Men's Wrestling

No. 6 Campbellsville takes second at Mount Union Invite

ALLIANCE, Ohio – Tiger Wrestling completed its first tournament of the season in style at the Mount Union Invitational, earning a runner-up finish after 10 individuals placed, including four finalists and two champions.

It was Campbellsville University's first team competition of the season after splitting its roster during the first two weeks to compete at the Citadel Open and University of the Cumberlands' Patriot Open.

Shawn McGhee (157 pounds) and Chuck Sharon (184 pounds), which both won the Citadel Open, won their second tournament of the season by dominating their weights. McGhee tech'd three opponents and pinned two in his run to the title, including a 16-0 tech fall in the first place match. Sharon wrestled only three matches due to a first round bye and injury default win, but the redshirt freshman picked up a pin, a 5-0 decision and a 21-4 tech fall in the finals over Jeff Palmieri from Brockport .

Kyle Terry (149) and Travis McIntosh (174) also reached the finals for the Tigers but finished runner-up in their weight with a 3-1 record. Terry fell by major decision to Mount Union's Ben Kazimir, while McIntosh fell in a close, 3-2, decision to Brockport's Dylan Zivcic.

Other Tigers to place were Ryu Ballard (133 pounds, eighth), L.J. Henderson (165 pounds, fourth), Justin Brown (165 pounds, eighth), Nate Knauf (197 pounds, seventh), Jordan Watkins (285 pounds, fourth) and Nate Jackson (285 pounds, sixth). They are the first heavyweights to place in a tournament for CU since Chris Daniels in 2011.

Following last season's 24 dual wins, the most in all of college wrestling in 2013-14, the Tigers struggled in tournament settings. On the return from a 10th place finish at the NAIA Championships, CU head coach Franky James began sculpting his schedule to balance competitive duals with competitive tournament team races for 2014-15. Saturday was the first step in the process.

"This was our first time to attend the Mount Union Invite, so we were excited to go and compete up there. The tournament field was a good mix of NCAA Division II and Division II. We were the only NAIA team to get an invite and we competed well enough to make it a great team race and come away with the runner-up trophy," James said.

"It was good to see the Brockport team from New York and also good to see a few other teams in the tournament that we always see on the recruiting trail. Coach Schindal ran a good tournament and Mount Union had great Facilities so it was a good experience for our team. Many of our parents were able to make it to this tournament and see our team compete for the first time this season. It was good to see all the Campbellsville supporters in attendance."

Lake Erie won the tournament, collecting 140 points, while Campbellsville had 133.5, one point ahead of host Mount Union (132.5). Brockport (104.5), Seton Hill (104), Ohio Valley (96), Gannon (89.5), Wheeling Jesuit (87) and Thiel (51) rounded out the team scores.

Campbellsville (0-0) will open its duals schedule Saturday, Nov. 22 at home in Gosser Gym. Competition is expected to begin at 9 a.m. EST.


Mount Union Invite Results for Campbellsville
133 - Ryu Ballard (2-3) placed 8th and scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jaylen Hill (Wheeling Jesuit) def. Ballard (CU), Maj.Dec. 8-0
Cons. Round 1 - Ballard (CU) def. Jordan Maynard (Brockport ), Dec 7-5
Cons. Round 2 - Ballard (CU) def. Rocco Rosso (Brockport ), Dec 13-6
Cons. Round 3 - Ross Bahro (Lake Erie) def. Ballard (CU), Maj. Dec. 12-2
7th Place Match - Jaylen Hill (Wheeling Jesuit) def. Ballard (CU), Dec 3-0

141 - Sam Conners (1-2) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Sam Conners (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - Pat Owens (Seton Hill) def. Conners (CU), Dec 5-2
Cons. Round 2 - Conners (CU) Jason Miller (Thiel), Tech Fall 6:47 (18-1)
Cons. Round 3 - Preston Bowshier (Wheeling Jesuit) def. Conners (CU), Fall 2:10

149 - Kyle Terry (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 19.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Terry (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - Terry (CU) def. Isaac Morisette (Lake Erie), Maj. Dec. 12-4
Quarterfinal - Terry (CU) def. Eric Green (Wheeling Jesuit), Dec 7-4
Semifinal - Terry (CU) def. Tanner Druck (Seton Hill), Fall 4:30
1st Place Match - Ben Kazimir (Mount Union) Terry (CU), Maj. Dec. 13-4

157 - Shawn McGhee (5-0) placed 1st and scored 28.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Shawn McGhee (CU) def. James Devine (Brockport ) 0-2 (TF-1.5 3:35 (16-1))
Champ. Round 2 - McGhee (CU) def. Jacob Tremoulis (Mount Union), Fall 2:19
Quarterfinal - McGhee (CU) def. Peyton Geary (Wheeling Jesuit) 4-5 (Fall 0:13
Semifinal - McGhee (CU) def. Levi Stoyer (Seton Hill), Tech Fall 5:13 (17-2)
1st Place Match - McGhee (CU) def.  Garrett Smith (Gannon), Tech Fall 1:56 (16-0)

157 - Terry Harris (0-2) place is unknown.
Champ. Round 1 - Peyton Geary (Wheeling Jesuit) def. Terry Harris (CU), Dec 6-4
Cons. Round 1 - Harris (CU) , Byr
Cons. Round 2 - Justin Smith (Lake Erie) def. Harris (CU), Dec 12-10

