Keydet Wrestling Travels to Mountaineer Quad Sunday

LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI wrestling team will compete in its last action of 2019 Sunday, as the Keydets take part in the Mountaineer Quad, hosted by West Virginia University.

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VMI will square off with WVU (2 p.m.), Edinboro University (3:30 p.m.) and Hofstra University (5 p.m.) at the WVU Coliseum.

Seniors Neal Richards and Christopher Beck each won twice on December 6 as the VMI wrestling team split two matches at the Patriot Duals, hosted by George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. VMI beat Long Island University 29-12 in the Keydets' final match of the day, and dropped a 27-16 decision to George Mason earlier in the afternoon.
 
Richards outlasted his GMU opponent at 174 pounds 8-7 and Beck scored a takedown in the final 10 seconds to win 3-1 at 285 pounds. John McGarry pinned Talha Farooq in 4:37 at 125 and Zach Brown recorded an 8-0 major decision victory at 197.
 
Richards and Beck each had major-decision victories against Long Island, 16-4 and 12-2, respectively. Job Chishko (10-2, 149 pounds), Jon Hoover (8-0, 165 pounds) and Max Gallahan (11-3, 184 pounds) also had major decision wins over the Sharks. Noah Roulo won 7-2 at 141 and Cliff Conway won by forfeit at 133.
 
 
Projected lineups:
VMI
125 McGarry
133 Conway or McKinney
141 Roulo 
149 Chishko
157 Lawrence 
165 Hoover 
174 Richards 
184 Gallahan 
197 Brown
285 Beck or Adelstein 
VWU
125 Joey Thomas                     
133 Lucas Seibert                  
141 Caleb Rea                                              
149 Seth Hogue - OR - Liam Lusher                       
157 Alex Hornfeck                   
165 Nick Kiussis
174 Scott Joll   
184 Jackson Moomau      
197 Noah Adams   
285 Brandon Ngati    
Edinboro
125  Lucas Rodriguez 
133 Tye Varndell 
141 Nate Hagan or Carmine Ciotti
149 Tyler Vath 
157 Peter Pappas 
165 Derek Ciavarro 
174 Jacob Oliver 
184 Cody Mulligan
197 Dylan Reynolds 
285 Jon Spaulding 
 
Hofstra
125 Templeton or Ryder
133 Lambert
141 Vespa
149 Reece Heller
157 Holden Heller
165 Stamm
174 Sage Heller
184 Small
197 Rogers
285 Knighton-Ward