Bulldogs Cruise Past Keydets, 24-10

 

Charleston, S.C. - The Citadel wrestling team earned their first conference win of the year on Saturday as they won seven matches en route to a 24-10 victory over VMI.

 

The Citadel (4-4, 1-2) won seven of the first eight matches to jump on the Keydets (2-5, 0-1) early. Starting at 125, Richard Alarcon used a pair of takedowns in the third to go along with a riding time edge that took out VMI's John Pope, 8-2. The Keydets' Andrew Bannister evened the team score at 133 by downing The Citadel's Jordan Dix, 4-1, behind a pair of takedowns.

 

At 141, Nick LaFevre turned the table on David Yost, who led most of the match, by scoring a takedown and a near fall towards the end of the third period to give the Bulldogs a win, 6-2. Derek Royster used three takedowns and a riding time point at 149 to oust Michael Long, 8-2, and put The Citadel up 9-3 in the dual. It was Royster's fourth straight win and third this week. At 157, Turtogtokh Luvsandorj kept the Bulldogs rolling as he used a pair of takedowns at the end of the first period and to start the second period to down VMI's Joe Munno, 5-1.

 

Pierre Frazile, who was born and raised in Haiti, scored his third win of an emotional week by sliding past Conor Black, 2-1, at 165. Each wrestler earned an escape point and the difference in the match was a technical foul point assessed to Black for fleeing the mat while in a hold by Frazile in the third period. J.C. Oddo put the Bulldogs in a commanding lead at 174, by pinning the Keydets' Evan Dill in 56 seconds to put The Citadel up 21-3. In a back-and-forth affair at 184, Kelby Smith came back from an early deficit with five takedowns to take out defending SoCon Wrestler of the Week Andrew Szymborski, 12-7.

 

At 197, VMI's Ronnie Ellsworth was too much for freshman Scott Edelson, as he fell in a major decision, 19-7. Ellsworth used nine takedowns to cut the VMI lead to 24-7. At heavyweight, two-time defending conference champion Josh Wine of VMI butted heads with Odie Delaney who wrestled up for the third time this week. Wine went up 6-0 early behind a takedown, reversal and near fall, but Delaney came back with a reversal and a near fall to cut into the lead. Wine quickly turned that back with a near fall and a reversal and would go on to win 12-5 and end the dual with a 24-10 final.

 

"This was one of our better performances of the year," said Bulldog Head Coach Rob Hjerling. "We are improving and coming together as a team and a program in competition and in practice. We made a lot of good decisions in our matches today. Winning the close matches is the difference in winning and losing duals that we lost early on in the year when we came up just short."

 

"One guy I would like to point out is Pierre Frazile. It was asking a lot for him to go out there considering the events of this week. I was very proud of him to come out and win a tough match today."

 

The Citadel 24, VMI 10
125: Richard Alarcon (CIT) dec. John Pope (VMI), 8-2 (CIT 3-0)
133: Andrew Bannister (VMI) dec. Jordan Dix (CIT), 4-1 (Tied 3-3)
141: Nick LaFevre (CIT) dec. David Yost (VMI), 6-2 (CIT 6-3)
149: Derek Royster (CIT) dec. Michael Long (VMI), 8-2 (CIT 9-3)
157: Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (CIT) dec. Joe Munno (VMI), 5-1 (CIT 12-3)
165: Pierre Frazile dec. Conor Black, 2-1 (CIT 15-3)
174: J.C. Oddo (CIT) pins Evan Dill VMI), :56 (CIT 21-3)
184: Kelby Smith (CIT) dec. Andrew Szymborski (VMI), 12-7 (CIT 24-3)
197: Ronnie Ellsworth (VMI) maj. dec. Scott Edelson (CIT), 19-7 (CIT 24-7)
HWT: Josh Wine (VMI) dec. Odie Delaney (CIT), 12-5 (CIT 24-10)

 

The Bulldogs return to action on Sunday, Jan. 24 as they welcome Appalachian State in SoCon action to McAlister Field House at 2 p.m.

