Smith Paces Wrestlers to Fourth-Place Finish at Navy Classic
Annapolis, Md. - Top-seeded Kelby Smith captured the 197-pound title as The Citadel Wrestling team placed fourth at the 34th annual Navy Classic Saturday afternoon at the United States Naval Academy. Smith captured four decisions en route to the title after going 3-0 the previous weekend at the Wrestle for a Cure Duals.
Jack Duane finished second in the 184-pound division, falling to top-seeded Luke Rebertus of Navy in the final, while Kyle Casaletto placed third at 133 pounds. Richard Alarcon, Jordan Dix and Pierre Frazile all picked up fourth place finishes for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs return to action on Dec. 4 at the Nittany Lion Open, hosted by Penn State in State College, Pa.
125: Richard Alarcon - FOURTH PLACE
First Round: def. David Hershberger III (Franklin & Marshall), Technical Fall 18-0
Quarterfinals: def. Patrick Prada (Navy), Decision 8-1
Semifinals: lost to Austin Miller (Bucknell), Decision 4-3
Consolations: def. James Kerrick (Navy), Technical Fall 16-0
Third-Place: lost to Michael Slaughter (Gardner Webb), Decision 6-3
133: Kyle Casaletto - THIRD PLACE
First Round: def. Zachary Isenhour (Gardner Webb), Decision 7-4
Quarterfinals: lost to Robert Davis (Navy), Decision 2-1
Consolations: def. Rich Carroll-Lavarato (Gardner Webb), Decision 8-1
Consolations: def. Shawn Armato (Bucknell), Decision 1-0
Consolations: def. Benjamin Creed (Navy), Decision 3-1
Third Place: def. Zachary Isenhour (Gardner Webb), Major Decision 9-0
141: Jordan Dix - FOURTH PLACE
First Round: def. Quentin Leadbeter (Navy), Decision 5-4
Quarterfinals: lost to Alex Pellicciotti (Bucknell), Technicall Fall 18-0
Consolations: def. John Coutoumas (Navy), Decision 5-4
Consolations: def. Richard Durso (Franklin & Marshall), Decision 5-1
Third Place: lost to Alex Pellicciotti (Bucknell), Decision 6-0
149: Shane Lee
First Round: def. Jack Ingram (Bucknell), Fall 4:27
Quarterfinals: lost to Peyton Walsh (Navy), Major Decision 9-0
Consolations: lost to Shohei Takagi (George Mason), Fall 4:23
157: Pierre Frazile - FOURTH PLACE
First Round: def. Eric Norgard (Franklin & Marshall), Decision 4-2
Quarterfinals: def. Terrence Demery (West Virginia), Major Decision 14-2
Semifinals: lost to Alex Medved (Gardner Webb), Decision 3-0
Consolations: def. Matt Jackson (Navy), Decision 3-1
Third Place: lost to Zach Basich (Navy), Decision 6-4
165: Mike Harper
First Round: def. Colin Lahiff (Franklin & Marshall), Decision 3-1
Quarterfinals: lost to Jacob Schalles (Navy), Decision 10-5
Consolations: lost to Justin Guthrie (Gardner Webb), Decision 3-1
174: Open
184: Jack Duane - SECOND PLACE
Quarterfinals: def. Derek Dwyer (George Mason), Technical Fall 20-3
Semifinals: def. James Maxwell (Navy), Decision 9-4
Finals: lost to Luke Rebertus (Navy), Technical Fall 18-2
197: Kelby Smith - CHAMPION
First Round: def. Matt McVay (Navy), Decision 6-2
Quarterfinals: def. Tyler Lyster (Bucknell), Decision 5-1
Semifinals: def. Mac Mancuso (West Virginia), Decision 6-4
Finals: def. Paul Rands (Navy), Decision 5-2
197: Luke Johnson
First Round: def. Alexander Stanley (George Mason), Fall 4:45
Quarterfinals: lost to Paul Rands (Navy), Major Decision 12-1
Consolations: lost to Colynn Cook (Navy), Decision 8-4
HWT: Open
Final Team Scores
1. Navy, 147.5
2. West Virginia, 96
3. Bucknell, 88.5
4. The Citadel, 77.5
5. Gardner-Webb, 62.0
6. George Mason, 50.5
7. Franklin & Marshall, 29.0
Five Runnin' Bulldog Wrestlers Place at 2011 Navy Classic
Annapolis, Md. - The Gardner-Webb wrestling team had five different wrestlers in Justin Kozera, Alex Medved, Michael Slaughter, Travis Porter and Justin Guthrie place in their respective weight classes at the 2011 Navy Classic on Saturday afternoon in Annapolis, Maryland.
At the 285-pound weight class, Kozera posted a perfect 3-0 day to take first-place overall. The freshman earned a fall at 2:34 over Alexander Henry of Franklin & Marshall in the first round and then recorded a 7-1 decision over Brendan Kahle of Navy in the semifinals.
In the finals, top-seeded Kozera held on to defeat Chance Rauscher of Navy 3-1 to take first-place overall.
Alex Medved, the top seed at 157-pounds, posted three wins before suffering a fall at 3:50 to the No. 3 seeded John Regan of Bucknell in the finals to take second-place overall. Alex Medved recorded a 13-2 major decision win over Ray Schlitt of Bucknell in the first round and a 3-0 shutout victory over Johnny Watson of Navy in the second round to advance to the semifinals.
In the semifinals, Alex Medved blanked his opponent again, edging the No. 4 seeded Pierre Frazile of The Citadel, 2-0 to move on to the finals where the redshirt-junior suffered a pin to take second-place overall.
