other matches by decision to open his senior season with a 3-0 mark.
Elliott, ranked No. 18 in the nation at 149 pounds, has now won 19 of
his last 21 matches dating back to Dec. 30 of 2004.
Elliott scored a pin fall victory over Codey Bearden at the 3:17 mark
to push Gardner-Webb's lead to 19-0 over Anderson. The Bulldogs went on
to take the team victory by a 38-12 score.
Matt Taylor made his highly anticipated collegiate debut for the Bulldogs at 125 pounds by scoring a 13-4 major decision win. Josh
Pniewski then gave GWU the 10-0 lead by registering a pin in 3:50
before A.J. Renteria took an 8-6 win at 141 pounds.
After the Elliott pin fall victory pushed the spread to 19-0, Anderson
took the next two matches by forfeit and pin fall to cut the deficit to
19-12. Sophomore Chad Davis pushed the lead to 25-12 with GWU's third
pin of the match before Brandon Beach and Brent Blackwell posted wins
at 184 and 197. Ricky Wilson Jr. then finished off the 38-12 victory by
pinning Aaron Lambert at the 4:50 mark.
Gardner-Webb won just four other matches on the day as the ‘Dogs
suffered a 33-10 loss to Virginia and a 43-3 loss to the host UNCG
squad.
Renteria and Elliott pulled out back-to-back decisions at 141 and 149
against Virginia to trim the Cavalier lead to just three points at 9-6.
Virginia then posted wins in the next five contests to open up a 33-6
lead before Wilson Jr. score a major decision victory at 285 to make
the final 33-10 in favor of Virginia.
Elliott then picked up Gardner-Webb's lone victory against UNCG as the
Spartans took nine of the ten matches, rolling to the 43-3 win.
Gardner-Webb (1-2) will be in action again on Saturday as it competes
in the Buffalo Duals against Buffalo, Bloomsburg and the University of
Findlay.
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