LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI wrestling team cruised to identical 53-0 victories Saturday against visiting Fairmont State and Shenandoah Universities in Cormack Hall.
The Keydets are now 5-0 on the season, the best start for the program since the 1984-85 campaign where VMI began 7-0.
Highlights:
*The Keydets had five pins against Fairmont State with two technical falls and one major decision and followed with four pins, five technical falls and one major decision vs. Shenandoah
*Senior
Job Chishko had a pin and technical fall win on the day at 157, as did freshman
Braxton Lewis at 165
*Freshmen
Tony Burke (125) and
Dyson Dunham (133) scored technical falls in each of their matches
*Junior
Travis Fridley pinned his foe from Shenandoah and outlasted his opponent from Fairmont State in a sudden victory session
*
Ray Cmil III and
Ryan Vigil each pinned their opponents in the first period against FSU
Next Time:
VMI will compete in the Soldier Salute in Iowa City Dec. 29-30
VMI 53, Fairmont State 0
125:
Tony Burke (VMI) over Jasup Spragg (FSU) (TF 18-0 5:00)
133:
Dyson Dunham (VMI) over Austin Brett (FSU) (TF 22-6 5:10)
141:
Ray Cmil III (VMI) over Mikey Jones (FSU) (Fall 2:48)
149:
Ryan Vigil (VMI) over Esdras Castillo (FSU) (Fall 1:38)
157:
Job Chishko (VMI) over Navid Ighani (FSU) (Fall 1:01)
165:
Braxton Lewis (VMI) over Jude Childers (FSU) (Fall 4:01)
174:
River Carroll (VMI) over (FSU) (For.)
184:
Zach Brown (VMI) over Austin Gibson (FSU) (MD 11-0)
197:
Travis Fridley (VMI) over Aydan Edwards (FSU) (SV-1 8-6)
285:
Josh Evans (VMI) over Mason Atkinson (FSU) (Fall 3:47)
VMI 53, Shenandoah 0
125:
Tony Burke (VMI) over Tyler McDonald (Shen) (TF 18-0 2:21)
133:
Dyson Dunham (VMI) over Sean Rinebolt (Shen) (TF 16-1 4:56)
141:
Freddy Junko (VMI) over Hunter Ballantine (Shen) (TF 15-0 5:00)
149:
Josh Yost (VMI) over Christian Johnson-Hunte (Shen) (Fall 4:19)
157:
Job Chishko (VMI) over Christopher Johnson-Hunte (Shen) (TF 18-0 3:00)
165:
Braxton Lewis (VMI) over George Vrachnos (Shen) (TF 19-2 4:27)
174:
Jon Hoover (VMI) over Jalen Cornelius (Shen) (MD 10-1)
184:
Zach Brown (VMI) over Dylan Wiegert (Shen) (Fall 0:26)
197:
Travis Fridley (VMI) over Troy Gibson (Shen) (Fall 4:05)
285:
Brian Jackson (VMI) over Kaden Bryan (Shen) (Fall 0:47)
Fairmont State 37, Shenandoah 5
125: Brandan Meyers (FSU) over Elliot Rivera (Shen) (Dec 9-6)
133: Nathan Pelesky (FSU) over Sean Rinebolt (Shen) (MD 11-2)
141: Hunter Ballantine (Shen) over Caleb Everhart (FSU) (Dec 6-2)
149: Kolton Parsons (FSU) over Christian Johnson-Hunte (Shen) (Dec 5-3)
157: Navid Ighani (FSU) over Christopher Johnson-Hunte (Shen) (Dec 3-1)
165: Jude Childers (FSU) over George Vrachnos (Shen) (Fall 4:21)
174: Jalen Cornelius (Shen) over Nick Kelbaugh (FSU) (Dec 11-8)
184: Austin Gibson (FSU) over Dylan Wiegert (Shen) (Fall 3:41)
197: Aydan Edwards (FSU) over Troy Gibson (Shen) (Fall 5:56)
285: Mason Atkinson (FSU) over Kaden Bryan (Shen) (Fall 0:42)
(Shenandoah deducted one point for bench misconduct)
Extra match
125: Jasup Spragg (FSU) over Tyler McDonald (Shen) (Tech Fall 18-0 2:42)
