FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- Ferrum College's men's wrestling team finished eighth of 12 teams after the final day of action at the 2021 Citrus Invitational, held Wednesday and Thursday, December 29-30 at Broward County Convention Center.
TEAM SCORES
1. Augsburg 215 pts; 2. Castleton 159; 3. Cornell College 129; 4. John Carroll 122.5; 5. Liberty 87; 6. Ozarks 86.5; 7. Roanoke 86; 8. Ferrum 73; 9. Ohio Wesleyan 51.5; 10. St. Johns (MN), 25.5; 11. St.Thomas (FL) 15; 12. Bobcat W/C 1
THE BASICS
Braden Homsey, seeded #2 at 197 pounds, advanced to the finals with a 4-3 win over #3 seed Chance Lapier of Castleton University. Homsey then fell 10-4 in the title match to top-seeded Bentley Schwanebeck-Ost of Augsburg University.
Rayshawn Dixon, seeded #4 at 285 pounds, wrestled twice today and posted a pair of wins to run the table in the back bracket and place third. He opened the day with a 4-3 win over University of the Ozarks' Ka'Ron Lewis, then decked Abbas Abdulrahman of Castleton at 4:36 in the third-place match.
The Panthers had five placewinners this weekend, including JD McMillin (6th, 125 lbs), Levi Englman (8th, 141) and Sam Slate (8th, 184). McMillin posted a signature win in today's consolation quarterfinals with a 10-5 win over Castelton's Owen Kretchmer, an NWCA All-American last season.
FERRUM BY WEIGHT
125: JD McMillin 3-3 (1 pin), 6th; Trent Proctor, 2-3
133: Mason Rogers 1-3
141: Levi Englman 3-1 (1), 8th; Hayden Funck 2-3 (2); Jonathan Ward 0-3
157: Christian Hite 3-3; Anthony Gaskin 1-3; Charles Tisby 0-3
165: Elijah Martin 3-3
174: Colt Oliver 1-3 (1)
184: Sam Slate 3-3 (1), 8th; Cullen Nash-Cleek 3-3 (1)
197: Braden Homsey 3-1, 2nd
285: Rayshawn Dixon 5-1 (2) 3rd; George Mitchell 2-3; Ethan Fragoso 1-3; Trent Ray 1-3
BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"This was not our best performance. However, despite all of the adversity we faced, I think our team was able to give great effort. Our second day was very strong and I am proud of our team for rallying after a bad day. There were some highlight performances with Braden Homsey placing 2nd, Ray Dixon finishing 3rd, JD McMillin taking 6th, and Sam Slate walking away with 8th place." --Head Coach Logan Meister
NEXT UP
Meister's team will be back in action Friday and Saturday, January 7-8, at the Budd Whitehill National Duals. The tournament will be hosted by Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