165 - LJ Henderson (3-2) placed 4th and scored 14.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - LJ Henderson (CU) def. Anthony Smith (Wheeling Jesuit) , Maj. Dec. 14-4
Quarterfinal - Henderson (CU) 3-2 def. Nick Vandermeer (Lake Erie), Dec. 4-1
Semifinal - Seth Cutright (Ohio Valley) def. Henderson (CU), Tech Fall 3:40 (15-0)
Cons. Semi - Henderson (CU) def. Shane Brown (Mount Union), Injury
3rd Place Match - Nick Vandermeer (Lake Erie) def. Henderson (CU), Dec 12-8

165 - Justin Brown (2-3) placed 8th.
Champ. Round 1 - Nick Hendershot (Mount Union) def. Justin Brown (CU), Dec 5-0
Cons. Round 1 - Brown (CU) def. Na`Codie Barrows (Wheeling Jesuit), Dec 2-1
Cons. Round 2 - Brown (CU) def. Brandan Collins (Thiel) 0-2 (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Round 3 - Nick Vandermeer (Lake Erie) def. Brown (CU), Dec 6-0
7th Place Match - Michael Falcon (Brockport ) def. Brown (CU), Dec 3-2

174 - Travis McIntosh (3-1) placed 2nd and scored 18.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Travis McIntosh (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - McIntosh (CU) def. Jacob Datz (Mount Union), Fall 1:23
Quarterfinal - McIntosh (CU) def. Alec Mills (Lake Erie), Dec 10-5
Semifinal - McIntosh (CU) def. Chad Zeigler (Mount Union), Dec 8-3
1st Place Match - Dylan Zivcic (Lake Erie) def. McIntosh (CU), Dec 7-6

184 - Chuck Sharon (4-0) placed 1st and scored 25.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Sharon (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - Sharon (CU) def. Brett Fortune (Mount Union), Fall 3:36
Quarterfinal - Sharon (CU) def. Ryan Winslow (Wheeling Jesuit), Injury
Semifinal - Sharon (CU) def. Brent Kirk (Mount Union), Dec 5-0
1st Place Match - Sharon (CU) def.  Jeff Palmieri (Brockport ), Tech Fall 6:45 (21-4)

184 - Jerron Thomas (1-2) place is unknown.
Champ. Round 1 - Thomas (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - Sawyer Leppla (Wheeling Jesuit) def. Jerron Thomas (CU), Maj. Dec. 17-5
Cons. Round 2 - Thomas (CU) def. Ryan Kenski (Thiel), Fall 3:00
Cons. Round 3 - Andrew Wood (Gannon) def. Jerron Thomas (CU) Dec 14-12

184 - Miguel Santis (0-2) place is unknown.
Champ. Round 1 - Santis (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - Brent Kirk (Mount Union) def. Santis (CU), Dec 6-2
Cons. Round 2 - Logan Campbell (Mount Union) def. Santis (CU), Maj. Dec. 12-3

197 - Nate Knauf (3-2) placed 7th and scored 7.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Knauf (CU) def.  Bryan Olson (Mount Union), Dec 5-1
Quarterfinal - Trevor Beiter (Gannon) def. Knauf (CU), Dec 4-3
Cons. Round 2 - Knauf (CU) def. Joseph Cordova (Mount Union), SV-1 3-1
Cons. Round 3 - Morris Lawson (Seton Hill) def. Knauf (CU), Dec 4-2
7th Place Match - Knauf (CU) 3-2 won by fall over Warren Zaller (Mount Union), Fall 4:32

197 - Evan decker (0-2) place is unknown.
Champ. Round 1 - Warren Zaller (Mount Union) def. Evan Decker (CU), Dec. 6-0
Cons. Round 1 -  Decker (CU) 0-2 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Morris Lawson (Seton Hill) def. Decker (CU), Dec 4-1

285 - Jordan Watkins (4-2) placed 4th and scored 14.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jordan Watkins (CU), Bye
Champ. Round 2 - Lorenzo Maddox (Gannon) def. Watkins (CU), Tie Breaker, 2-1
Cons. Round 2 - Watkins (CU), Bye
Cons. Round 3 - Watkins (CU) def. Tyler Vervalin (Brockport ), Fall 4:47
Cons. Round 4 - Watkins (CU) def. Alex Soutiere (Seton Hill), SV-1 3-1
Cons. Round 5 - Watkins (CU) def.Jacob Alarie (Mount Union), Maj. Dec. 9-1
Cons. Semi - Watkins (CU) def. Nate Jackson (CU), Dec 3-2
3rd Place Match - Nick Budd (Gannon) def. Watkins (CU), Dec 4-1

285 - Nate Jackson (2-3) placed 6th.
Champ. Round 1 - Nate Jackson (CU) 2-3 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jackson (CU) def. Cody Carr (Mount Union), Dec 7-4
Quarterfinal - Jackson (CU) def. Nick Budd (Gannon), Dec 2-1
Semifinal - Cole Tristram (Brockport) def. Jackson (CU), Fall 0:36
Cons. Semi - Jordan Watkins (CU) def.Jackson (CU), Dec. 3-2
5th Place Match - Corey Siegfried (Wheeling Jesuit) def. Jackson (CU), SV-2 0-0
 

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