INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Three Campbellsville wrestlers recorded top 10 finishes at the Midwest Classic Tournament to lead the Tigers to an 18th place finish out of 32 NCAA DII, DIII and NAIA teams. 

Kyle Terry (157), Sean Black (174) and Chuck Sharon (184) finished in the top 10 of their respective weight classes, as CU recorded 37 team points, 28.5 points coming from those three Tigers. 

Terry placed fifth and recorded 10 team points. In the quarterfinals, Zebulan Beam of Ashland University won in sudden victory over Terry but the two would meet again in the fifth place match were Terry won by a 7-2 decision. 

Sharon placed sixth, scoring 10.50 team points. Sharon won round one, two and the quarterfinals by decision, tech fall and sudden victory, respectively. In the fifth-place match, Nick Burghardt of Maryville University won by medical forfeit over Sharon.

Black finished eighth and scored eight team points. After the opening round, Black entered the consolation bracket where he won by a major decision, a fall and a 7-1 decision after he received a bye in consolation round one. In the seventh place match Zak Benitz of Upper Iowa University won by fall over Black.

There were 32 teams to participate in the Midwest Classic, 23 teams were NCAA DII, one was NCAA DIII and eight teams were NAIA. The top five teams to finish were all at the NCAA DII level. No. 1 Maryville University won the tournament recording 121.5 points team points. The Saints had six top five finishes. No. 17 University of Wisconsin-Parkside finished runner-up with 119.5 points, having five wrestlers in the top five.

Rounding out the rest of the top five teams were No. 7 Pittsburgh-Johnstown with 103 points and Upper Iowa University with 103 points, who tied for third. No. 6 Lake Erie College finished fifth with 91 team points.

Five other Mid-South Conference teams competed in the Classic. Sixth-ranked Life Univeristy was the only other team to place higher than CU, finishing 15^th with 42.5 points. After Campbellsville's 18^th place finish, four MSC teams were to follow: St. Catharine College (23^rd, 26.5 points), University of the Cumberlands (24^th, 20 points), Brewton-Parker (29^th, 3.5 points) and Lindsey Wilson College (30^th, 3.0).

The Midwest Classic ended the fall semester for the Tigers. They will return to the mats on Jan. 8-9 for the National Duals in Fort Wayne, Ind.

For tournament results click HERE 

125 - NAIA No. 3 Christian Clary (6-3) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Clary (CU) 6-3 won by major decision over Sebastian Vidika (Ashland) 6-2 (MD 14-3)
Champ. Round 2 - Clary (CU) 6-3 won by decision over Forrest Glogouski (Lake Erie College) 3-2 (Dec 9-2)
Quarterfinal - Joshua Kieffer (University of Indianapolis) 13-3 won by major decision over Clary (CU) 6-3 (MD 8-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Reed Jacks (King) 14-7 won by decision over Clary (CU) 6-3 (Dec 9-4)

141 - NAIA No. 12 David Sparks (6-4) place is unknown and scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Sparks (CU) 6-4 won by fall over Stetson Loader (Adams State) 0-2 (Fall 6:36)
Champ. Round 2 - Ryan Skonieczny (Findlay) 12-7 won by decision over Sparks (CU) 6-4 (Dec 8-7)
Cons. Round 2 - Austin Solari (Newberry) 10-6 won by decision over Sparks (CU) 6-4 (Dec 3-2)

149 - Andrew Hoskins (5-7) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Adams (Western State) 2-2 won by fall over Hoskins (CU) 5-7 (Fall 4:59)
Cons. Round 1 - Hoskins (CU) 5-7 received a bye
Cons. Round 2 - Steffon Fassett (University of Central Missouri) 2-2 won by decision over Hoskins (CU) 5-7 (Dec 5-3)

