January 16th , 2019
Samantha Lowder, Sports Information
LAURINBURG, N.C. – The St. Andrews University wrestling team fell to West Virginia Tech at home on Wednesday, January 16th, 32-20.
The duals began with a automatic 6 points for SAU resulting from a WV Tech forfeit at 125 which was followed by a St. Andrews 133 forfeit giving the Golden Bears of West Virginia Tech 6 free points.
The Golden Bears dominated the first half of the duals after 2 major decision wins, a tech fall, and a fall before heading into the 173 bout.
Sophomore Chase Payne changed the tempo of the duals with his major decision win (13-5) over WVTech's Tucker Lawson. The Knights then had junior Michael Nelson next up wrestling at 184, where he was able to record a major decision (8-0) as well as he kept his opponent scoreless.
Unfortunately, the Knights did not have a grappler to fill the 197 position, so WV Tech received 6 points from the forfeit for the second SAU forfeit of the night.
The night was topped off once again by a 285 Aaron Vaughan pin (2:51) against the Golden Bears Noah Julian. The Knights finished the duals with a final score of 32-20 against WV Tech. The annual matchup between SAU and WV Tech now holds a even record, 3-3, in the last 6 years of competing against one another.
St. Andrews will next host conference foe Allen University on Saturday, January 19th, at 7:00 pm.
125 William Dudley won by forfeit
133 TJ Bean (WVT) won by forfeit
141 Logan Robertson (WVT) over Dominic Burke by tech fall 18-0
149 Devin Wilhelm (WVT) over Aiden McDonald MD 10-0
157 Leland Swafford (WVT) over Jacob Arnold by Fall 1:47
165 Cameron Crislip (WVT) over Jonathan Zafra MD 15-1
174 Chase Payne over Tucker Lawson (WVT) MD 13-5
184 Michael Nelson over Caleb Barley (WVT) MD 8-0
197 Vincent Devaney (WVT) won by forfeit
285 Aaron Vaughan over Noah Julian (WVT) by Fall 2:51
