ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Headlined by a trio of individual titles for Gylon Sims (125 lbs), Carson DesRosier (149 lbs) and Thomas Snipes (165 lbs) along with two silver-medal finishes from Patrick Brophy (197 lbs) and John Chesser (285 lbs), The Citadel (10-4, 6-2 SoCon) orchestrated a monumental performance throughout the 2025 Southern Conference Championship, solidifying second overall as a program behind a total 73.5 points -- good for the best team outing since the 2013-14 campaign -- across the two-day event Friday and Saturday at Kimmel Arena.

For The Citadel, the individual championships for Sims, DesRosier and Snipes represent the first three-spot for the Bulldogs since Ugi Khishignyam (141 lbs), Aaron Walker (157 lbs) and Marshall Haas (197 lbs) secured hardware at the 2014 SoCon tournament. Additionally, tacking on the automatic qualifier for Brophy courtesy of the SoCon postseason allocations serves up the first Citadel quartet to clinch NCAA berths since the five-man squad of Khishignyam (141 lbs), Matt Frisch (149 lbs), Walker (157 lbs), Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (174 lbs) and Haas (197 lbs) advanced to the national tournament during that same year.

Finally, Snipes along with head coach Ryan LeBlanc garnered superlative recognitions post-championship as the former collected Most Outstanding Wrestler honors while the latter locked down the Southern Conference Coach of the Year distinction.


CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS
125 -- Gylon Sims (CIT) over Luke Passarelli (DAV), TF (17-2, 6:51)
133 -- Logan Heil (CAMP) over George Rosas (CIT), DEC (5-2)
141 -- Todd Carter (GWU) over Thomas Termini (CIT), TF (20-3, 4:54)
149 -- Carson DesRosier (CIT) over Joseph Giordano (GWU), DEC (6-4)
157 -- Drew Pepin (GWU) over Tyler Badgett (CIT), DEC (3-2 TB-1)
165 -- Thomas Snipes (CIT) over Logan Chambers (VMI), MD (15-3)
174 -- Ben Haubert (CIT) over Riley Augustine (CAMP), DEC (4-2)
184 -- Kamdyn Munro (UTC) over Micah DiCarlo (CIT), MD (11-2)
197 -- Patrick Brophy (CIT) over Josh McCutchen (GWU), MD (17-7)
285 -- John Chesser (CIT) over Landon Sargent (CAMP), MD (11-0)

CONSOLATION QUARTERFINALS
133 -- George Rosas (CIT) over Hale Robinson (DAV), FALL (1:23)
141 -- Eli Knight (UTC) over Thomas Termini (CIT), FALL (4:48)
157 -- Tyler Badgett (CIT) over Raymond Cmil (VMI), FALL (4:03)
184 -- Micah DiCarlo (CIT) over Jackson Potts (GWU), TF (18-2, 7:00)

CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS
125 -- Gylon Sims (CIT) over Jack Parker (BU), MD (11-2)
149 -- Carson DesRosier (CIT) over Wynton Denkins (CAMP), DEC (6-5)
165 -- Thomas Snipes (CIT) over Domonic Baker (CAMP), DEC (4-1 SV-1)
174 -- Lucas Uliano (APST) over Ben Haubert (CIT), DEC (4-1)
197 -- Patrick Brophy (CIT) over Carson Floyd (APST), DEC (8-7)
285 -- John Chesser (CIT) over Daulton Mayer (BU), MD (11-3)

CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
133 -- George Rosas (CIT) over Trayce Eckman (BU), DEC (8-2)
157 -- Jeremiah Price (APST) over Tyler Badgett (CIT), DEC (8-3)
174 -- Ben Haubert (CIT) over Marc Koch (DAV), DEC (6-0)
184 -- Logan Eller (APST) over Micah DiCarlo (CIT), DEC (4-1)

THIRD PLACE
133 -- Chad Bellis (APST) over George Rosas (CIT), DEC (5-0)
174 -- Riley Augustine (CAMP) over Ben Haubert (CIT), DEC (11-8)

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
125 -- Gylon Sims (CIT) over Tyson Lane (GWU), DEC (7-6)
149 -- Carson DesRosier (CIT) over Kaden Keiser (APST), DEC (4-1 SV-1)
165 -- Thomas Snipes (CIT) over Will Miller (APST), DEC (4-1)
197 -- Levi Hopkins (CAMP) over Patrick Brophy (CIT), DEC (8-5 SV-1)
285 -- Stephan Monchery (APST) over John Chesser (CIT), DEC (6-5)


NEXT UP
With the Southern Conference Championship officially concluded, Gylon Sims (SoCon 125 lbs AQ), Carson DesRosier (SoCon 149 lbs AQ), Thomas Snipes (SoCon 165 lbs AQ) and Patrick Brophy (SoCon 197 lbs AQ) along with any potential at-large Bulldog picks -- selection show airs at 8 pm ET on Wednesday, March 12 via NCAA.com -- await their bracket determinations for the upcoming NCAA Wrestling Championships, slated for Thursday, March 20 through Saturday, March 22 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa.