Saturday, March 3
Chattanooga, Tenn.
All Day
Davidson College
vs
Southern Conference Championship
Anthony Elias placed fourth
Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Davidson Wrestling Concludes Season at SoCon Championships
3/3/2012 10:23:00 PM | Wrestling
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Freshman Anthony Elias and senior Tyler Mullen both earned victories as Davidson placed seventh at the 75th annual Southern Conference Wrestling Championships hosted by Chattanooga Saturday in McKenzie Arena.
Elias, a five-seed in the 133-pound bracket, suffered a technical fall to Appalachian State's Brett Boston, 17-2 in his opening match, but pinned the third-seed, Kyle Casaletto of The Citadel, to reach the third-place bout. Elias had to meet Boston again though, and the Mountaineer prevailed with a 13-5 major decision.
Mullen entered as a No. 6 seed and won his opening-round match against No. 3 seed Ryan Krecker (Campbell), 7-3. Mullen was unable to defeat eventual conference champion Brandon Wright (Chattanooga) though, suffering a technical fall. He then suffered a 7-2 defeat to No. 4 seed Carry Joseph (VMI) in the consolation semifinals.
Junior Matt Zarth (125 pounds), freshman Ben Hartshorn (141), freshman Kevin Birmingham (149), sophomore CT Talevi (157), freshman Ian Solcz (174) and freshman Ed Isola (197) also competed for Davidson.
The Chattanooga Mocs jumped out to a big lead and cruised to the team title. The Mocs put eight wrestlers in the finals and had four take home titles on their way to the 26th tournament championship in school history.
TEAM RESULTS
1. Chattanooga 102
2t. Appalachian State 72.5
2t. The Citadel 72.5
4. Campbell 65
5. VMI 25.5
6. Gardner-Webb 21
7. Davidson 6.5
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
125: No. 2 Antonio Gravely (ASU) - Dec. 12-9 - No. 1 Manny Ramirez (UTC)
133: No. 1 Nick Soto (UTC) - Dec. 8-5 - No. 2 Joey Rizzolino (Campbell)
141: No. 1 Mike Kessler (ASU) - Dec. 9-4 - No. 2 Shawn Greevy (UTC)
149: No. 3 Dean Pavlou (UTC) - Dec. 4-2 - No. 4 Seth Vernon (Citadel)
157: No. 1 Dan Waddell (UTC) - Dec. 4-3 - No. 2 Nick Rex (Campbell)
165: No. 2 Brandon Wright (UTC) - Dec. 3-2 (TB1) - No. 1 Kyle Blevins (ASU)
174: No. 1 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (Citadel) - Dec. 2-1 - No. 3 James Cook (Campbell)
184: No. 1 Austin Trotman (ASU) - Tech Fall 21-6 (0:00) - No. 2 Robert Prigmore (UTC)
197: No. 1 Kelby Smith (Citadel) - Dec. 3-2 - No. 3 John Weakley (Campbell)
285: No. 1 Odie Delaney (Citadel) - MD 9-0 - No. 2 Kevin Malone (UTC)
SECOND-PLACE MATCH FOR AUTOMATIC NCAA BID
197: John Weakley (Campbell) - Fall 1:20 - Travis Porter (GWU)
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
Austin Trotman - Appalachian State
COACH OF THE YEAR
John-Mark Bentley - Appalachian State
Elias, a five-seed in the 133-pound bracket, suffered a technical fall to Appalachian State's Brett Boston, 17-2 in his opening match, but pinned the third-seed, Kyle Casaletto of The Citadel, to reach the third-place bout. Elias had to meet Boston again though, and the Mountaineer prevailed with a 13-5 major decision.
Mullen entered as a No. 6 seed and won his opening-round match against No. 3 seed Ryan Krecker (Campbell), 7-3. Mullen was unable to defeat eventual conference champion Brandon Wright (Chattanooga) though, suffering a technical fall. He then suffered a 7-2 defeat to No. 4 seed Carry Joseph (VMI) in the consolation semifinals.
Junior Matt Zarth (125 pounds), freshman Ben Hartshorn (141), freshman Kevin Birmingham (149), sophomore CT Talevi (157), freshman Ian Solcz (174) and freshman Ed Isola (197) also competed for Davidson.
The Chattanooga Mocs jumped out to a big lead and cruised to the team title. The Mocs put eight wrestlers in the finals and had four take home titles on their way to the 26th tournament championship in school history.
TEAM RESULTS
1. Chattanooga 102
2t. Appalachian State 72.5
2t. The Citadel 72.5
4. Campbell 65
5. VMI 25.5
6. Gardner-Webb 21
7. Davidson 6.5
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
125: No. 2 Antonio Gravely (ASU) - Dec. 12-9 - No. 1 Manny Ramirez (UTC)
133: No. 1 Nick Soto (UTC) - Dec. 8-5 - No. 2 Joey Rizzolino (Campbell)
141: No. 1 Mike Kessler (ASU) - Dec. 9-4 - No. 2 Shawn Greevy (UTC)
149: No. 3 Dean Pavlou (UTC) - Dec. 4-2 - No. 4 Seth Vernon (Citadel)
157: No. 1 Dan Waddell (UTC) - Dec. 4-3 - No. 2 Nick Rex (Campbell)
165: No. 2 Brandon Wright (UTC) - Dec. 3-2 (TB1) - No. 1 Kyle Blevins (ASU)
174: No. 1 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (Citadel) - Dec. 2-1 - No. 3 James Cook (Campbell)
184: No. 1 Austin Trotman (ASU) - Tech Fall 21-6 (0:00) - No. 2 Robert Prigmore (UTC)
197: No. 1 Kelby Smith (Citadel) - Dec. 3-2 - No. 3 John Weakley (Campbell)
285: No. 1 Odie Delaney (Citadel) - MD 9-0 - No. 2 Kevin Malone (UTC)
SECOND-PLACE MATCH FOR AUTOMATIC NCAA BID
197: John Weakley (Campbell) - Fall 1:20 - Travis Porter (GWU)
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER
Austin Trotman - Appalachian State
COACH OF THE YEAR
John-Mark Bentley - Appalachian State
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