Charlotte, N.C. - The University of Mount Olive wrestling took down Queens University 22-21 Wednesday night in a South Atlantic Conference Carolinas action. UMO picked up their first win on the season.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
The match started at the 125 weight class and Mount Olive fell behind early via tech fall 16-0. The Trojans then found a little spark as they won the next two matches at 133 (Hayden Waddell) and 141 (Spencer Leonhardt). UMO sandwiched a major decision win at 157 with Jake Nicolosi, as THe Trojans led 13-11 after the 165 match.
Mount Olive felt the lead slip away slightly as Queens took the next two matches. The Royals reclaimed the lead, for the first time since the opening win at 125 and led 21-13. The Trojans fought hard as Jonathan Clark picked up six key points in the 197 class via pin. Jayln McClammy slammed the Trojans home in the final 30 seconds to secure the heavyweight match at 3-1 and won the dual 22-21.
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QU |
UMO |
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125 |
Melvin Rubio (Queens) over Lens Mathurin (Mount Olive) (TF 16-0 0:00) |
5 |
0 |
|
133 |
Hayden Waddell (Mount Olive) over Lucas Comroe (Queens) (Fall 0:00) |
0 |
6 |
|
141 |
Spencer Leonhardt (Mount Olive) over Nico D`Amico (Queens) (Dec 7-0) |
0 |
3 |
|
149 |
Toure Moore (Queens) over Matthew Wuntke (Mount Olive) (Dec 7-3) |
3 |
0 |
|
157 |
Jake Nicolosi (Mount Olive) over Jude Lloyd (Queens) (MD 16-4) |
0 |
4 |
|
165 |
Jay Skalecki (Queens) over Colby Teague (Mount Olive) (Dec 7-1) |
3 |
0 |
|
174 |
Stephon Halliburton (Queens) over Connor Spossey (Mount Olive) (MD 15-4) |
4 |
0 |
|
184 |
Noah Curreri (Queens) over Isaiah Manning (Mount Olive) (Fall 0:00) |
6 |
0 |
|
197 |
Jonathan Clack (Mount Olive) over Riley Kuhn (Queens) (Fall 0:00) |
0 |
6 |
|
285 |
Jayln McClammy (Mount Olive) over Joshua Voelkel (Queens) (Dec 3-1) |
0 |
3 |
| Team Score: |
21 |
22 |
COACHES COMMENTS
"That was about as exciting as it gets. Our chances were slim coming down to the end, but fortunately things worked out our way. Rob Tate [Queens Head Coach] does a great job at Queens and this could have gone either way, but fortunately it went ours this time. Our guys dug deep and wrestled for every team point we could get. It was definatley a team effort and i'm happy that the hard work the team put in paid off," said head coach Dan Willis.
UP NEXT
Mount Olive will compete next on the road at the Wolfpack Open in Raleigh, N.C. on Nov. 14.
