BELMONT, N.C. -- Andres Cortes and Braeden Fluke each posted a pin for Ferrum College as the Panthers lost to Belmont Abbey College in Conference Carolinas men's wrestling, falling 38-12 tonight at the Wheeler Center.

RECORDS
Belmont Abbey 6-4, 6-12 CC
Ferrum 5-7, 1-6 CC

THE BASICS
The 157-pound match was up first tonight, with Cortes starting things of for the Panthers with a fall over Balmont Abbey's Stone Busler in a time of 4:39. The Crusaders won the next four matches at 165, 174, 184 and 197. Included in that run were a pin, a tech fall and two decisions to open a 17-6 lead.

Fluke needed 4:28 in posting a pin over BAC's River Houck in the 285-pound weight class to trim the lead to 17-12. That was as close as the Panthers would get as Belmont Abbey then won the final four matches, including a pin and three tech falls, at 125, 133, 141 and 149. 

FINAL
157: Andres Cortes (FER) over Stone Busler (BAC) (Fall 4:39)
165: Austin Marry (BAC) over Robert Owens Jr. (FER) (Dec 13-6)
174: Christian Arrington (BAC) over Hunter Thompson (FER) (TF 21-1 5:48)
184: Kyler Pickard (BAC) over Joseph Toner (FER) (Dec 6-0)
197: Caleb Moore (BAC) over Noah Harris (FER) (Fall 0:14)
285: Braeden Fluke (FER) over River Houck (BAC) (Fall 4:28)
125: Kyle Simpson (BAC) over Riley Conway (FER) (Fall 1:48)
133: Elijah Carrington (BAC) over Josiah Canales Maldonado (FER) (TF 22-6 6:36)
141: Luke Kunath (BAC) over Braden Crawford (FER) (TF 21-5 3:39)
149: Skyler Caban (BAC) over Cameron Curva (FER) (TF 19-2 5:57)

UP NEXT
Coach Blake Roulo's team will be back on the mat Saturday, January 17, at the Builder Invitational. The all-day tournament will be hosted by The Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia.