2018 Virginia Duals

HAMPTON, Va. -- Ferrum College's wrestling team is the top seed at the 2018 Virginia Duals, being held at Hampton Coliseum this weekend. The Panthers grabbed wins in seven of 10 weight classes en route to earning a 33-12 win over Alderson Broaddus University this afternoon in the opening round.

RECORDS
Ferrum (7-3)
Alderson Broaddus (0-5)

THE BASICS
Alderson Broaddus built a 9-0 lead after the first two matches, but Ferrum stormed back with pins by Tatom Tyree (141) and Robert Ziehfreund (149) to go out in front 12-9. The Panthers then won five of the last six matches to cruise to the win and advance to Saturday's semifinal round. Andrew Tolbert (165) earned a tech fall, while Hunter Goulart (197) won by major decision.

RESULTS
125 - Breandon Coughlin (Alderson-Broaddus) over Brett Binnix (Ferrum) Fall 2:16
133 - Curtis Cox (Alderson-Broaddus) over Bailey Cooper (Ferrum) SV-1 6-4
141 - Tatom Tyree (Ferrum) over Parker Brown (Alderson-Broaddus) Fall 2:00
149 - Robert Ziehfreund (Ferrum) over Andrew Forino (Alderson-Broaddus) Fall 1:17
157 - Braxton May-Nicholson (Ferrum) over Derek Schmidt (Alderson-Broaddus) Dec 12-6
165 - Andrew Tolbert (Ferrum) over Logan Shurina (Alderson-Broaddus) TF 22-7
174 - Gino Sita (Alderson-Broaddus) over Blake Rosenbaum (Ferrum) Dec 11-5
184 - Zach Shaffer (Ferrum) over Sam Solomon (Alderson-Broaddus) Dec 4-3
197 - Hunter Goulart (Ferrum) over Alex Eaton (Alderson-Broaddus) Maj 11-3
285 - Alveno Matthews (Ferrum) won by forfeit

COACH'S THOUGHTS
"That was a great team effort, one of our best this year," said Head Coach Nate Yetzer. "When we had opportunities to put matches away and get bonus points, we did it. We've had a lot of injuries and sickness, but guys are being called on to step up and they are responding."

NEXT MATCH
Coach Nate Yetzer's team will face Liberty University Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the semifinals. A win over the Flames would put Ferrum in the championship match later in the evening.