RICHMOND, Va. – VMI Wrestling picked up two intense bout wins in a neutral-site loss to Bellarmine Friday night at Benedictine College Preparatory.
The Keydets dropped their second Southern Conference dual, 35-10, at the hands of the Knights to fall to 4-5 overall and 0-2 in conference play.
Starting the meet at 149 pounds, VMI started strong with a big 15-4 major decision from
Patrick Jordon, who iced last year's Alumni Weekend Dual in the clutch, to put the Keydets up 4-0 early.
Four Knights picked up bout wins before 197-pounder
Toby Schoffstall used an escape and hard takedown to flip his opponent on his back and earn the pin in the first period. Bellarmine would follow up with a 4-0 bout run to escape Richmond with its second SoCon victory.
Final Results (VMI 10, Bellarmine 35)
125: Damion Ryan (BU) over
Waylon Rogers (VMI) (TF 19-4 6:27)
133: Trayce Eckman (BU) over
Cody Tanner (VMI) (TF 22-3 3:31)
141: AJ Rallo (BU) over
Dyson Dunham (VMI) (SV-1 5-2)
149: Patrick Jordon (VMI) over Nate Higley (BU) (MD 15-4)
157: Jeb Prechtel (BU) over
Ray Cmil (VMI) (Fall 2:43)
165: Noah Hall (BU) over
Ryan Vigil (VMI) (MD 16-5)
174: Grant O`Dell (BU) over
Beau Lewis (VMI) (Dec 11-5)
184: Keenan Wyatt (BU) over
Andrew Barford (VMI) (Dec 13-8)
197: Toby Schoffstall (VMI) over Andrew Liber (BU) (Fall 2:14)
HWT: Daulton Mayer (BU) over
Cole Will (VMI) (Fall 2:13)
Next Up
The Keydets' next test takes them to Clinton, South Carolina, for another league battle against Presbyterian. VMI faces the Blue Hose on Sunday, February 1, at 2 p.m. The dual will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
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