Four Bulldogs Place at Soldier Salute

Friday, December 30

Coralville, Iowa

The Citadel

Soldier Salute

Four Bulldogs Place at Soldier Salute

12/30/2022 9:10:00 PM | Wrestling

CORALVILLE, Iowa – The Citadel had four wrestlers place at the inaugural Soldier Salute tournament at the Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.

How it Happened

Ben Haubert finished in eighth place at 174 pounds. He suffered a 10-5 decision loss to Graham Calhoun in his first match of the day.
Haubert closed out his tournament by dropping an 8-4 decision to Kyle Mosher (Columbia) in the seventh-place match. Haubert had defeated Mosher, 5-4, in their first match of the tournament.
Micah DiCarlo battled his way to a seventh place finish at 184 pounds.
He dropped a decision in his first match of the day, but came back to defeat Aidan McCain, 7-3, in the seventh-place match.
Blair Orr finished the event in sixth place at 125 pounds.
Orr started the day with a 4-3 decision over Jack Parker (Bellarmine)
After suffering a decision setback in his next match, Orr fell in a tough match, 2-1, to Ethan Berginic of Army. The two wrestlers met in the second round with Orr falling 2-0.
John Chesser closed out his tournament with a sixth-place finish at 285 pounds.
Chesser opened the day with a victory over Austin Kohlhofer (Army) due to an injury in the third period.
Chesser would suffer a 7-4 setback to Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) before closing out with a 9-8 loss to Bradley Hill in the fifth-place match.