Men's Wrestling

Tiger wrestling places seventh at NWCA National Duals

Jacob Murton posted a 4-0 record at the NWCA National Duals Jan. 9-10 in Cedar Springs Iowa, as No. 11 Campbellsville University handled some of the NAIA's best competition for a seventh-place finish.

Murton was the only Tiger wrestler to collect a pin during a 36-9 opening-round loss to Missouri Valley.


Campbellsville bounced back from the loss to knock off No. 2 California Baptist, 21-19, and No. 8 Oklahoma City, 36-9, in the next two rounds. The Tigers fell to Lindewood, 27-15, in the fourth round, but finished strong with a 25-12 win over Dana College in the seventh-place match.

Tommy Pretty (2-0), Matt David (1-0) and Allen Scruggs (1-0) joined Murton as the other undefeated wrestlers at the duals. Diante Wright, Conor Yound and Daphilo Success also wrestled well over the weekend and came up with big wins for the Tigers. Wright had a pair of clutch pins against Cal Baptist and Dana, while Young had wins over second-ranked Nick Turner of Oklahoma City, Cataline of Cal Baptist and a big pin against Dana College. Matt David's win came against nationally-ranked John Rojas of Cal Baptist.

Success lost his first match to seventh-ranked Chauncey Phillipps of Cal Baptist, but then had wins over his opponents from Lindenwood and Dana on Sunday. Scruggs made the most of his opportunity to wrestle at the duals with a pin over Jake Mabry of Oklahoma City. Other CU wrestlers with wins over ranked opponents this weekend were:


Johnny Papesh, win over fifth-ranked Sam Fragoza of Cal Baptist

Tommy Pretty with a pin against second-ranked Cameron Ream of OKC

Jacob Murton with a pin over No. 8 Eric Graham and a pin against No. 8 Robert Costa of Dana

James Linker with a Major Decision win over No. 7 Mark Meyer of OKC


Results: http://www.nwcaonline.com/naia-1.pdf


Campbellsville travels to the Spartan Mat Classic in Manchester, Ind., on Saturday.




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Players Mentioned

Matt David

Matt David

Sophomore
James Linker

James Linker

Senior
Jacob Murton

Jacob Murton

Sophomore
Johnny Papesh

Johnny Papesh

Sophomore
Tommy Pretty

Tommy Pretty

Sophomore
Allen Scruggs

Allen Scruggs

Freshman
Daphilo Succes

Daphilo Succes

Sophomore
Diante Wright

Diante Wright

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Matt David

Matt David

Sophomore
James Linker

James Linker

Senior
Jacob Murton

Jacob Murton

Sophomore
Johnny Papesh

Johnny Papesh

Sophomore
Tommy Pretty

Tommy Pretty

Sophomore
Allen Scruggs

Allen Scruggs

Freshman
Daphilo Succes

Daphilo Succes

Sophomore
Diante Wright

Diante Wright

Sophomore