PEMBROKE – The University of Mount Olive men's wrestling team competed at the Pembroke Open on Saturday, highlighted by an individual championship from Nicholas Rogers at 285 pounds and an eighth-place finish from Logan Tortual at 133 pounds.

Rogers led the Trojans with a first-place finish in the heavyweight division. He opened the tournament with a 4-2 decision over Kiyon Brown before defeating Hunter Miller of Coker 9-4 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Rogers secured an 18-5 major decision over Orrin King of King University to advance to the championship match. He capped his tournament with another 4-2 decision, defeating Brycen Arthur of Campbell (unattached) to claim the individual title.

Tortual recorded an eighth-place finish at 133 pounds after compiling four victories. He opened the tournament with a dominant 15-0 technical fall over Tyler Johnson of Belmont Abbey (unattached). Following a loss in the championship bracket, Tortual responded with three consecutive victories in the consolation bracket, defeating teammate Tristen Lawrence by fall in 1:33 before earning falls over Mohammad Sadra Davtalansabet of Central Florida in 2:22 and Bryce Nichols of Glenville State in 3:31. Tortual advanced to the consolation semifinals before falling to Taylon Winker of C2X Academy. He later competed in the seventh-place match, falling to Clifton Bakhsh IV of UNC Pembroke.

At 149 pounds, Khalel Sibugan recorded a victory in his opening match, defeating Ismael Robles of Central Florida (unattached) by fall in 2:34. Sibugan followed with an 11-8 decision loss to Cameron Massey of UNC Pembroke before his tournament ended in the consolation bracket.

At 197 pounds, Joseph Miller earned a consolation-bracket victory with a fall over Billy Bell of Greensboro in just 35 seconds. Miller opened the tournament with a loss to Nigel Williams of UNC Pembroke before dropping a 2-1 decision to Andrew Forcier (unattached).

The Trojans also received tournament experience from Alex Monks at 125 pounds, Cole Hunt and Elijah Watts at 141 pounds, Corey Fazekas and Ben Geren at 149 pounds, Jahron Wardrick at 157 pounds, Braden Reynolds at 165 pounds, and Wyatt Goff at 174 pounds.