Jarvis Elam scored a takedown with 40 seconds left in the first round to score the first points in the 125-pound match. After entering the third period tied, 2-2, Elam escaped the hold of Kary Goff and scored a takedown to build a 5-2 lead. Elam allowed only another escape for Goff to give the Tigers a 3-0 team lead to start the dual.
At 133 pounds, Tim Thurston used three takedowns and a reversal to take down the Blue Raiders' Ethan Miller in an 8-3 decision. All three of Miller's points came as escape points.
Tommy Pretty, ranked seventh in the NAIA, scored the first extra points for the Tigers at 141 pounds with a 13-4 major decision over No. 11 Isaac Thomas. Pretty took a 7-2 lead in the first period before scoring a takedown and three more back points in the second period. Thomas scored his four points on reversals.
After Lindsey Wilson forfeited six points to the Tigers at 149 pounds, fifth-ranked Conor Young of CU scored a 5-0 upset over No. 2 Charles Pingleton. The NAIA Top 5 battle was scoreless in the first period before Young scored a takedown toward the end of the second period. He added an escape and takedown in the third period to avenge a November major decision loss to Pingleton.
Lindsey Wilson began to make the dual interesting with a James Haywood pin of Paul Gryniuk at 165. The six points were the first of the night for the Blue Raiders, cutting the Tigers lead to 19-6. Third-ranked Ian Stephens added to the Blue Raiders' tally with an 8-0 major decision over No. 6 Josh Ashbrook.
Allen Scruggs shut out rival Andrew Hairston in one of the more intense rivalries of the night to set up the Tigers' victory. Scruggs scored a takedown in the first period but neither grappler scored in a neutral second period. After Hairston chose to take top in the third period, Scruggs scored an escape and penalty point for a 4-0 decision. The win moved the rivalry to a 2-2 record after Scruggs defeated Hairston 2-1 in overtime at LWC last January before losing twice to the former CU Tiger at the NAIA East qualifier in February. Tuesday's dual was Hairston's first competition of the 2011-12 season.
Jamelle Jones, ranked No. 2at 197 pounds, clinched the dual with a pin over Aaron Edington in 1:06. The Tigers forfeited the 285-pound match.
Campbellsville takes a week and a half off before traveling to the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky., Jan. 28 for the Mid-South Conference Tournament. CU has won the last two MSC championships.
Results:
125 - Jarvis Elam (CU) def. Kary Goff (LWC), Dec. 5-3 (CU 3-0)
133 - No. 3 Tim Thurston (CU) def. Ethan Miller (LWC), Dec. 9-3 (CU 6-0)
141 - No. 7 Tommy Pretty (CU) def. No. 11 Isaac Thomas (LWC), Maj. Dec. 13-4 (CU 10-0)
149 - No. 9 Matt Milton (CU), forfeit (CU 16-0)
157 - No. 5 Conor Young (CU) def. No. 2 Charles Pingleton (LWC), Dec. 5-0 (CU 19-0)
165 - James Haywood (LWC) def. Paul Gryniuk (CU), Fall 1:34 (CU 19-6)
174 - No. 3 Ian Stephens (LWC) def. No. 6 Josh Ashbrook (CU), Maj. Dec. 8-0 (CU 19-10)
184 - No. 4 Allen Scruggs (CU) def. Andrew Hairston, Dec. 4-0 (CU 22-10)
197 - No. 2 Jamelle Jones (CU) def. Aaron Edington, Fall 1:06 (CU 28-10)
285 - No. 12 Derek Nickel, forfeit (CU 28-16)
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