BELMONT, N.C. – The Belmont Abbey wrestling team closed out its regular season with a strong 36-6 victory over Limestone in a South Atlantic Conference Carolinas match Saturday evening at the Wheeler Center.
Prior to the match, nine seniors were honored prior to the final match. The list of seniors includes:
John Carroll,
Jacob Cramer,
Ben Fielding,
Luis Mena,
Joe Pesce,
Cole Stoddard, Josh Vega,
David Wilson, Josh Vega and
Aaron Zebrauskas.
The Crusaders were boosted by four pins as they closed out the regular season with four consecutive wins to finish the season with a 9-10 overall record and 5-5 in conference play. Limestone closes the regular season at 4-7 overall, 3-7 in the conference.
RESULTS
125: Kevin Radcliff (LU) def.
Gage Bomar (BAC) (Dec 7-1)
133:
Elijah Boyd (BAC) def. William Finnearty (LU) (Dec 6-3)
141:
John Carayiannis (BAC) def. Smaill Saint Pierre (LU) (Fall 2:57)
149:
Tyler Pepe (BAC) def. Weston Nguyen (LU) (Dec 9-2)
157:
Maxwell Kiel (BAC) def. Avery Dinardi (LU) (Fall 0:56)
165:
Justin Crawford (BAC) def. Alex Dilegge (LU) (Fall 2:43)
174:
Kyler Pickard (BAC) def. Hunter Haven (LU) (Dec 7-6)
184: Kyle Daley (LU) def.
Amir Joseph (BAC) (Dec 3-2)
197:
Colby Maxwell (BAC) def. Anthony Goelzer (LU) (Fall 5:41)
285:
Joe Pesce (BAC) def. Gustavo Martinez (LU) (Dec 9-2)
Exhibition:
Skyler Caban (BAC) def. Bradley Creech (Fall 2:15)
UP NEXT
- The Crusaders will compete at the NCAA Super Regional 2 on Feb. 25 in Pembroke, N.C.
- The top 3 finishers from the regionals will advance to the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships to be held March 10-11 at Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.