GWU redshirt-sophomore Alex Medved started the match off with a pin fall win at 3:57 over Darien Peele at 157 to give the Runnin’ Bulldogs an early 6-0 lead in the match. The win was Alex Medved’s 20th overall win on the year.
Fellow redshirt-sophomore Justin Guthrie carried over the momentum from his huge win versus Duke on Friday night, as he scored a 5-4 decision of Jake Fose to push GWU in front by nine at 9-0.
The momentum was clearly on the Runnin’ Bulldogs side, as freshman Erin O’Dell picked up his second win of the year, edging Ryan Ham of Campbell for the 3-2 win at 174.
With a 12-0 lead, junior Blake Salyer earned his first pin fall win of the year at 184, pinning Peter Comis 3:58 seconds into the match, giving the Runnin’ Bulldog grapplers a huge 18-0 match lead.
Redshirt-sophomore Travis Porter continued GWU’s winning ways, posting a 5-1 decision win over John Merickel at 197, increasing the GWU lead to 21-0.
After Campbell’s Peter Burns earned a pin fall win at 285 to put the Camels on the board,
Campbell picked up back-to-back wins at 125 and 133 to cut the GWU lead to 21-12 with two matches remaining.
However, the Runnin’ Bulldog grapplers refused to lose, as Richie Spicel picked up his third pin fall win of the year over Michael Jordan at 3:28 at 141, while GWU’s Ryan Medved wrapped up the match with a technical fall 20-4 victory over Brad Merriman at 149 to give Gardner-Webb the 32-12 win.
With the win, GWU improves to 3-12-1 on the year in dual match action.
The Gardner-Webb wrestling team will look to carry over the momentum from Tuesday night’s win to this Saturday, as the Runnin’ Bulldogs will compete at the Appalachian Open on Saturday, January 29th, in Boone, N.C.
Results:
125 - Tanner Bidelspach (CU) decision Brett Kostern (GWU) 5-4, 21-9 GWU
133 - Gabe Gardner (CU) decision Alex Hamm (GWU) 7-5 in first OT, 21-12 GWU
141 - Richie Spicel (GWU) fall Michael Jordan (CU), 3:28, 27-12 GWU
149 - Ryan Medved (GWU) technical fall Brad Merriman (CU) 20-4 in
5:49, 32-12 GWU
157 - Alex Medved (GWU) fall Darien Peele (CU)*, 3:57, 6-0 GWU
165 - Justin Guthrie (GWU) decision Jake Fose (CU) 5-4, 9-0 GWU
174 - Erin O’Dell (GWU) decision Ryan Ham (CU) 3-2, 12-0 GWU
184 - Blake Salyer (GWU) fall Peter Comis (CU), 3:58, 18-0 GWU
197 - Travis Porter (GWU) decision John Merickel (CU) 5-1, 21-0 GWU
285 – Parker Burns (CU) fall Tyler Arrowood (GWU), 1:59, 21-6 GWU
*denotes starting weight
Recommended Comments
There are no comments to display.
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now