 

 

 

Chattanooga Falls to No. 19 Missouri, 24-14

 

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team lost to No. 19 Missouri 24-14 on the mats at Maclellan Gym Saturday night.  Chattanooga recorded two major decisions and two decisions on the night.

 

The match began with the 184-lb. class as Chattanooga's Jason McCroskey dominated Todd Porter with a 12-1 major decision which included 4:24 of riding time to give the Mocs an early 4-0 advantage.  Missouri answered right back in at 197 as 18th-ranked Brent Haynes posted a 15-4 major decision over Niko Brown.  Brown trailed 11-0 at the end of the first period but battled head-to-head the rest of the way.

 

Demetrius Johnson got the Mocs back on track with a 5-1 decision over Eric Wilson which cut the Tigers lead to 9-7 after an unsportsmanlike penalty (one team point) on Ellis from the prior match.  Nathan McCormick made it 13-7 Mizzou with a major decision (15-5) over Josh Statum.  Statum battled through the final 30 seconds of the match to avoid a fall and only pass four points along to the Tigers.

 

The Tigers added a 6-3 decision at 141 as Nick Hucke used a three-point third period to get past Ben Johnson to make it 16-7.  Dean Pavlou grabbed another major decision for the Mocs 10-2 over Brandon West pulling the Mocs within five, 16-11.  Pavlou scored big with five third-period points to capture the major decision.

 

The 157 match went to overtime knotted at 1-1.  Chattanooga's Josh Conden scored an escape in the second 30-second OT period to score the 2-1 upset over 16th-ranked Patrick Wright.  That closed the score to just two with Mizzou up 16-14.  Sixth-ranked Nick Marable put it out of reach for the Tigers with a 22-7 technical fall win at 165 over Bond Davis who wrestled up from his usual 157.

 

The feature match coming in was at 174 with the Mocs' 20th-ranked Jake Young tackling 10th-ranked Dorian Henderson.  Young dropped a spirited 6-4 decision providing the final margin of 24-14.

 

The Mocs return to the mat on Jan. 24 as SoCon rival UNC Greensboro invades Maclellan Gym.  The Sunday afternoon match begins at 2 p.m., and can be followed on GoMocs.com.

 

No. 19 Missouri 24, Chattanooga 14

184 - Jason McCroskey (UTC) - MAJ. DEC.12-1 - Todd Porter (MU) - UTC 4, MU 0
197 - No. 18 Brent Haynes (MU) - MAJ. DEC. 15-4 - Niko Brown (UTC) - Tied, 4-4
285 - No. 7 Mark Ellis (MU) - FALL (1:41) - Matt Lettner (UTC) - MU 10, UTC 4
Unsportsmanlike penalty to Mizzou - MU 9, UTC 4
125 - Demetrius Johnson (UTC) - DEC. 5-1 - Eric Wilson (Mizzou) - MU 9, UTC 7
133 - Nathan McCormick (MU) - MAJ.DEC. 15-5 - Josh Statum (UTC) - MU 13, UTC 7
141 - Nick Hucke (MU) - DEC. 6-3 - Ben Johnson (UTC) - MU 16, UTC 7
149 - Dean Pavlou (UTC) - MAJ.DEC. 10-2 - Brandon West (MU) - MU 16, UTC 11
157 - Josh Condon (UTC) - DEC. 2-1 (OT) - No. 16 Patrick Wright (MU) - MU 16, UTC 14
165 - No. 6 Nick Marable (MU) - TF5 22-7 - Bond Davis (UTC) - MU 21, UTC 14
174 - No. 10 Dorian Henderson (MU) - DEC. 6-4 - No. 20 Jake Young (UTC) - MU 24, UTC 14
Attendance:  838

 

 

 

 

Davidson Wrestling Downs Franklin & Marshall, Falls to Gardner-Webb

 

DAVIDSON, N.C. ? Junior Vitaly Radsky led the Davidson wrestling team on the day with two pins, as the ?Cats defeated Franklin & Marshall, 33-20 and lost to Gardner-Webb, 31-23 on Saturday afternoon in Belk Arena.

