UPDATED SEASON RESULTS

FERRUM, Virginia -- Rubyn Semedo (133 lbs), Braden Homsey (197) and Rayshawn Dixon (285) all had pins to lead Ferrum College to a 35-13 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men's wrestling win at Swartz Gym tonight on Senior Night.

RECORDS
Ferrum (5-9, 3-3 ODAC)
Southern Virginia (4-5, 2-4 ODAC)

THE BASICS
Christian Hite started things off with a bang, putting on a clinic at 157 pounds en route to a 15-0 technical fall over Weston Hirschi and spotting Ferrum with an early 5-0 lead. Southern Virginia closed the gap to 5-4 with a major decision at 165 pounds.

Mateo Villalobos gave up an early takedown at 174 pounds, but rallied with a 12-4 run to close with a 12-6 win over Tyson Hoopes to make it a 8-4 team score in favor of the Panthers. The Knights won by fall at 184 to claim a short-lived 10-8 edge, but Ferrum stormed the castle with five straight wins and put the match out of reach.

Homsey pinned Jaden Markus at 2:09 of the first period at 197, then Dixon matched it with a second-period fall over Igot Lakicevic at 285 to put Ferrum back on top 20-8.

Adrian Samano then posted an 18-2 tech fall over Jaden Nelson at 125 pounds, Semedo decked Jack Nelson in just 25 seconds at 133, and Levi Englman won a 14-2 major decision over Xavier Jukes at 141.

Southern Virginia earned a decision at 149 pounds in the last match of the night. Three exhibition matches were then wrestled, with Trent Proctor bumping up to 141 and earning a 4-1 decision over Sawyer Ferry, and George Mitchell pinning Porter Trapp in 2:00 at 285.

RESULTS
157  Christian Hite (Ferrum) over Weston Hirschi (Southern Virginia) (TF 15-0 5:39)
165  Morgan Peterson (Southern Virginia) over Joey Olalde (Ferrum) (MD 13-5)
174  Mateo Villalobos (Ferrum) over Tyson Hoopes (Southern Virginia) (Dec 12-6)
184  Ikia Garcia (Southern Virginia) over Ethan Fragoso (Ferrum) (Fall 3:40)
197  Braden Homsey (Ferrum) over Jaden Markus (Southern Virginia) (Fall 2:09)
285  Rayshawn Dixon (Ferrum) over Igor Lakicevic (Southern Virginia) (Fall 4:23)
125  Adrian Samano (Ferrum) over Jaden Nelson (Southern Virginia) (TF 18-2 4:51)
133  Rubyn Semedo (Ferrum) over Jack Nelson (Southern Virginia) (Fall 0:25)
141  Levi Englman (Ferrum) over Xavier Jukes (Southern Virginia) (MD 14-2)
149  Elijah Blackwell (Southern Virginia) over Hayden Funck (Ferrum) (Dec 4-2)
Extra 141 Trent Proctor (Ferrum) over Sawyer Ferry (Southern Virginia) (Dec 4-1)
Extra 141  Preston Holt (Southern Virginia) over Jonathan Ward (Ferrum) (Fall 6:32)
Extra 285  George Mitchell (Ferrum) over Porter Trapp (Southern Virginia) (Fall 2:00)

NEXT UP
Coach Logan Meister's team will be back in action Saturday, February 11, at the ODAC Tournament. The event will be hosted by Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.