D2 Wednesday Wrap up

Conference Carolinas Duals last night

  • Sophomore Hunter McCullough, 125 pounds,  gave the Wolves a strong start scoring the team 6 points. McCullough won his match by TF, leading with a score of 16-1. Junior Caiden Pelc, 133 pounds, kept the pressure, scoring 3 points for the Wolves. Pelc won by decision with a score of 5-4.  Sophomore Cole McCullough, 141 pounds, was stopped with a pin at 6:00. Scoring 6 points for Lincoln Memorial. Sophomore Cael Alderman, 149 pounds, steps on the mat and out scores his opponent 16-1, leading to a win by TF. This put another 5 points on the board for the Wolves. Sophomore Nick Humphrys, 157 pounds,  scored the Wolves 3 points by battling it out and winning by decision 7-3.

  • Falcons Split Duals Against No. 16 UNC Pembroke and Coker - montevallofalcons.com

    • “Sophomore's Colt Brown and Jeffery Tubbs were the only Falcons to finish 2-0 on the evening. Brown took down Mason Moody of Coker in a 9-4 decision. The Lakeland, Florida native followed that up with an exciting 13-12 decision over Joseph Bruscino of UNC Pembroke. Tubbs was dominant against Kaleb Walley of Coker as he won 15-3. He came back in the nightcap and defeated Chris Dickey of UNC Pembroke by a 3-1 decision.”

  • Cobras fall to Montevallo in Pembroke - cokercobras.com

    • Some bright sides to the meet can be found in Stephen Spitko who continues a dominant run in the 133 weight class. Spitko was matched up against Noah Smith of the Falcons and won from a Fall in 48 seconds. This means that Spitko has increased his record for the year to 5-0. Another Cobra win happened in the 141 weight class. The freshman Frank Bianco took home 4 points for the Cobras today. Bianco beat Kaden Brown 3-13 in a major decision. This win brought Bianco to be 3-3 on the season. The final Cobra win of the meet can be found in the 149 weight class. Jamarion Whetstone overcame Colton Sullivan of the Falcons. Whetstone defeated Sullivan in a Major Decision (18-4). This win improved Whetstone's record for the season to 1-2.”

  • Mount Olive cruises past Bluefield State, 37-15 - umotrojans.com

    • “Bluefield State established a 6-0 advantage following a fall in the 125-weight class. Freshman Eli Pendergrass answered with a 25-9 tech fall at 133 in his first collegiate match before fellow freshman Benjamin Hernandez (141) earned a critical 5-4 decision over Moses Eads to capture an 8-6 edge. The Big Blue countered with another fall at 149, but Mount Olive answered with five-straight wins. In the 157-weight class, senior Jake Nicolosi secured a first-round pin against Kairyn Hall. Brent Nicolosi (165), Logan Haseley (174), and Raife Smart (197) all won via forfeit while Calan Staub earned a 16-1 tech fall to extend the lead to 37-12. Bluefield State secured a heavyweight 4-2 decision victory to finish the event, as Mount Olive claimed a 37-15 win.”

Jason Fulmore
Appalachian Athletic Conference (NAIA) Poll for Nov 5th

Below is a side by side comparison of the pre-season conference polls (on left or above) and the current Nov 5th poll (on right or below).

No change in the order except that Keiser jumps Brewton Parker for the #6 spot. Most noticeable change was the number of “points” that Reinhardt received - they closed the gap on Southeastern for the #2 spot.


125

One of the biggest changes from the pre-season was Lee Camp of Reinhardt moving into the #2 spot after a solid weekend. Banda, also from Reinhardt, is no longer ranked at the weight and is now #4 at 133. Connor Hueck of St Thomas assumes the #1 spot in the AAC with the rest of the weight remaining the same.


133

133 remained largely unchanged - at least at the top with Long (Life) and Voiles (SEU) still taking the top 2 spots. Keyshaun Taylor of Brewton Parker moves down from #3 to #8 with Aaron Lucio (SEU) now #3 and Banda (Reinhardt) coming in #4 after moving up from 125.


141

Brisker, Williams, and Gould remain #1, #2, and #3. Former Rockmart hammer Garrett Pace (Reinhardt) comes in #4 with Blake Walker of Brewton Parker #5.


149

SEU’d Chris Kelly takes over the #1 spot at 149 with CJ Shadinger moving up to #2 and Minor moving to #3. Reinhardt’s Devin Griffen is now ranked #5.


157

No change in the top 5 at 157 with Burdick still #1.


165

Another weight that features no changes at the top. Anthony Federico of SEU moves into the #4 spot and Nathan Napolitano of Reinhardt is now #5 (after being #7 in the pre-season, but otherwise not much changed after week 1.


174

Calhoun and Villalobos maintain #1 and #2 with Kris Ketchum of St Thomas moving up to #3 from #5.


184

Jesse Perez maintains the top spot, but his teammate at Life - Kendall Norfleet vaults to the #2 spot in the latest poll. Jonathan Vanderbilt of SEU is #3. 184 is one of the weights that changed the most from the pre-season.


197

Not much change as the top 5 remain the same. Jett McCauley of Keiser moves up 1 spot from #7 to #6.


285

A few slight changes, but Braun of SEU maintains the top spot.


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