Franklin & Marshall (0-6-1) spotted Davidson (1-10) 18 points by forfeiting at 125, 133 and 285 pounds, while the ?Cats forfeited at 174 pounds. The two teams split the six contested bouts 3-3.

Gardner-Webb (1-6-1) held just a two-point lead entering the final bout of the match, but the nation’s 13th-ranked heavyweight Dustin Porter secured the Bulldog’s victory over the ?Cats by pinning junior Charlie Wolff.

Radsky (141 pounds) improved to 6-1 in dual meets, and 11-5 overall with his first two pins of the season. Sophomore Tyler Mullen (165) also won by fall against Franklin & Marshall, and via forfeit against Gardner-Webb.

Radsky pinned Matt Murray in the first bout at 141 in 1:50 to give Davidson an early 18-0 lead. The Diplomats responded with a major decision victory at 149, but junior Joe McGinley earned a 4-0 decision at 157 pounds, and Mullen pinned Matthew Gittleman in 3:11 to put the match out of reach at 27-4.

The Diplomats closed the gap after Davidson forfeited at 174, Matt Fullowan earned a major decision at 184 pounds, and Colin Ely won by fall at 197 pounds. However, they were forced to forfeit at 285 pounds for the final 33-20 score.

Davidson opened the Gardner-Webb match with a six-point advantage after senior Ben Altman went unopposed for the second-time at 125 pounds. The Radsky brothers extended the lead to 17-0 as Alex Radsky (133) earned a technical fall over Brett Kostern, 22-5, and Vitaly (141) pinned Morgan McDaniel in 2:47.

The Bulldogs roared back though and took the remaining contested matches. The Medved brothers matched the Radskys, as Ryan Medved earned a technical fall at 149 pounds and Alex Medved pinned Joe McGinley at 157 pounds. G-W forfeited the 165-pound bout, while Davidson forfeited at 174, which left Davidson with a 23-17 lead. Blake Salyer (184) and Jonathan Velazquez (197) earned major decisions to put Gardner-Webb on top, 25-23, before Porter pinned Wolff in 2:38 to ice the win.

Gardner-Webb and Franklin & Marshall wrestled to a 20-20 tie prior to the Davidson matches.

The ?Cats will next face both VMI and Millersville on Friday, Jan. 22 in Lexington, Va.

Davidson - 33
Franklin & Marshall - 20

125 - Ben Altman (D) wins by forfeit
133 - Alex Radsky (D) wins by forfeit
141 - Vitaly Radsky (D) FALL Matt Murray (F), 1:50
149 - Eric Norgard (F) MD Carl Sandercock (D), 13-5
157 - Joe McGinley (D) DEC Pucci, David (F), 4-0
165 - Tyler Mullen (D) FALL Gittleman, Matthew (F), 3:11
174 - Anthony Bongarzone (F) wins by forfeit
184 - Matt Fullowan (Franklin & Marshall) MD Ike Crews (D), 12-4
197 - Colin Ely (Franklin & Marshall) FALL Mark Jeevratnam (D), 1:58
285 - Charlie Wolff (D) wins by forfeit


Davidson - 23
Gardner-Webb - 31

125 - Ben Altman (D) wins by forfeit
133 - Alex Radsky (D) TF5 Brett Kostern (G), 22 - 5
141 - Vitaly Radsky (D) FALL Morgan McDaniel (G ), 2:47
149 - Ryan Medved (G) TF5 Carl Sandercock (D), 18 - 3
157 - Alex Medved (G) FALL Joe McGinley (D), 3:53
165 - Tyler Mullen (D) wins by forfeit
174 - David Pelsang (G) wins by forfeit
184 - Blake Salyer (G) MD Ike Crews (D), 13 - 4
197 - Jonathan Velazquez (G) MD Mark Jeevratnam (D), 10 - 0
285 - Dustin Porter (G) FALL Charlie Wolff (D), 2:38