FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College dropped its men's wrestling season opener at home to Washington and Lee University, falling 35-7 tonight at Swartz Gym.
THE BASICS
The Generals opened 29-0 lead through the first seven matches of the night to take control of the non-conference matchup.
Sam Slate got Ferrum on the scoreboard with a 13-4 major decision over Brad Basham at 184 pounds. Braden Homsey followed with a 10-3 win at 197 pounds over Matt Majoy.
RESULTS
125 Riley Parker (W&L) over JD McMillin (FC) (Dec 8-4)
133 Thomas O`Keefe (W&L) over Kaleb Horn (FC) (TF 16-0 4:06)
141 Charlie Cunningham (W&L) over Hayden Funck (FC) (Dec 7-1)
149 Josepth Tarquine (W&L) over Tyler Ramirez (FC) (Dec 6-3)
157 Ryan Luth (W&L) over Christian Hite (FC) (TF 17-2 4:09)
165 Joe Salerno (W&L) over Colson Pritchard (FC) (Fall 0:46)
174 Cameron Blizard (W&L) over Colt Oliver (FC) (MD 11-3)
184 Sam Slate (FC) over Brad Basham (W&L) (MD 13-4)
197 Braden Homsey (FC) over Matt Majoy (W&L) (Dec 10-3)
285 Clay Chadwick (W&L) over Rayshawn Dixon (FC) (Disq 4:39)
NEXT UP
Coach Logan Meister's team will be back in action Sunday, November 7, at the Virginia Tech Southeast Open, being hosted this year at Roanoke College's Cregger Center.