After a first-round bye at 125-pounds, Slaughter posted a 12-3 major decision win over Christopher Rodriguez of George Mason to advance to the semifinals where he fell to the No. 1 seed and eventual champion Shane Young of West Virginia 6-3.
In the consolation semifinals, Slaughter got back on the right track, defeating Patrick Prada of Navy 2-1 in the first period of a tie breaker to move on to the consolation finals where the redshirt-senior defeated No. 2 seeded Richard Alarcon, Jr. of The Citadel 6-3 to take third-place overall.
Also placing for Gardner-Webb was Porter at 197 and Guthrie at 165, as both posted multiple wins on the day.
At 197-pounds, Porter, who drew the No. 2 seed overall, recorded a 13-3 first round major decision win over Isaiah Cromwell of Franklin & Marshall and then defeated Benjamin Hatef of Navy 5-2 in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Porter suffered a pin to No. 3 seeded Paul Rands of Navy to fall into the consolation bracket where he went on to earn a 3-1 decision over No. 5 seeded Colin Ely of Franklin & Marshall to advance to the consolation finals.
In the consolation finals, Porter suffered a 4-2 loss to No. 4 seeded Mac Mancuso of West Virginia to take fourth-place overall.
Guthrie, who like Porter was the No. 2 seed overall, bounced back from a quarterfinals major decision loss to Ty Knepp of George Mason, 14-2, to drop Michael Harper of The Citadel 3-1 in the consolation bracket.
In the consolation semifinals, Guthrie suffered a fall at 1:01 in the match to Kyle Eason of West Virginia to fall into the fifth-place bout where he posted an 11-4 decision over Jordan Krulik of Navy.
Also competing at the Navy Classic for GWU was redshirt-junior Ryan Medved and freshman Davante Andujar.
Ryan Medved went 2-2 on the day at 149-pounds, recording a 12-0 major decision win over Andrew Murano of Franklin & Marshall and a 7-3 win over Roman Perryman of West Virginia in the consolation bracket, while Andujar recorded a 1-2 overall record at 141-pounds with his lone win coming by way of a 10-1 major decision win over Brian Benton of George Mason in the first round.
Gardner-Webb (1-1, 0-1 SoCon) will return to action after the Thanksgiving Holiday Break, as the Runnin' Bulldogs will host Appalachian State in a Southern Conference dual match on Monday, December 5th, at 7 p.m. in Paul Porter Arena.
GWU Has Eight Wrestlers Compete at 31st Annual Pembroke Classic
Pembroke, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb wrestling team had eight wrestlers compete at the 31st Annual Pembroke Classic hosted by UNC-Pembroke on Saturday afternoon in Pembroke, N.C.
The Runnin' Bulldogs had eight grapplers compete in seven different weight classes at the open tournament against competition from schools such as N.C. State, Duke, Campbell, Limestone, Appalachian State, The Citadel, St. Andrews, Old Dominion, Newberry and UNC-Pembroke.
Gardner-Webb had three grapplers post multiple wins on Saturday in Scott Reilly, Robbie Golde and Josh
Burns.
At 174-pounds, Reilly, who led the Runnin' Bulldogs with three wins on the day, bounced back from a second round fall 40-second s into the match to No. 3 seeded Bryce Sopko of Limestone to earn a pin at 1:54 in the consolation bracket over Bret Peltier of N.C. State. Reilly then recorded a 7-3 win over Jake Ferguson of UNC-Pembroke and a 14-3 major decision victory over No. 5 seeded Ridge White of UNC-Pembroke to move to 3-1 on the day.
However, in his next bout, Reilly drew Sopko once more with the winner advancing to the consolation finals. Reilly battled Sopko much closer the second time, before suffering a 7-3 loss to end his day at 3-2 overall.
At 133-pounds, Golde started his day off with a 7-3 decision over Anthony Thompson of Limestone to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Golde was handed a 9-2 loss to the top-seeded Matt Oliver of Newberry to fall into the consolation bracket.
In the consolation bracket, Golde earned an 11-1 major decision win over the No. 4 seeded Casey Gashaw of St. Andrews before having his day come to an end in the very next round to No. 3 Tanner Bidelspach of Campbell, who eventually took third-place overall, in an 8-4 loss.
Burns, who wrestled at 157-pounds, suffered a 7-2 loss to Davis Bagwell of Newberry in the first round to fall into the consolation bracket, where after a bye, he went on to defeat Andrew Hayes of Limestone 4-2. After a medical forfeit win over Robert Munro, Burns battled the No. 4 seeded Jeremy Bomarrito to a near stalemate, before Bomarrito escaped with a 1-0 win.
Sophomore Aaron Rabin went 1-2 on the day at 174-pounds, as in the consolation bracket he earned a medical forfeit win over Chris Grimes before falling to No. 5 White 9-3.
Fellow newcomer Julian Ming also went 1-2 on the day, as after a first round loss to the top-seed at 197-pounds, the freshman earned a 3-1 victory over Demetri Logouri of Limestone in the first round of the consolation bracket. In his next bout, Ming was defeated by Dylan Ryan of Duke, 3-1, to end his day at 1-2 overall.
At 125-pounds, sophomore Jake Reinemund bounced back from a first round fall, to defeat Chauncey Foster of St. Andrews 10-4 in the second round of the consolation bracket. In his next match, Reinemund suffered a 19-2 tech. fall loss to Pat Seidel of Limestone to see his day also end at 1-2 overall.
Alex Hamm and Matt Kowalski each went 0-2 on the day in their respective weight classes.
Gardner-Webb (1-1, 0-1 SoCon) will return to action after the Thanksgiving Holiday Break, as the Runnin'
Bulldogs will host Appalachian State in a Southern Conference dual match on Monday, December 5th, at 7 p.m. in Paul Porter Arena.