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App. State Beats Bellarmine, Stays Unbeaten in SoCon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Holding a narrow lead, with one of the Division I pins leaders on deck for Bellarmine in the final match, App State Wrestling needed a clutch performance from Carson Floyd.  
Floyd delivered, securing a second-period pin that gave the Mountaineers an insurmountable 10-point lead with one match remaining in a 23-19 road victory at Bellarmine on Friday night. App State improved to 5-3 overall and 4-0 in SoCon duals in advance of a trip to Gardner-Webb on Tuesday.  
The 11th pin of the season from Bellarmine heavyweight Daulton Mayer in a senior-true freshman showdown to close the dual meant that the Mountaineers and Knights (1-3, 0-2 SoCon) split the 10 matches, but Floyd’s pin and two tech falls among App State’s four bonus-point wins made the difference.  
Starting five freshmen, the Mountaineers’ five wins came from four ranked veterans who were 2023-24 starters and one redshirt freshman: Jeremiah Price.
Chad Bellis’ five-point tech fall by an 18-3 score at 133 pounds was his team’s only victory in the first four matches, but App State trailed only 9-5 because Bellarmine had posted a trio of three-point decisions, and Price came up big with five more points via a 25-8 tech fall at 157 pounds to put the Mountaineers ahead for good.
Will Miller (10-1 major decision at 165 pounds) and Luke Uliano (3-0 decision at 174 pounds) then won back-to-back matches that were both officially scoreless entering the third period to increase the Mountaineers’ lead from 10-9 to 17-9.
Bellarmine’s win by an 18-7 major decision at 184 pounds cut its deficit to 17-13 before the 28th-ranked Floyd took the mat against redshirt freshman Andrew Liber, who had lost a 4-1 decision to ranked Campbell veteran Levi Hopkins in Bellarmine’s first SoCon dual a week earlier.
Floyd recorded a first-period takedown and added four near fall points late in the period for a 7-0 advantage. Starting the second period on top, Floyd put Liber on his back before successfully recording a pin halfway through the period.
Bellis held a 4-2 lead in the second period against Trayce Eckman … more at … https://appstatesports.com/news/2025/1/31/wrestling-beats-bellarmine-stays-unbeaten-in-league.aspx

February 5, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports, wrestling