ROANOKE, Va. – Sports took center stage inside Center in the Square Sunday afternoon where Roanoke College wrestling held hits 3rd annual match at Mill Mountain Theatre.
“The season gets monotonous sometimes and so I think to break that up is really important and it couldn’t have happened at a better time to be honest,” said Roanoke College head coach Nate Yetzer. “Our guys got up for this match.”
Roanoke dominated much of the day, picking up wins in the first five matches including a pin fall by Mark Samuel at the 141 weight class.
Marymount managed to win one match at the 165 weight class as Tallion Elliott beat Kyle Lee.
But the Maroons closed things out with a Nicholas Cook 4-1 sudden victory over Basheer Hadi at 285.
Roanoke wins it 42-3.
“For our guys to regroup and come out here and do what they did on Thursday night and again tonight and battling sickness, I’m just very proud of these guys,” Yetzer said. “They’ve kept a very level head and that’s what it’s all about. That’s what we try to coach them up on--just turn the page and let’s worry about the next one and I thought they really did a good job of that this week.”
| Weight | Winner (School) | Loser (School) | Result | Roa Pts | MM Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Mac Cafurello (Roanoke) | Ian Morales (Marymount) | Tech Fall 19–3 (6:26) | 5 | 0 |
| 133 | Jude Robson (Roanoke) | Joseph Custodio (Marymount) | Tech Fall 20–5 (3:48) | 5 | 0 |
| 141 | Mark Samuel (Roanoke) | Khalil Boddie (Marymount) | Tech Fall 15–0 (2:16) | 5 | 0 |
| 149 | Taylor Smith (Roanoke) | Patrick Martin (Marymount) | Tech Fall 21–6 (2:42) | 5 | 0 |
| 157 | Casey Smith (Roanoke) | Henry Lunsford (Marymount) | Fall (4:37) | 6 | 0 |
| 165 | Tallion Elliott (Marymount) | Kyle Lee (Roanoke) | Decision 7–4 | 0 | 3 |
| 174 | Joe Zereini (Roanoke) | Joshua Estrada (Marymount) | Tech Fall 17–2 (3:17) | 5 | 0 |
| 184 | Brock Sullivan (Roanoke) | Dennis Meza Velasquez (Marymount) | Tech Fall 16–1 (4:34) | 5 | 0 |
| 197 | Hunter Moore (Roanoke) | Mohammed Fofana (Marymount) | Decision 8–2 | 3 | 0 |
| 285 | Nicholas Cook (Roanoke) | Basheer Hadi (Marymount) | SV-1, 4–1 | 3 | 0 |