BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey wrestling team held their second home match of the season Wednesday vs Queens. The Abbey came away with the 21-18 victory. The Crusaders won six matches to move to 2-2 on the season and 2-0 in South Atlantic Conference Carolinas action. The royals move to 1-5 on the year and 0-2 in league competition.
John Carayiannis earned the major decision with a 16-7 victory. Tyler Pepe wrestled to a hard fought 6-5 decision. Tyler Gregor tied the match with his major decision. The crusader took the lead after Mitch Dean's major decision. Logan Branham tied the match at 18 with his decision. The Crusaders won the match with the final bout as Justin Wright earned the 4-1 decision.
In extra countable matches Dylan Montgomery and Amir Joseph earned victories.
 
125:        Melvin Rubio (QU) over Brandon Crowder (BAC) (TF 16-0, 6:30)
133:        Lucas Comroe (QU) over Elijah Boyd (BAC) (Fall, 6:30)
141:        John Carayiannis (BAC) over Nico D'Amico (QU) (MD 16-7)
149:        Tyler Pepe (BAC) over Toure Moore (QU) (Dec 6-5)
157:        Tyler Gregor (BAC) over Jude Lloyd (QU) (MD 9-1)  
165:        Mitch Dean (BAC) over Jay Skalecki (QU) (MD 18-8)
174:        Stephon Halliburton (QU) over Christos Avgeros (BAC) (SV-1 4-2)
184:        Noach Curreri (QU) over Connor Billingsly (BAC) (MD 9-0)
197:        Logan Branham (BAC) over Austin Watkins (QU) (Dec 5-2)
285:        Justin Wright (BAC) over Joshua Voelkel (QU) (Dec 4-1)
 
Extra Countable Matches
125:        Dylan Montgomery (BAC) over Griffin Gonzalez (QU) (Dec 9-0)
174:        Amir Joseph (BAC) over Liam Kirkpatrick (QU) (MD 15-4)
197:        Riley Kuhn (QU) over Joe Pesce (BAC) (Fall)
 
Up Next
The Crusaders will compete Saturday against Allen and St. Andrews as well as in the Life Open in Marietta, Ga.