LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Wrestling split its tri-meet slate by defeating Sacred Heart before falling to Bloomsburg on Saturday at Cormack Hall.
 
The Keydets took care of business against the Pioneers in a 22-13 victory, but could not catch up to the Huskies, 26-11. VMI moves to 4-3 overall, with all four wins coming at home.
 
 
VMI vs. Sacred Heart
VMI started strong with back-to-back triumphs in the early bouts, getting a decision from 125-pounder Waylon Rogers before a major decision by 133-pounder Kyle Gibson made it 7-0 Keydets. Piling onto the lead was Patrick Jordon with a last-second pin that put VMI up by 10.
 
Ryan Vigil battled to a tight 2-1 decision at 165 pounds. Despite the Pioneers getting three wins and cutting it to 16-13, the Keydets used two decisions from their heavier weight classes – 197-pounder Toby Schoffstall and heavyweight Cole Will – to spring forward and secure the win.
 
Final Results (VMI 22, Sacred Heart 13)
125: Waylon Rogers (VMI) over Caden Smith (SH) (Dec 9-2)
133: Kyle Gibson (VMI) over Tyler Hildebrandt (SH) (MD 13-5)
141: John Hildebrandt (SH) over Phoenix Alyea (VMI) (Dec 5-1)
149: Patrick Jordon (VMI) over Dakota Asuncion (SH) (Fall 6:55)
157: Felix Lettini (SH) over Ray Cmil (VMI) (Dec 7-3)
165: Ryan Vigil (VMI) over AJ Falcone (SH) (Dec 2-1)
174: Aidan Zarrella (SH) over Beau Lewis (VMI) (Dec 7-5)
184: Hunter Perez (SH) over Andrew Barford (VMI) (MD 20-11)
197: Toby Schoffstall (VMI) over Chris DeLena (SH) (Dec 8-5)
285: Cole Will (VMI) over Brendan Gilchrist (SH) (Dec 8-3)
 
VMI vs. Bloomsburg
The Huskies, who are NCAA Division I and MAC affiliates in wrestling, got off to a hot start, taking an early 14-0 lead through three matches. However, thanks to a pair of decisions from Patrick Jordon at 149 pounds and Eric Doran at 157 pounds, the Keydets were able to get in the score book. Jordon used a late reversal to go up 6-4, before Doran fended off a late attack by the Huskies to score the 8-6 decision.
 
Down 17-6, VMI cut the deficit in half after 174-pounder Beau Lewis scored a dominating 19-1 technical fall to make it just a six-point dual. Despite the efforts, VMI was outplayed by Bloomsburg, winning the remaining three bouts all within a three-point decision.
 
Final Results (VMI 11, Bloomsburg 26)
125: Jace Schafer (BU) over Waylon Rogers (VMI) (TF 15-0 7:00)
133: Aiden Grogg (BU) over Kyle Gibson (VMI) (Fall 2:59)
141: Richie Woods (BU) over Eli Cramer (VMI) (Dec 2-0)
149: Patrick Jordon (VMI) over Dustin Elliott (BU) (Dec 6-4)
157: Eric Doran (VMI) over William Morrow (BU) (Dec 8-6)
165: Braidon Woodward (BU) over Ryan Vigil (VMI) (Dec 8-1)
174: Beau Lewis (VMI) over Vasilios Dimou (BU) (TF 19-1 4:47)
184: Ethan Ducca (BU) over Andrew Barford (VMI) (Dec 4-1)
197: Coy Raines (BU) over Toby Schoffstall (VMI) (Dec 6-3)
285: Mason Rebuck (BU) over Cole Will (VMI) (Dec 8-6)
Ex 285: Tyler McCatharn (BU) over Drake Garrison (VMI) (Dec 8-5)
 
Next Up
The Keydets open the new year in the Soldier Salute on January 3-4 at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa.
 
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