SIUE Splits Final SoCon Duals

By SIUE Athletics

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE clinched a winning record in the Southern Conference Sunday after splitting a pair of matches at the Vadalabene Center.

SIUE, 4-3 in SoCon action and 6-12 overall, dropped a 32-9 decision to Campbell to open the day but rebounded for a convincing 46-6 triumph over VMI. It was SIUE’s biggest dual victory of the season.

“We felt like there were more matches that we could have won throughout the year,” said SIUE Head Coach Jeremy Spates. “Every year we’ve gotten better at the SoCon Tournament so we’re trying to build on that as well.”

John Muldoon, Tyshawn Williams and Christian Dulaney were double winners for the Cougars.

Muldoon captured a key victory at 133 pounds, besting Nathan Boston 8-5. Boston came into the match ranked No. 31 in the coach’s national individual rankings. Muldoon then earned a technical fall over VMI’s Jacob Mills.

Williams scrambled to defeat Zachary Barnes 11-10 at 149 pounds. He added a 5:00 pin against VMI’s Dylan Walsh.

Dulaney won a pair of decisions at 197 pounds, defeating Campbell’s Chris Kober 10-5 and VMI’s Max Gallahan 7-4.

SIUE collected four falls and two technical falls against VMI. Williams, Dakota Leach (141), Karsten Van Velsor (157) and Bryce Shewan (174).

“Many of our wrestlers have put themselves into position to gain good seeds at the SoCon Tournament,” added Spates.

The Cougars have one more week left in the regular season and have two nonconference matches left on the schedule. SIUE welcomes No. 3 Missouri Wednesday for a 6 p.m. dual and No. 19 Northwestern next Sunday for a 2 p.m. contest.

SIUE 46 VMI 6
125 – Zac Gentzler (SIUE) over James Milstead (VMI) (TF 18-3 5:49)
133 – John Muldoon (SIUE) over Jacob Mills (VMI) (TF 16-1 4:44)
141 – Dakota Leach (SIUE) over Michael Hulcher (VMI) (Fall 6:37)
149 – Tyshawn Williams (SIUE) over Dolan Walsh (VMI) (Fall 5:00)
157 – Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE) over Steven Midkiff (VMI) (Fall 1:29)
165 – Nate Higgins (SIUE) over Shamus Bartmess (VMI) (TF 16-1 6:48)
174 – Bryce Shewan (SIUE) over Jack Scalio (VMI) (Fall 6:07)
184 – Christopher Beck (VMI) won by forfeit
197 – Christian Dulaney (SIUE) over Max Gallahan (VMI) (Dec 7-4)
285 – Tommy Helton (SIUE) vs. Jake Koch (VMI) (MD 8-0)

Campbell 32 SIUE 9
125 – Korbin Meink (Campbell) over Zac Gentzler (SIUE) (SV-1 3-2)
133 – John Muldoon (SIUE) over Nathan Boston (Campbell) (Dec 8-5)
141 – Jonathan Ryan (Campbell) over Dakota Leach (SIUE) (MD 12-4)
149 – Tyshawn Williams (SIUE) over Zachary Barnes (Campbell) (Dec 11-10)
157 – Austin Kraisser (Campbell) over Karsten Van Velsor (SIUE) (Dec 8-5)
165 – Quentin Perez (Campbell) over Nate Higgins (SIUE) (Fall 5:44)
174 – Andrew Morgan (Campbell) over Bryce Shewan (SIUE) (MD 13-5)
184 – Luke Funck (Campbell) won by forfeit
197 – Christian Dulaney (SIUE) over Chris Kober (Campbell) (Dec 10-5)
285 – Jere Heino (Campbell) over Tommy Helton (SIUE) (Fall 5:53)

Campbell 55 VMI 0
125 – Korbin Meink (Campbell) over James Milstead (Vmi) (TF 15-0 3:11)
133 – Nathan Boston (Campbell) over Jacob Mills (Vmi) (Fall 0:49)
141 – Jonathan Ryan (Campbell) over Michael Hulcher (Vmi) (Dec 17-11)
149 – Zachary Barnes (Campbell) over Dolan Walsh (Vmi) (TF 20-4 2:32)
157 – Austin Kraisser (Campbell) over Steven Midkiff (Vmi) (Fall 2:26)
165 – Quentin Perez (Campbell) over Shamus Bartmess (Vmi) (Fall 3:22)
174 – Andrew Morgan (Campbell) over Jack Scalio (Vmi) (Fall 4:15)
184 – Luke Funck (Campbell) over Christopher Beck (Vmi) (Fall 2:24)
197 – Chris Kober (Campbell) over Max Gallahan (Vmi) (Fall 3:55)
285 – Jere Heino (Campbell) over Jake Koch (Vmi) (Fall 0:44)