GREENWOOD, South Carolina - The University of Mount Olive wrestling team won their first road dual of the inaugural season in a very close and hard-fought 24-23 win. Drew Weichers clinched the match for the Trojans who improved to 2-2 overall.
INSIDE THE MEET
The meet at Lander is the first road dual in program history.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
The match started at the 165 weight class and saw Easton Griffin of the Trojans score the first team points of the night as he recorded a 12-2 major decision over his opponent Brice Harkness. The Bearcats took the next three weight classes of 174, 184, and 197 taking a 12-4 lead in the match score. Ogden Atwood came to the mat next for UMO at heavyweight and scored six points for the Trojans after winning by disqualification following his opponents' fifth stalling call. Prior to the DQ, Atwood was leading 13-3.
Moving to the lightweights, Hayden Waddell got UMO another six points by pinning his opponent Austin Ross in 2:02 putting the Trojans ahead of the Bearcats 16-12. Lander reclaimed the lead, 18-16, after winning the 133 weight class due to a medical forfeit by Jordan McKinney who took a hard slam from William Olivas. A 10-2 major decision from Dylan Wilman put Mount Olive back in the lead 20-18 with two matches remaining.
Lander won the 149 weight class by a 16-0 tech fall (6:52) over Jody Richardson giving the Bearcats a 23-20 lead in the team score.
With the match on the line, Drew Weichers came to the mat to face Bryson Ethington at the 157 weight class. Weichers made quick work getting a takedown against Ethington for two points. After an escape by Ethington, Weichers got another takedown and two near-fall points to take a 6-1 lead into the second period. The grapplers started neutral in the second period and Weichers again got a takedown for two points going up 8-1, but Ethington tallied a pair of points on a reversal as the two moved out of bounds closing the gap to 8-3. In the third period, Weichers got another takedown and with 1+ minutes of riding time, he won the match by an 11-3 major decision giving UMO a 24-23 dual win.
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Weight
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Summary
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LU
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UMO
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125
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Hayden Waddell (Mount Olive) over Austin Ross (Lander ) (Fall 2:02)
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0
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6
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133
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William Olivas (Lander ) over Jordan McKinney (M. For.)
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6
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0
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141
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Dylan Wilman (Mount Olive) over Jordan Whalen (Lander ) (MD 10-2)
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0
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4
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149
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Chandler Smalley (Lander ) over Jody Richardson (Mount Olive) (TF 16-0 6:52)
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5 |
0
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157
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Drew Wiechers (Mount Olive) over Bryson Ethington (Lander ) (MD 11-3)
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0
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4 |
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165
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Easton Griffin (Mount Olive) over Brice Harkness (Lander ) (MD 12-2)
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0
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4
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174
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Angel Hernandez (Lander ) over Nickolas Richardson (Mount Olive) (MD 12-4)
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4
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0
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184
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Myles Starke (Lander ) over Tyler Vinson (Mount Olive) (TF 18-2 2:29)
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5
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0
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197
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Darius Parker (Lander ) over Ross Sealby (Mount Olive) (Dec 10-8)
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3
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0
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285
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Ogden Atwood (Mount Olive) over Cameron Coffman (Lander ) (DQ)
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0
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6
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| Team Score: | 23 | 24 | |
UP NEXT
Mount Olive returns to Kornegay Arena on December 16, as they host their first conference meet against the Crusaders of Belmont Abbey College. The meet will start at 1 PM on Monday afternoon.