The Citadel Challenges Air Force, Purdue in Third-Annual Throwdown on the Yorktown

Saturday, November 7

Mount Pleasant, S.C. / USS Yorktown CV-10

12:30 PM

The Citadel

Air Force

Photo by: Brian Stone

11/6/2026 4:27:00 PM | Wrestling

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Under the guidance of first-year head coach Tim McCall, The Citadel wrestling program officially opens the 2026-27 campaign with back-to-back duals as part of the third-annual Throwdown on the Yorktown on Saturday, Nov. 7, initially battling Pac-12 adversary Air Force at 12:30 p.m. before later matching up against B1G contender Purdue at 5 p.m.

The two-day event features 14 total men's and women's wrestling teams from across the nation, all squaring off on the flight deck of the time-honored USS Yorktown anchored in the Charleston Harbor off the coast of Mount Pleasant, S.C.

THROWDOWN ON THE YORKTOWN III
THE CITADEL (0-0, 0-0 SoCon) vs. AIR FORCE (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12)
Saturday, Nov. 7 | 12:30 p.m.
USS Yorktown CV-10 | Mount Pleasant, S.C.
LIVE STATS | WATCH

THE CITADEL (0-0, 0-0 SoCon) vs. PURDUE (1-0, 0-0 B1G)
Saturday, Nov. 7 | 5 p.m.
USS Yorktown CV-10 | Mount Pleasant, S.C.
LIVE STATS | WATCH

PROJECTED LINEUP

125 -- Gylon Sims OR Sam Cherichello
133 -- Teegan Vasquez
141 -- Presley Johnson
149 -- Tommy Johnson OR Henry Gessford
157 -- Jacob Silka
165 -- Andrew Meadows OR Parker Kearns
174 -- Owen Hendricks OR Braxton Russell
184 -- Brodie Porter OR Dominic Hittepole
197 -- Mason Ayers
285 -- Bryce Dadey OR Lance Peterson

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