ST. CATHARINE, Ky. — Campbellsville University won eight of 10 weights, four by pin, and stuck St. Catharine College's first-year wrestling program with a 37-12 defeat Wednesday night in Lourdes Hall during a Mid-South Conference dual.

"I thought we had a little hangover from national duals," said coach Franky James, whose squad moved to 7-2 in duals this season. "Cole (Manion) and Sam (Conners) both made weight and that gave us a full complement tonight.

"We had a couple of guys who weren't used to this kind of situation yet, but they're going to get better. Jerron (Thomas) loves the spotlight, and I thought he wrestled like he did."

St. Catharine is coached by Tiger alum Spencer Adams with former CU wrestlers Brandon Sellers and Tyler Alsip helping as graduate assistants.

"It was good seeing all of our guys over there working hard to get their program going," continued James. "I'm just happy to see our guys continue wrestling through some tough spots and come out on top."

Cole Manion gave CU a 4-0 lead with a major decision over David Hernandez, but Andy Lenz's pin of Ryu Ballard gave SCC a 6-4 lead two matches in.

Campbellsville got a pin from Conners and a 5-4 riding time decision by Kyle Terry preceding Justin Brown's pin for a 19-6 lead.

L.J. Henderson squeezed by Mitch Rusch, 4-3, before Brandon Pledger rallied for a 5-3 decision, which sealed the win up 25-6.

Thomas and heavyweight Terrell Moore sandwiched a couple of pins around a fall by BJ Carman over Evan Decker.

"Evan made one mistake, and it got him in trouble," said James. "He's going to be OK."

Campbellsville travels to Lindenwood-Belleville on Friday, Jan 23 for its next match.
  

CAMPBELLSVILLE 37, ST. CATHARINE 12

125: Cole Manion (CU) def. David Hernandez (SCC), Maj. Dec.  12-4

133: Andy Lenz (SCC) def. Ryu Ballard (CU), Fall 5:40

141: Sam Conners (CU) def. Tyler McCoy, Fall 1:09

149: Kyle Terry (CU) def. Cody Coomes (SCC), Dec. 5-4

157: Justin Brown (CU) def. Ty Bennett (SCC), Fall 4:05

165: L.J. Henderson (CU) def. Mitch Rusch (SCC), Dec. 4-3

174: Brandon Pledger (CU) def. Bernard Ray (SCC), Dec. 5-3

184: Jerron Thomas (CU) def. Joey Garcia (SCC), Fall 4:32

197: BJ Carman (SCC) def. Evan Decker (CU), Fall 0:18

285: Terrell Moore (CU) def. Garrett Harding (SCC), Fall 2:30