COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Averett University wrestling team picked up a pair of dominating victories over Huntingdon College and Division II Allen University by finals of 39-10 and 38-12, respectively, in dual action on Sunday to stay unbeaten on the season.
 
Huntingdon Dual:
 
Senior Sam Braswell pushed the Cougars out to an early 5-0 advantage with a 21-5 tech fall victory over Loki Ryan, giving the All-American and perfect record on the year, while junior Joseph Jones fought his way to an impressive 6-5 win by decision to increase the advantage to 8-0.
 
Averett (4-0) benefited from back-to-back tech fall victories by senior Brandon Woody and junior Tony Blackman to take a commanding 18-0 edge. Woody's 21-5 victory helped the senior remain unbeaten on the year, while Blackman cruised to a 21-3 second period tech fall win. 
 
Huntingdon (1-1) got on the board with a pin over sophomore Landon Childress, but freshman Alex Turley continued his incredibly strong start with a :23 second victory by pin to increase the Cougars lead to 24-3. 
 
Sophomore George Moseley put the Cougars up 30-3 with a first round pin, while junior Nasser McCummings put together an impressive 10-7 win by decision at the 184-pound weight class.
 
The Hawks added their final points of the afternoon with a 12-2 major decision win over sophomore Billy Baldwin, however, sophomore Trent Ragland capped off the Cougars opening dual victory with a first period pin over Joseph Pearson.
 
In exhibition action freshman Austin Long lost 7-1 by decision to Tyler Tanaka, while fellow freshman Kyle Sanders picked up his second win on the year with a 17-2 tech fall victory over Derrick Lancero. 
 
Freshman Tommy Baldwin picked up a 12-2 major decision victory over Jacob Smith, but freshman Jeremiah Bynem lost by pin in the 174-pound weight class. 
 
The Cougars would win their final two matches against Huntingdon as freshman Zion Carpenter upset Hawk's starter Jack Haury with a 14-8 decision and Kowan Lee added another upset with a 3-2 victory over starter Joseph Pearson. 
 
Allen Dual:
 
Braswell continued his perfect season with a second period pin over Allen's Justin Kelly to put the Cougars up early 6-0.
 
Allen (0-2) benefitted from a disqualification at the 133-pound weight class as Jones was up by 14 points with time left to earn a tech fall victory, but the sophomore was surprisingly disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct that resulted in six points for the Yellow Jackets and another point that was subtracted from the Cougars overall score, following another unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to give Allen a 6-5 advantage. 
 
Woody gave Averett back an 11-6 advantage with a :30 second pin over Drevon Wallace to continue his unbeaten streak, but the Yellow Jackets inched closer with a 5-4 victory by decision over Blackman to pull within 11-9.
 
Childress's hard-fought 7-6 win at the 157-pound weight class proved to be the pivoting points in Sunday's clash as it put Averett back up 14-9 giving way to Turley who turned Moise Toussainc to his back in :17 seconds for his second victory by pin on the afternoon that gave the Cougars a 20-9 edge.
 
Moseley aided Averett's scoring with a first period pin, his second decision by pin on the afternoon, giving Averett a 26-9 lead, but Allen broke the Cougars scoring streak with a 3-1 victory over junior John Bishop to pull within 26-12.
 
Averett rolled off back-to-back pins to ice the match in its final two weight classes and walk away with a 38-12 victory. Beginning when Billy Baldwin added a first period fall, while Ragland contributed his second decision by fall.
 
Long got back into the win column in exhibition action following a 10-3 victory over Reco Robinson, while Sanders pinned Chance Carter in :37 seconds for his second win on the afternoon. 
 
Thomas Baldwin earned a victory by disqualification against Wayne Taylor, while freshman Cleon Lawton tallied an 18-4 major decision win over Nequel Martin. 
 
Freshman James Henry capped off Averett's impressive afternoon with an 8-3 victory over Christian Poplous to remain unbeaten in exhibition bouts against Allen. 
 
With their victories on Sunday the Cougars have now scored 35 or more points in all four of their matches on the year and Turley has still won every match by pin on the year.
 
Averett returns to the mat on Wednesday when it competes in the King University Tri against Lander University, Emmanuel College and King beginning at 4 p.m. in Bristol, Tennessee. 
 
Huntingdon match-by-match results:
125 Sam Braswell def. Loki Ryan, TF 21-5 6:48
133 Joseph Jones def. Andrew Smith, Dec. 6-5
141 Brandon Woody def. Michael Mort. TF 21-5 7:00
149 Tony Blackman def. Noah Bradford, TF 21-3 6:57
157 Kaleb Fontenot def. Landon Childress, Fall 2:28
165 Alex Turley def. Gabriel Pittman, Fall 0:23
174 George Moseley def. Kiefer Bangham, Fall 1:42
184 Nasser McCummings def. Jayson Spencer, Dec. 10-7
197 Jack Haury def. Billy Baldwin, MD 12-2
285 Trent Ragland def. Joseph Pearson, Fall 1:13
 
Huntingdon Exhibition results:
125 Tyler Tanaka def. Austin Long, Dec. 7-1
133 Kyle Sanders def. Derrick Lancero, TF 17-2 5:14
157 Tommy Baldwin def. Jacob Smith, MD 12-2
174 Micah Osterink def. Jeremiah Bynem, Fall 4:04
197 Zion Carpenter def. Jack Haury, Dec. 14-8
285 Kowan Lee def. Joseph Pearson, Dec. 3-2
 
Allen match-by-match results:
125 Sam Braswell def. Justin Kelly, Fall 5:41
133 Nyshaad Hannon def. Joseph Jones, DQ
141 Brandon Woody def.  Drevon Wallace, Fall 0:30
149 Shemar Washington def. Tony Blackman, Dec. 5-4
157 Landon Childress def. James Dargin, Dec. 7-6
165 Alex Turley def. Moise Toussainc, Fall 0:17
174 George Moseley def. Nequel Martin, Fall 2:18
184 Demetrius Riley def. John Bishop, Dec. 3-1
197 Billy Baldwin def. Christain Poplous, Fall 2:49
285 Trent Ragland def. Harry Locklear, Fall 4:47
 
Allen Exhibition results:
125 Austin Long def. Reco Robinson, Dec. 10-3
133 Kyle Sanders def. Chance Carter, Fall 0:37
157 Tommy Baldwin def. Wayne Taylor, DQ
165 Cleon Lawton def. Nequel Martin, MD 18-4
197 James Henry vs. Christian Poplous, Dec. 8-3