GAFFNEY, S.C. – The Belmont Abbey wrestling team defeated the 20th ranked Limestone Saints 19-18 to move to the top of the South Atlantic Conference Carolinas standings Wednesday evening. Michael Siwiec came away with the winning decision in the final bout of the match to help earn the win for The Abbey. The Crusaders captured five bouts including Greg Hilliard's win over Garrett Beam who is ranked eighth in the country.
Results
125 James Sass (LIME) over Joshua Vega (BAC) (Dec 3-2)
133 Majid Corbit (LIME) over Lleyton Taylor (BAC) (Dec 8-6)
141 John Burger (LIME) over Justin Payne (BAC) (MD 10-2)
149 Joshua Blatt (BAC) over Phil Ruiz (LIME) (MD 8-0)
157 Mitchel Dean (BAC) over Kurtis Aimable (LIME) (Dec 9-3)
165 Greg Hilliard (BAC) over Garrett Beam (LIME) (Dec 5-3)
174 Kenneth Prince (LIME) over Dylan Zabbaro (BAC) (Dec 4-0)
184 Logan Branham (BAC) over Kyle Daley (LIME) (Fall 4:21)
197 Matthew Rudy (LIME) over Brian Girard (BAC) (TF 19-4 5:08)
285 Michael Siwiec (BAC) over Jervey Sistrunk (LIME) (Dec 6-1)
Belmont Abbey: 19
Limestone: 18
Up Next
The Crusades will travel to Shippensburg, Pa. Saturday, where they will partake in four duals. On the trip, they will compete against American International, East Stroudsburg, Millersville, and Shippensburg.
