrugged off a slow start at 141 to get a second period fall.
The hosts bounced back with a decision at 149, but the door was soon slammed shut. Lincoln Heck claimed a decision in the closing moments at 157. Kamdyn Munro dropped in a major before Sergio Desiante clinched the match with a decision of his own at 174.
Gardner-Webb got two big wins at 184 and 197 by tech fall and pin. Kaleb Snodgrass put an exclamation point on the victory with a second period fall.
“We showed some character today,” Coach Kyle Ruschell related via text. “Guys showed some fight and did a good job leaving Thursday night in the past. Now we move and continue to work to better each time we go out there. … story at … GOmocs.com/Wrestling-gets-road-win

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