DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University men's wrestling celebrated Senior Night with a dominant 41-13 win over Greensboro College in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action on Thursday night in the Grant Center. The Cougars won seven of the 10 dual matches, plus four of five extra matches.
 
Averett (15-12, 4-0 ODAC) rolled out to a 12-0 lead after the first two weight classes as sophomore Dominic Pascoe got a first-period pin at 125 pounds, and sophomore Jesse Lemon also won by fall in the final seconds of the first period at 133.

Defending national champion Josh Wilson got Greensboro (1-3, 0-2 ODAC) its first team point of the night at 141 with a technical fall, but the Pride forfeited at 149 and 157 as Averett's dual lead grew to 24-5.

At 165, regionally ranked junior Xavier Swanson picked up six more points for the Cougars with a first-period pin. Freshman Tyler-Nicholas Ritz followed with a pin at 174 and senior Noah Harris got a memorable Senior Night win with his 19-3 tech fall at 184.

Greensboro won at 197 by decision and by tech fall at heavyweight, but it wasn't enough to affect Averett's insurmountable lead.
 
In the extra matches, seniors Alex Logsdon and Bryant Quaye also picked up wins, including Quaye's crowd-hyping pin.

Averett heads to the Apprentice School's Builder Invitational on Saturday.


Averett 41, Greensboro 13
125: Dominic Pascoe def. Christopher Watson (Greensboro), Fall (2:42)
133: Jesse Lemon (Averett) def. Ivan Benitez (Greensboro), Fall (2:55)
141: Josh Wilson (Greensboro) def. Joseph Naef (Averett), TF 21-6 (2:11)
149: Alex Driggs (Averett) won by forfeit
157: Carter Shupert (Averett) won by forfeit
165: Xavier Swanson def. Ethan Kring (Greensboro), Fall (2:45)
174: Tyler-Nicholas Ritz def. Taalib-Din Grier (Greensboro), Fall (1:17)
184: Noah Harris def. Luke Gregory (Greensboro), TF 19-3 (3:52)
197: Isaiah Manning (Greensboro) def. Carter Erickson, Dec 11-8
285: Jacob Barlow def. Jasiri Dingle (Greensboro), TF 19-1 (5:57)

Extra Matches
133: Alex Logsdon (Averett) def. Lorenzo Elijah Kimber (Greensboro), Fall (1:09)
149: Nicholas Menjivar (Greensboro) def. Alex Driggs (Averett), Fall (6:45)
184: Grayson Ringwald def. Billy Bell (Greensboro), Fall (1:56)
197: Bryant Quaye (Averett) def. Tayemar Gravely-Hodge (Greensboro), Fall (0:40)
285: Braeden Fluke (Averett) def. Amarion Wilson (Greensboro), Fall (4:59)



 

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