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Bulldogs Fall to UNCG 24-6 in SoCon Match-up

Charleston, S.C. The Citadel wrestling team fell to the Spartans from UNCG, 24-6, in Southern Conference action on Feb. 21 at McAlister Field House. The match-up determined which of the two teams would claim second place in the SoCon.

Bulldog grappler 125-pound Tyler Sim defeated the Spartans' Mitchell Johnson, 5-3, in the first match to give The Citadel a 3-0 lead. The Spartans answered back with a 7-5 decision victory by UNCG's Casey Boyle over the Bulldog's Richard Alarcon.

The Citadel's 141-pound Derek Royster faced nationally ranked No. 20 Chris Bencivenga.  The match went back and forth and Royster had a shot in the final seconds but was unable to take Bencivenga down and fell two points short. Bencivenga claimed a 9-7 decision over Royster to put the Spartans up, 6-3.

The Bulldogs battled hard but were unable to slow the Spartan's momentum as the UNCG grapplers claimed seven straight decision victories over the Bulldogs, making the score 21-3. True freshman Odie Delaney fought hard against UNCG's Jeremy Cannon. The match ended 4-4 but Delaney earned one point in riding time to claim the victory 5-4 to make the overall team scored 21-6. Redshirt senior 285-pound Aaron Brown fell to the Spartan Joe Sheffield, 5-1, making the final team score 24-6.

The Citadel wrestling team will return to action on Tuesday, Feb. 24 as they host Gardner-Webb at 7p.m. in McAlister Field House. For complete results from the meet against the UNCG Spartans and all news on The Citadel wrestling team and Bulldog Athletics, visit www.CitadelSports.com.

Results

UNCG 24, The Citadel 6

125 Tyler Sim (Cit) dec. Mitchell Johnson (UNCG) 5-3, 3-0 Cit
133 Casey Boyle (UNCG) dec. Richard Alarcon (Cit) 7-5, 3-3 Tie
141 Chris Bencivenga No. 20 (UNCG) dec.  Derek Royster (Cit) 9-7, 6-3 UNCG

149 Ben Wilmore (UNCG) dec. Pierre Frazile (Cit) 6-2, 9-3 UNCG
157 Andrew Saunders (UNCG) dec. Keith Koziel (Cit) 8-2, 12-3 UNCG
165 Victor Hojilla (UNCG) dec. Derek Sickel(Cit) 11-6,  15-3 UNCG
174 Byron Sigmon (UNCG) dec. J.C. Oddo (Cit) 4-3, 18-3 UNCG
184 Mikal McKee (UNCG) dec. Kelby Smith (Cit) 5-2, 21-3 UNCG
197 Odie Delaney (Cit) dec. Jeremy Cannon (UNCG) 6-4, 21-6 UNCG
285 Joe Sheffield (UNCG) dec. Aaron Brown (Cit) 5-1, 24-6 UNCG

 

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