Men's Wrestling

Tiger Wrestling 13th in National Tourney

Sioux City, IA - Campbelllsville University is 13th in the NAIA National Wrestling Tournament with 51.0 points.  All Tiger wrestlers have completed their matches.
David Clemens finished fifth in the 157# division to lead Campbellsville while Zach Flake placed 6th in the 141# division and Glen Jackson finished sixth in the 197# division.
 
An update on the wrestlers who were still active today and how they finished:
141# - Flake won his opening match 9-4 over Spencer Griffiths, ranked second in the class from Great Falls,  He then defeated Jermaine Wave of McKendree 11-7.  Wave was ranked 7th in the class.  In his next match, Flake handled Eric Graham of Missouri Valley 13-8.    Flake was defeated by Adam Koballa of Notre Dame College by a 3-1 score in the semi-finals.  Flake lost in the semi-finals of the Wrestleback to Barry Johnson of Southern Oregon and then lost in the fifth place match to Tyler Chang of Embry-Riddle.
157# - Both Campbellsville wrestlers made it to the quarterfinals before losing their first round matches.  David Clemens (JR/Dayton, OH) defeated Dan Pray but then lost to Lee Morrison of Menlo 5-2.  Clemens was ranked 2nd in the class and Morrison 8th. Clemens the wrestled Melvin Bell of William Penn and won 16-3.  Clemens then lost to DJ Jackson of Northwestern College in the semi-finals of the Wrestleback and defeated Lee Morrison of Menlo 12-5 for 5th Place.
157# - George Sheppard (FR/Newport News, VA) won his first match 8-7 over Timothy Paige of King College before being pinned at the 0:57 mark by Matt Collum of Missour Baptist.  Sheppard then defeated Michael O'hara of Lindenwood 5-2. He was eliminated from the tournament with an 11-10 loss to Jason Billinski of Dana College.
197# - Glen Jackson (JR/Chesapeake, VA) defeated Alex Calvi of Great Falls 4-3 and then moved into the semis with a 16-4 win over Jeff Cobb of Missouri Valley.  He then lost 2-1 to 2nd ranked Andrew Sanchez of McKendree in the semi-finals. He then lost in the semi-finals of the Wrestleback to Alex Cavi of Great Falls and lost in the 5th place match to Brandon Hudiburgh of Hastings College.
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Players Mentioned

David Clemens

David Clemens

Junior
Zach Flake

Zach Flake

Junior
Glen Jackson

Glen Jackson

Junior
George Sheppard

George Sheppard

Freshman

Players Mentioned

David Clemens

David Clemens

Junior
Zach Flake

Zach Flake

Junior
Glen Jackson

Glen Jackson

Junior
George Sheppard

George Sheppard

Freshman