BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The Tigers had six grapplers wrestling in the Mid-South Conference finals and came away with a pair of individual titles but Campbellsville finished fourth in the team standings of the MSC Championship.

Adrian Camposano and Terrell Moore both won individual titles at 125lbs and 285lbs, respectively. Camposano won his championship match handily but Moore earned a pin with just seven second left on the clock in the third period to seal the title.

The tournament doubled as the NAIA East Regional Qualifier, which will seed teams for the national championship scheduled for March 3-4 in Topeka, Kan. The top three finishers in each of the 10 weight classes claimed one of the 180 automatic spots to the national championships.

Including Moore and Camposano, Chuck Sharon, Jayce Carr, Jaedin Sklapsky and Justin Brown all earned automatic berths to the NAIA Championship.

The fourth-ranked Tigers finished fourth in the team standings with 114.5 points. No. 5 Lindsey Wilson claimed the title with 167.5 points, followed by No. 7 University of the Cumberlands with 131 points and No. 9 Life University with 119.5.
 
Top-ranked Camposano was the first Tiger to bring home an individual title at 125. He got down early but was able to pull out a 13-6 victory over Randy McCary, Jr. Camposano earned a bye in the first round and went on to win three matches. He tech'd Timothy Britt 20-4 and then won via major decision over Sean Nguyen, 15-5 to move into the final bout.

No. 16 Moore led early with a pair of takedowns but a Jeff Chandler cut the deficit to 4-2 with two escapes and scored a two-point takedown, tying the match at four. Chandler took a 5-4 lead with a one-point escape but Moore answered with a penalty point tying the match at five. Moore led 6-5 before earning the fall in 6:53.

Moore swept his way through to the final match as well. He defeated his first round opponent of John Hill 5-4 and earned a major over Jon Floyd, 17-7. Moore defeated Ameer Daniels 2-1 to set up a championship bout with Chandler

No. 11 Carr won three matches to set up a championship bout. He defeated Cameron Nolan via major decision 15-3 and then pinned Zeke Lee in 3:29 moving into the semifinal. Carr took down Denver Stonecheck with a 12-4 major decision before falling to top-seed and No. 3 Tres Leon, 13-4.

Twelfth-ranked Jaedin Sklapsky was oh-so-close from stealing a title away from No. 9 Daniel Leonard of Lindsey Wilson. Tied at one after three periods, the duo went to the overtime rounds but Sklapsky got rode out of bounds for a Leonard point, sealing a 2-1 victory.  

Sklapsky went through the 149 bracket with three wins – a major decision 15-5 over Bobby Ehman, pin over Kemondra Pauldo in 0:42 and 6-3 decision over Dallas Brown to set up a championship match with Leonard.

Tenth-ranked Lindsey Wilson's Rhodes Bell got the best of No. 8 Justin Brown in the title bout at 174, falling 3-1. Brown won three matches as well leading up to the final – a 7-5 decision over Darrell Duggan, 4-3 over Colton Rowe and 5-3 over Colton Gonzalez.


Top-ranked Chuck Sharon fell for the first time this year in the finals to Matt Walker from Lindsey Wilson. Sharon led 4-2 but Walker earned two reversal points and ended up winning on riding time late, 5-4.

Sharon, who entered with a perfect 22-0 record, has dominated his competition all season and picked up a pin over Nick Whitmire from Reinhardt and 8-4 decision over Kyle Delaune from Cumberland.

The remainder of the 240-man field will be filled with at-large individuals. Each of the six qualifying groups receive five wildcards, which are chosen by the coaches at the post-qualifier meeting. The remaining 30 wrestlers are determined by a national selection committee. Up to 15 nominations from each area are considered by the committee.
 
Outside of the Tigers in finals, Campbellsville had a few others compete their tails off. At 133 pounds, Aaron Rugnao pinned his first opponent – Spender Wilson – in 1:55 but fell to the consolation bracket with a 5-4 loss to Jordan Marshall. He later defeated Robles Gomez with a 21-4 tech fall before falling to Triston Blansit, 3-2.

Joining Carr at 141 was Angel Vasquez. He fell into the consolation bracket with a 10-8 sudden victory loss and was defeated by Brandon Webber, 3-2, to end his chances.

At 149, David Sparks also fell into the consolation bracket after an opening round loss to Dyllan Greene, 4-2. In the consolation bracket, he was pinned by Leland Swafford in 1:45.
 
Campbellsville did not have a grappler complete at 157 or 165.
 
The 174 weight class was full of top talent across the south. In addition to Brown, LJ Henderson competed for the Tigers at 174 but fell to Rhodes Bell via 5-2 decision. He defeated Stevenson Decrial in the consolation bracket, 8-5, but then lost to Orlando Nawade by major decision 12-4.

At 197, Tyler Rowland has been wrestling exceptional as of late and won a pair of championship bracket matches. He defated Timothy Johnson 6-1 and then took down Kohl Dodd 2-1 before falling to Ramsey Bloy.

Lastly at 285, Nate Jackson joined Terrell Moore. Jackson won his first round match over Tommie Turner but Jeff Chandler pinned Jackson in 2:55 in the quarterfinal.

Jackson went on to win a consolation match over Jose Garcia with a 14-12 sudden victory.
 
More information will be posted after the completion of the NAIA Qualifiers across the country.