Davidson Wrestling Splits Meets at the Anderson Duals
ANDERSON, S.C - Senior Alex Radsky led the Davidson wrestling team with a pin and a major decision as the Wildcats defeated Belmont Abbey, 27-19 and lost to Anderson University, 30-13 at the Anderson Duals Wednesday night in Abney Athletic Center.
Radsky (133 pounds) improved his season record to a career-best 21-7 with the wins and needed just 48 seconds to tally his third pin of the year. His twin brother, Vitaly Radsky (141 pounds), and sophomore Scott Ray (149 pounds) also went undefeated for Davidson (5-8). Vitaly improved to 15-3 after winning by forfeit against Belmont Abbey and pinning Anderson's Ian Harper in 1:01.
Sophomore Ike Crews (197 pounds) and senior Charlie Wolff (heavyweight) iced the match against Belmont Abbey (8-10) with a pair of decisions after entering the final two bouts with just a 21-19 lead. Crews prevailed 6-1 over Justin Bates, while Wolff won 6-0.
After dropping the 125-pound bout to start the match, the Radskys and Ray built a15-4 lead for the Wildcats with Alex's pin of Patrick Mestrez, an Abbey forfeit and an 8-2 decision for Ray over Trey Alley. Abbey cut deficit to two after the 'Cats spotted the Crusaders six points at 157 and yielded a decision at 165 pounds. Freshman Scott Patrick pinned Ryan Gregory in 1:48 to open the margin to eight, but the 'Cats were forced to forfeit at 184 pounds and allow Abbey to close within two points.
Davidson opened up a 13-3 lead over Anderson (7-13) after Alex Radsky earned a major decision, Vitaly Radsky won by fall and Ray earned a 9-7 decision, but the Trojans claimed the six remaining bouts.
The Wildcats will return to Belk Arena for a Southern Conference match against VMI Friday at 7 p.m.
Notes: Vitaly Radsky has now won five of his last six matches and leads the team with five pins ... Patrick is second on the team with four pins ... Wolff's one-point loss against Anderson snapped a four-match winning streak ... Crews is 4-1 when wrestling up a weight class at 197 pounds.
Davidson 27, Belmont Abbey 19
125: Shane Summerlin (B) maj. dec. Matt Zarth (D), 13-3
133: Alex Radsky (D) pinned Patrick Mestrez (B), 0:48
141: Vitaly Radsky (D) wins by forfeit
149: Scott Ray (D) dec. Trey Alley (B), 8-2
157: Ian Kelly (B) wins by forfeit
165: Jake Varilek (B) dec. Tyler Mullen (D), 6-5
174: Scott Patrick (D) pinned Ryan Gregory (B), 1:48
184: Jerami Bartley (B) wins by forfeit
197: Ike Crews (D) dec. Justin Bates (B) 6-1
285: Charlie Wolff (D) dec. Kyle Spar (B) 6-0
Anderson 30, Davidson 13
125: Cory Monteforte (A) dec. Matt Zarth (D), 6-5
133: Alex Radsky (D) maj. dec. Joe Perry, 23-11
141: Vitaly Radsky (D) pinned Ian Harper AU (D),1:01
149: Scott Ray (D) dec. Dalton Harper (A), 9-7
157: Nick Giuletti (A) wins by forfeit
165: Brian Onofrio (A) inj. def. Tyler Mullen (D)
174: Trevor Sanford (A) dec. Scott Patrick (D), 8-6
184: Sean O'Connell (A) dec. Ike Crews (D), 5-2
197: Zoi Oulette wins by forfeit
285: Chase Duke (A) dec. Charlie Wolff (D), 4-3
UNCG stumbles against Liberty, 24-16
GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG's Ivan Lopouchanski scored a second-period pin against Peter Crawford of Liberty to cut the Spartans' deficit down to 9-6, but it wasn't enough as Liberty won five of the first six bouts to snap UNCG's three-match winning streak, 24-16, in Fleming Gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon.
The loss was UNCG first since Jan. 7, dropping the Spartans to 5-8 in duals this season. Liberty climbed to 8-6 overall with the win.
Liberty's Robert Jillard and UNCG's Manny Ramirez squared off at the 125-pound weight class to start the afternoon. The bout would be knotted up at 2 when Jillard was scored a reverse and never relinquished the lead, taking the first bout 4-3, and giving Liberty a 3-0 lead.
UNCG's Robert Gribschaw didn't fare much better as he fell victim to the Flames' T.J. Mitchell, 8-2, in the 133-pound bout.
Trailing 6-0, coach Jason Loukides called on Jamel Johnson to put the Spartans on the board. Liberty's Seth Hicks had a different idea, as he gained more than a minute of riding time to break a 6-all tie after 7 minutes of wrestling. Hicks squeaked out a 7-6 win and gave Liberty a 9-0 lead.
At 141 pounds, No. 17 Ivan Lopouchanski continued his winning ways by scoring seven takedowns over Liberty's Peter Crawford. Lopouchanski controlled the bout from the whistle and used a ball-and-chain tilt to pin Crawford after 3 minutes, 55 seconds.
Down 9-6, freshman Justin Rice took the mat against the Flames' Julian Colon. Colon overwhelmed Rice with multiple takedowns and eventually pinned Rice with 35 seconds remaining in the bout.
Liberty's Chad Porter was flawless against UNCG's Brett Miller (165 pounds) scoring a takedown and accumulating four minutes of riding time. Porter would win the bout, 5-0, and give Liberty its largest lead of the match, 18-6.
At 174 pounds, Byron Sigmon, UNCG's active wins leader, found himself in a see-saw battle with Liberty's Royal Brettrager. Sigmon trailed by two before scoring a quick reversal and collecting a near fall to win, 11-9.
UNCG's Elijah Adams and Liberty's Aaron Kelley went into the second period of the 184-pound bout before Kelley used a swift reversal and collected a pin after 3:30 of wrestling.
With Kelley's pin of Adams, Liberty secured a win, but Caylor Williams (197) and Peter Sturgeon (285) buckled down and collected wins, 9-0 and 3-1, respectively.
UNCG returns to the mat when it faces SoCon rival Chattanooga on Saturday afternoon. The first bout is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Liberty 24, UNCG 16
125 Robert Jillard (LU) dec. Manny Ramirez (UNCG), 4-3
133 T.J. Mitchell (LU) dec. Robert Gribschaw (UNCG), 8-2
141 Seth Hicks (LU) dec. Jamel Johnson (UNCG), 7-6
149 Ivan Lopouchanski (UNCG) fall Peter Crawford (LU), 3:55
157 Julian Colon (LU) fall Justin Rice (UNCG), 6:25
165 Chad Porter (LU) dec. Brett Miller (UNCG), 5-0
174 Byron Sigmon (UNCG) dec. Royal Brettrager (LU), 11-9
184 Aaron Kelley (LU) fall Elijah Adams (UNCG), 3:30
197 Caylor Williams (UNCG) maj. dec. Aaron Thompson (LU), 9-0
HWT Peter Sturgeon (UNCG) dec. Josh Pelletier (LU), 3-1