LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI wrestling team will travel to North Carolina this Sunday to compete in the Gardner-Webb University tri-match with Bellarmine University. The Southern Conference matches are scheduled for noon with Bellarmine and 4 p.m. for GWU.
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Freshman 197-pounder
Tyler Mousaw won both of his matches Saturday as VMI split a Southern Conference tri-meet at Davidson College. The Keydets outlasted the host school 24-18 but fell to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 36-3.
Mousaw secured the only fall of the match against Davidson, pinning his opponent in 3:24. Sophomore
Job Chishko earned a 16-0 technical fall victory at 149 and freshman
Blake Showers won a 12-0 major decision at 157. Freshman 184-pounder
Chase Mielnik defeated Gavin Henry 7-5.
This is the first-time VMI and Bellarmine have meet in a wrestling dual. The Knights' first varsity season came in 2016-17 and the program has steadily improved before joining the SoCon this year. Bellarmine is 1-5 this season and 1-3 in conference action, coming off a tri-meet split with The Citadel (18-27 L) and Presbyterian (32-18 W).
Gardner-Webb is 0-7 this year with a 0-4 SoCon record. The Runnin' Bulldogs defeated VMI 23-15 last year in Lexington.
Seth Fillers,
William Lawrence and
Zach Brown all posted victories for the Keydets.
VMI probables
125:
Cliff Conway
133: Luke Fegley
141:
Freddy Junko
149:
Job Chishko/
Josh Yost
157:
Blake Showers/
Seth Fillers
165:
Jon Hoover
174:
Joel Diaz
184:
Zach Brown/
Chase Mielnik
197:
Tyler Mousaw
285:
Solomon Harris
Bellarmine probables
125: Brandon Lucas or Adonis Boyd
133: Max Dansereau
141: Chase Yost or Zach Schultz
149: Mitch Collica or Logan Hoskins
157: Alex Rhine or Clayton Catanzarite
165: Eric Beck or Zane Brown
174: Devan Hendricks
184: Sam Schroeder or Easton Tobia
197: Gavin Grime or Darian Huff
285: Charlie Cadell or Josh McCorkle
Gardner-Webb probables
125: Austin Wadlow or Aedyn Concepcion
133: Todd Carter
141: Trevon Majette
149: Brandon Bright or Jacson Muldrew
157: Taylor Parks
165: RJ Mosley
174: Samuel Mora
184: Jha'Quan Anderson or Evan Schenk
197: Jack Trautman
285: Anthony Perrine or Gabriel Pickett
