By Taylor Chitwood, Sports Info. Student Assistant
FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College came out on top of a men's wrestling match over Averett University, 24-15 at home inside Swartz Gymnasium. Ferrum also honored their two seniors, Carlos Leyva and Pablo Zanistanavicius prior to the match.
RECORDS
Ferrum (6-3)
Averett (9-9)
THE BASICS
Averett jumped out to the early advantage after winning the first two matches by decisions, first at 285 and then at 125. Ferrum and Averett would then trade blow at 133 and 141, with Levi Englman getting the Panthers on the board at 133 and Brandon Woody answering back for Averett with a victory at 141.
Ferrum would then take control of the match by winning the next four bouts, including a Tatom Tyree pin just 53 seconds in at 149.
The Panthers got decisions from Englman (133), Elijah Martin (157), and Luke Nees (165). Tatom Tyree scored a pin at 149, Braden Homsey earned a tech fall at 17, and Malik Barr earned a major decision at 174 to round out the Panther scoring.
RESULTS
125: Samuel Braswell (AVE) over JD McMillin (FECO) (Dec 12-8)
133: Levi Englman (FECO) over Joseph Jones (AVE) (Dec 3-0)
141: Brandon Woody (AVE) over Hayden Funck (FECO) (Fall 2:32)
149: Tatom Tyree (FECO) over Caleb Harmon (AVE) (Fall 0:53)
157: Elijah Martin (FECO) over Tony Blackman (AVE) (Dec 11-5)
165: Luke Nees (FECO) over Isaiah Deck (AVE) (Dec 6-1)
174: Malik Barr (FECO) over Landon Childress (AVE) (MD 16-6)
184: George Moseley (AVE) over Demontay Wimbush (FECO) (Dec 2-1)
197: Braden Homsey (FECO) over Kowan Lee (AVE) (TF 17-2 4:14)
285: Trent Ragland (AVE) over Carlos Leyva (FECO) (SV-1 3-1)
UP NEXT
Coach Nate Yetzer will take his team to Montgomery, Alabama, Saturday, February 22, to compete in the Southeast Wrestling Conference Tournament hosted by Huntingdon College. The Panthers came away with the 1st place finish at the same tournament a year ago.
