OKALAHOMA CITY, Okla. —
Chuck Sharon went a perfect 5-0 throughout the day, as the eighth-ranked Campbellsville Tigers took down No. 11 Wayland Baptist and York College but were not up for the task against three of the top teams in the country, finishing with a 2-3 record at the Oklahoma City Duals.
The three loses came to No. 13 Concordia, No. 6 Oklahoma City and Hastings, which was receiving votes in the latest poll.
No. 13 Concordia (Neb.) 26, No. 8 Campbellsville 10
The Tigers struggled out of the gates against No. 13 Concordia and only won three matches in the 10-match dual.
Angel Vasquez defeated Cooper Bailey with a 7-2 decision,
Justin Brown won a close bout over Walker Fisher, 5-4, and
Chuck Sharon won via major decision, 8-0, over Joshua Nelson.
No. 8 Campbellsville 26, No. 11 Wayland Baptist 13
The Tigers rebounded with a big win over No. 11 Wayland Baptist in the second dual of the day.
Campbellsville won seven of the 10 duals with
Michael Beets starting the domination with an 8-7 decision over Adelfo Valdez at 125 lbs.
After No. 11 DeMarco Speller took down No. 15 Koltez Radaz at 133 lbs., the Tigers won three straight duals.
Jayce Carr pinned Adraham Rodriguez in 3:49,
David Sparks defeated Damarea Speller (3-1) and
Michael Diemer won with a sudden victory (7-5) over Romen Correa to give CU a 15-4 lead.
After dropping the 165 lbs. bout,
Justin Brown and
Chuck Sharon pulled out 5-2 and 7-5 decisions, respectively, to seal the dual. Sharon, who ranks No. 3 at 184, pulled an upset over No. 2 Michael Napier.
No. 8 Riley Williams from Wayland Baptist pinned
Jacob Franklin in 4:09 but the match was already in CU's hands.
Terrell Moore dominated Tim McCutcheon at heavyweight to earn five points for CU at the end.
No. 8 Campbellsville 51, York 3
Campbellsville picked up a 51-3 win over York, which forfeited six of the 10 matches.
The Tigers won three of the four remaining matches, with
Michael Beets (125) defeated No. 5 Oscar Marin,
Jacob Franklin (197) and
Nate Jackson (285) all posting wins. Franklin and Jackson pinned their opponents in 3:40 and 4:16, respectively. Beets won a 10-6 decision over Oscar Marin.
At 174 lbs., York's Nicholas Meck defeated CU's LJ Henderson, 7-3. Picking up forfeit wins, were: Aaron Rugano (133),
Jayce Carr (141),
Michael Diemer (149),
Lee Johnson (157),
Brandon Pledger (165) and
Chuck Sharon (184).
RV Hastings (Neb.) 23, No. 8 Campbellsville 21
Campbellsville and Hastings split the fourth dual of the day with five match wins but it was Hastings who earned consecutive pins at 157 and 165 lbs. to clinch the advantage.
After
Adrian Camposano and
Aaron Rugnao gave the Tigers an 8-0 lead with consecutive major decisions at 125 and 133 lbs., respectively, Hastings won four straight bouts at 141, 149, 157 and 165.
With the Broncos leading 19-8,
Justin Brown and
Chuck Sharon brought the Tigers right back to within two points, 19-17. Brown earned a 3-2 decision over Billy Thompson and Sharon pinned Gideion Monette in 1:30 to earn nine points between the two.
But it was Jake Wood who sealed the dual for Hastings, as he earned a major decision over
Jacob Franklin at 197 (12-3) and put the dual out of reach.
Nate Jackson earned a 17-5 major decision over Daniel Gonzalez but it was too-little too-late for Campbellsville.
No. 6 Oklahoma City 19, No. 8 Campbellsville 14
In the final dual of the day, Campbellsville won four of the matches but it wasn't enough for the Tigers to upset No. 6 Oklahoma City University.
After getting down 3-0 in the first match,
Kolten Radaz,
Jayce Carr and
David Sparks rallied the troops for three consecutive victories. Radaza took down Michael Sanchez (4-2), Carr earned an 18-5 major decision over Thomas Miller and Sparks also earned a major decision over Gavin Millhouse (10-1).
But then it was all OCU. The Stars called CU's three wins with a trio of victories themselves to take a 13-11 lead in the dual.
Chuck Sharon put the Tigers back on top 14-13 with a 5-3 decision over No. 5 Derek Siversten but that was as close as the Tigers would get.
OCU pulled out a 7-5 sudden victory at 197 and an 8-4 decision at heavyweight to seal the victory.
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