FERRUM, Va. – Ferrum College picked up a non-conference wrestling win tonight at home over Southern Virginia University, winning 39-9 in front of a crowd of 400+ fans at Swartz Gym.
RECOIRDS
Ferrum (3-1)
Southern Virginia (2-5)
THE BASICS
JD McMillin (125 lbs) accepted a forfeit to open the match. Levi Englman (133), currently ranked #1 in the nation, posted a 3-0 win over Aaron Friedhof to remain unbeaten this season and put the Panthers out in front 9-0.
Southern Virginia's Aldair Moran beat Hayden Funk 6-4 at 141 pounds to trim the lead to 9-3, but that's as close as the Knights would get.
Austin Smith (149), Elijah Martin (157) and Galilee Kissell (165) posted back-to-back-to-back pins, to extend the Panther lead to 27-3. Smith went out in front 12-0 over Southern Virginia's Nicolas Korhonen before posting the pin at 2:19. Martin barely broke a sweat, taking the Knights' Matt Rosson down directly to his back and getting the fall in just 13 seconds. Kissell recorded a first-period pin over Kyle York in just under two minutes.
Malik Barr (174) put on a takedown clinic against the Knights' Matthew Rohrdanz en route to an 18-3 technical fall. Barr's sixth and final takedown stopped the match at the 5:46 mark. Demontay Wimbush (184) posted a 16-4 major decision over Cole Oldham, then Braden Homsey (197) beat Matt Speelman 4-0 to make the team score 39-3. SVU's Nico Ramirez pinned Carlos Leyva in the first period of the 285-lb match to round out the night.
MATCH-BY-MATCH SCORES
125: JD McMillin (Ferrum) over Unknown (For.)
133: Levi Englman (Ferrum) over Aaron Freidhof (Southern Virginia) (Dec 3-0)
141: Aldair Moran (Southern Virginia) over Hayden Funck (Ferrum) (Dec 6-4)
149: Austin Smith (Ferrum) over Nicolas Korhonen (Southern Virginia) (Fall 2:11)
157: Elijah Martin (Ferrum) over Matthew Rosson (Southern Virginia) (Fall 0:13)
165: Galilee Kissell (Ferrum) over Kyle York (Southern Virginia) (Fall 1:56)
174: Malik Barr (Ferrum) over Matthew Rohrdanz (Southern Virginia) (TF 18-3 5:46)
184: Demontay Wimbush (Ferrum) over Cole Oldham (Southern Virginia) (MD 16-4)
197: Braden Homsey (Ferrum) over Matt Speelman (Southern Virginia) (Dec 6-0)
285: Nico Ramirez (Southern Virginia) over Carlos Leyva (Ferrum) (Fall 1:40)
BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"I liked the way we competed tonight. We battled hard for positions and incorporated a lot of what we've been working on. We've had a long lay off so it was good to get back to competing. Proud of our effort." --Head Coach Nate Yetzer
NEXT MATCH
Coach Yetzer's team will be back in action after Christmas, wrestling in the rugged Citrus Invitational Sunday and Monday, Dec. 29-30, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
