VMI Wrestling Falls 30-9 at Sacred Heart

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Despite wins from Cliff Conway, Will Lawrence and Neal Richards, the VMI wrestling team was defeated 30-9 Sunday at Sacred Heart University.
Conway defeated his opponent 5-0 at 133 pounds and Lawrence won 6-3 at 157. Richards had a 5-1 victory at 174 pounds.
Sacred Heart improves to 2-2 on the season, while VMI is now 4-7.

The Keydets travel to the University of Virginia Saturday at 1 p.m. and return home Sunday for a Southern Conference match at noon against Chattanooga.

Complete results:

125 Pounds: Kyle Randall (SHU) vs. John McGarry (VMI) – Randall by Fall, 8-0. SHU up 6-0. 1:26 riding time Randall.
 

• Randall scored a pair of points on a take-down as riding time lasted over a minute.
• Through the riding time he picked up
• Another takedown by Randall sealed the four points and won by technical fall.

 
133 Pounds: Sean Faraon (SHU) vs. Cliff Conway (VMI), - Conway, by decision 5-0, riding time 3:20 SHU leads 6-3.
 

• Neither side picked up points for the first minute.
• VMI scored two points on an escape to give Conway a 2-0 lead.
• Conway held a strong hold increasing his riding time to over a minute.
• In the second round, Conway picked up a point for a tackling violation to take a 3-0 lead with 1:26 remaining in the second.
• Conway gained a point with an escape to give him a 4-0 lead.
• In the third round, Conway held a strong pin on Faraon to keep his riding time up.
• A tackle warning by Faraon gave Conway a 5-0 lead.

141 Pounds: Noah Roulo (VMI) vs. Gerard Daly (SHU)- Daly, technical fall 20-5 Riding Time 1:33, SHU leads 11-3
 

• Daly scored two points right off the bat with a takedown.
• Then Daly tallied another takedown shortly after to take a commanding 4-0 lead.
• Daly scored two more points to kick off the second round with a takedown while Roulo earned one for an escape shortly after to tighten the lead for Daly to 6-1.
• Daly took another four points for a strong pair of takedowns.
• Roulo did score a point for a second escape shortly after.
• Another takedown by Daly upped his points to 16-3 and held onto Roulo for two more following 18-4.

  
149 Pounds: Nick Palumbo (SHU) vs. Job Chishko (VMI)- Palumbo by decision 5-2 riding time 1:38. SHU leads 14-3.
 

• A takedown by Palumbo would give him two points to start the opening round.
• Chishko picked up one point for an escape soon after.
• Palumbo cashed in another takedown with :26 seconds left in the round to take a 4-1 lead.
• Chishko picked up another point late in the second round to tighten Palumbo's lead to 4-2.

  
157 Pounds: William Lawrence (VMI) vs. Will Schmidt (SHU)- Lawrence by decision 6-3, SHU leads 14-6.
 

• Schmidt picked up two points for a takedown as Lawrence picked up one for an escape to make the score 2-1 Schmidt with 1:02 remaining in the opening round.
• Lawrence picked up a pair of points for a hold to give him a 3-2 lead.
• An escape for Schmidt in the second round evened the score up at 3-3.
• In the third round, an escape by Lawrence gave him the 4-3 lead with 1:40 remaining in the match.
• Lawrence picked up two quick points shortly after to give him a 6-3 lead.
• Lawrence would become victorious winning the match 6-3.

  
165 Pounds: Brandon Levesque (SHU) vs. Jon Hoover (VMI)- Levesque by decision 4-1,  riding time 2:11.5, SHU leads 17-6.
 

• For the first 1:30, neither side picked up a point in the opening round.
• A takedown for Levesque gave him a 2-0 lead heading into the second round.
• Levesque picked up an escape to up his score to 3-0 with 1:00 left in the second round.
• Hoover picked up his first points with an escape to tighten Levesque's lead to 3-1.

 
 174 Pounds: Joe Accousti (SHU) vs. Neal Richards (VMI)-  Richards, by decision 5-1 riding time 0:31, SHU leads 17-9
 

• Neither side picked up a point in the opening round.
• Richards would pick up a point via an escape early in second round to take a 1-0 lead.
• A takedown by Richards would put him ahead 3-0 with riding time also beginning.
• Accousti picked up a point to kick off the third round to tighten Richard's lead to 3-1.
• A quick two points for a takedown by Richards gave him the 5-1 win.

184 Pounds: Kyle Davis (SHU) vs. Max Gallahan (VMI)-  Davis by pin,  SHU leads 23-9.
 

• A takedown by Davis gave him a 2-0 leads with 1:35 left in the first round.
• An escpae by Gallahan tightened Davis lead to 2-1.
• Then a pin Davis sealed the victory to give SHU six points.

  
197 Pounds: Robert Hetherman (SHU) vs. Zach Brown (VMI), Hetherman by decision 3-0 riding time 2:27, SHU leads 26-9
 

• Neither side picked up a point in the opening round.
• Hetherman gained a 2-0 lead off a reversal with :39 seconds left in the second round.
• Hetherman held his riding time for over two minutes to give him a point and the 3-0 win.

 
Heavyweight: Robbie Adelstein (VMI) vs. Connor Fredericks (SHU) Fredericks by decision 10-2
 

• A takedown by Fredericks to put him ahead 2-1.
• An escape by Adelstein tightened Fredericks lead to 2-1 shortly after.
• A second takedown by Fredericks would put him ahead 4-1 with :03 left in the first round.
• An escape by Fredericks put him ahead 5-1 with 1:30 left in the second round.
• Another two points for Fredericks on a takedown put him ahead 7-1 with :18 seconds left in the second round.
• An escape early in the third round by Adelstein put Fredericks ahead 7-2 with 1:22 left in the match.
• A takedown by Fredericks put him ahead 9-2 in the closing seconds of the match.

 
 
Final Team Points: SHU 30  VMI 9