157 - NAIA No. 4  Kyle Terry (11-4) placed 5th and scored 10.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Terry (CU) 11-4 won by decision over Chase Hack (Indiana Institute of Technology) 3-2 (Dec 5-2)
Champ. Round 2 - Terry (CU) 11-4 won by decision over Alex Rice (Newberry) 7-5 (Dec 8-4)
Quarterfinal - Zebulan Beam (Ashland) 2-3 won in sudden victory - 1 over Terry (CU) 11-4 (SV-1 7-5)
Cons. Round 4 - Terry (CU) 11-4 won by decision over Andy Dobben (St. Catharine) 14-8 (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Terry (CU) 11-4 won in sudden victory - 1 over Samphanh Viengmany (Tiffin) 3-2 (SV-1 3-1)
Cons. Semi - Christian Baughman (Lake Erie College) 5-1 won by decision over Terry (CU) 11-4 (Dec 8-3)
5th Place Match - Terry (CU) 11-4 won by decision over Zebulan Beam (Ashland) 2-3 (Dec 7-2)

165 - NAIA No. 15 Sean Black (6-5) placed 8th and scored 8.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Travis Bradford (Western State) 4-1 won by decision over Black (CU) 6-5 (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Round 1 - Black (CU) 6-5 received a bye
Cons. Round 2 - Black (CU) 6-5 won by major decision over Peyton Geary (Wheeling Jesuit) 11-5 (MD 15-7)
Cons. Round 3 - Black (CU) 6-5 won by fall over Anthony Codella (Life) 8-7 (Fall 2:08)
Cons. Round 4 - Black (CU) 6-5 won by decision over Lukas Gilmore (Newberry) 12-7 (Dec 7-1)
Cons. Round 5 - Nicholas Skonieczny (Findlay) 16-9 won by decision over Black (CU) 6-5 (Dec 4-2)
7th Place Match - Zak Benitz (Upper Iowa) 19-6 won by fall over Black (CU) 6-5 (Fall 3:42)

174 - NAIA No. 11 Justin Brown (4-5) place is unknown and scored 1.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Joey Mammolenti (King) 10-7 won by decision over Brown (CU) 4-5 (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Round 1 - Brown (CU) 4-5 won by major decision over Zach Perez (Brewton-Parker) 4-8 (MD 9-1)
Cons. Round 2 - John Filipek (McKendree) 17-9 won by decision over Brown (CU) 4-5 (Dec 5-4)

184 - NAIA No. 4 Chuck Sharon (6-5) placed 6th and scored 10.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Sharon (CU) 6-5 won by decision over Andrew Krawulski (McKendree) 11-14 (Dec 8-5)
Champ. Round 2 - Sharon (CU) 6-5 won by tech fall over Dalton Lane (Shorter) 6-4 (TF-1.5 3:53 (19-2))
Quarterfinal - Sharon (CU) 6-5 won in sudden victory - 1 over Huston Evans (Newberry) 14-4 (SV-1 11-7)
Semifinal - Travis McKillop (Pittsburgh - Johnstown) 18-0 won by decision over Sharon (CU) 6-5 (Dec 8-1)
Cons. Semi - Cody Chaney (Emmanuel) 15-4 won by fall over Sharon (CU) 6-5 (Fall 3:32)
5th Place Match - Nick Burghardt (Maryville) 3-2 won by medical forfeit over Sharon (CU) 6-5 (M. For.)

197 - NAIA No. 6 Nate Knauf (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Knauf (CU) 0-2 received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Mick Dougharity (Western State) 4-2 won by decision over Knauf (CU) 0-2 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Luke Diener (McKendree) 11-13 won by medical forfeit over Knauf (CU) 0-2 (M. For.)

285 - NAIA No. 13 Terrell Moore (6-3) place is unknown and scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Moore (CU) 6-3 won by decision over Gerald Beck (Findlay) 5-10 (Dec 7-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Mario Bell (St. Catharine) 2-2 won by decision over Moore (CU) 6-3 (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Devin Morrow (Univ. of Cumberlands ) 10-4 won in sudden victory - 1 over Moore (CU) 6-3 (SV-1 4-2)