SALEM, Virginia -- Ferrum College's wrestling team dropped an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) dual meet to Roanoke College, fall 38-9 at the Cregger Center.

RECORDS
Roanoke (11-4, 5-0 ODAC)
Ferrum (4-4, 1-2 ODAC)

THE BASICS
The match started at the 141-pound weight class, and the Panthers proceeded to lose seven straight matches to open the dual and spot Roanoke a 34-0 lead.

Rayshawn Dixon, ranked #7 nationally at 285 pounds by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, finally got the Panthers on the scoreboard, posting a 7-1 decision over Roanoke's Brady Elswick. With the win, Dixon improved his individual record to a perfect 24-0.

Richard Albert accepted a forfeit for Ferrum at 125 pounds to trim the score to 26-9. Adrian Samano then bumped up to 133 pounds and dropped a 14-4 major decision to #13 Mac Cafurello, who also bumped up from 125 pounds.

MATCHES BY WEIGHT
141: Mark Samuel (Roanoke) over Jonathan Ward (Ferrum) (Fall 3:24)
149: Jarrod Pominville (Roanoke) over Joseph Olalde (Ferrum) (Fall 1:59)
157: Andrew McDougal (Roanoke) over Tyler Ramirez (Ferrum) (TF 18-0 2:31)
165: Jacob Cherry (Roanoke) over Mateo Villalobos (Ferrum) (Fall 4:41)
174: Kyle Lee (Roanoke) over Franklin Melton (Ferrum) (Dec 4-2)
184: Vincenzo Corvetto (Roanoke) over Joseph Toner (Ferrum) (Dec 11-4)
197: Lorenzo Pellot (Roanoke) over Ethan Fragoso (Ferrum) (TF 17-1 5:41)
285: Rayshawn Dixon (Ferrum) over Brady Elswick (Roanoke) (Dec 7-1)
125: Richard Albert (Ferrum) win by forfeit
133: Mac Cafurello (Roanoke) over Adrian Samano (Ferrum) (MD 14-4)
149 exhibition: Webb Drescher (Roanoke) over Perry Roller (Ferrum) (Dec 5-2)

NEXT UP
Coach Logan Meister's team will be back on the mat Saturday, February 3, at Southern Virginia University. The ODAC dual is set for a 7:00 p.m. start in Buena Vista, Virginia.