Wrestling Southern Conference

SIUE?s Residori Named SoCon Wrestler of the Week

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – SIUE junior Jake Residori has been named the Southern Conference wrestler of the week for all competition from Jan. 21-27. The selection is made by the league office.

Residori went 4-0 as the Cougars wrestled four SoCon opponents in a span of three days last week. SIUE’s 174-pounder picked up three decisions and a technical fall as his squad split the duals.

In Friday’s narrow 21-18 defeat at the hands of VMI in Davidson, N.C., Residori picked up a 4-3 win over the Keydets’ Mark Darr. Later that day, he defeated Davidson’s Nathaniel Powers 3-2 as the Cougars topped the Wildcats 24-13.

Two days later in Charleston, S.C., Residori downed The Citadel’s Kenneth Radford by a 9-4 count in a 29-14 Bulldog win. The Shorewood, Ill., native capped his week with his first tech fall of the season, blanking Campbell’s Monte Britton 16-0 as SIUE rolled to a 32-11 win over the Camels later that afternoon.

Residori’s award is the second of his career and first since Dec. 11, 2013.

SIUE (5-15, 2-3 SoCon) will return to action Sunday, Feb. 15, when it welcomes league foe Gardner-Webb (5-7, 2-2) to the Vadalabene Center in Edwardsville, Ill., at 11 a.m. CST.

Also nominated: Aaron Walker (The Citadel), Scott Patrick (Davidson), John Shrader (Chattanooga) and Shabaka Johns (VMI).

2014-15 SoCon Wrestlers of the Week
Nov. 5    Kevin Birmingham, Davidson
Nov. 12    Dalton Henderson, VMI
Nov. 19    Denzel Dejournette, Appalachian State
Nov. 26    Denzel Dejournette, Appalachian State
Dec. 10    Dominic Parisi, Appalachian State
Dec. 17    Austin Trott, Gardner-Webb
Dec. 24    Jared Johnson, Chattanooga
Jan. 7    Sean Boyle, Chattanooga
Jan. 14    Matt Frisch, The Citadel
Jan. 21    Jared Johnson, Chattanooga
Jan. 28    Jake Residori, SIUE

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March 7, 2015
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