CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Citadel's White team, led by third-year assistant coach
Tucker Lane, defeated the Blue team, under the direction of Undrakhbayar Khishignyam, by a score of 27-22 on Saturday at Vandiver Hall in the team's annual Blue-White wrestle-off competition.
The turning point of the afternoon came during the 141-pound match that featured Nathaniel Harper and
Aaron Hansen. Hansen, a returning starter and two-time Southern Conference placer, went to sudden victory two with Harper.
The two were scoreless in the minute long sudden victory one and traded escapes in the 30-second tiebreakers before Harper got the decisive takedown of Hansen in the second sudden victory, completing the 4-2 win.
The matches were the prelude to the start of the 2014-15 season, which begins on Nov. 1 when the Dogs host The Citadel Open at McAlister Field House.
White 27-Blue 22
184: John Duane III (B) def. Kendall Hemmings (W) by decision 10-5
197: Marshall Haas (W) def.
Noah Fleckenstein (B) by fall at 2:44
HWT: Joseph Bexley (B) def.
Chandler Sambets (W) by fall at 5:57
125: Joaquin Marquez (W) def. Zachary Young (B) by major decision 12-4
133: Clarence Arrington (W) def. Johnny Ivashchenko (B) by decision 4-1
141: Nathaniel Harper III (W) def.
Aaron Hansen (B) by second sudden victory 4-2
141: Tyler Buckiso (W) def.
Michael Nelems (B) by technical fall at 5:14 (18-3)
149: Matthew Frisch (B) def. Daniel Smith (W) by fall at 3:41
157: Aaron Walker (W) def.
Andrew Lock (B) by fall at 4:56
165: Terrell Forbes (B) def. Richard Hicks (W) by major decision 15-4
174: Kenneth Radford (W) def. Vincent Belleran (B) by decision 4-3
