The Citadel's Anthony Easter narrowly edged out Cortney Roberts in the 125-pound match after seeing Roberts rally from a 5-1 first-period deficit to knot the score at 5-5. Easter was awarded a riding time point and scored the 6-5 decision to claim the early 3-0 advantage for The Citadel.
Pniewski flipped the three-point spread in favor of Gardner-Webb by running his record to 29-9 with a pin 58 seconds into the second period. Pniewski grabbed the early 3-0 lead after the opening frame and had built the cushion to 6-0 before sticking Billy Bullwinkel for the six-point win.
Ninth-ranked Sean Markey returned the favor in the 141-pound bout by pinning Chas Franz with 18 seconds remaining in the first frame to reclaim the lead for The Citadel by a 9-6 margin.
Elliott then took the mat against The Citadel's Nick Orio and scored a takedown 51 seconds into the match. The twelfth-ranked Elliott quickly followed the takedown with a pair of three-point near falls to grab a commanding 8-0 lead and finished off his 39th-straight, dual-match victory with a pin at the 1:50 mark.
Glaser then scored GWU's third win in the first five matches to give the Bulldogs a 15-9 lead. Glaser and Chris Humphries battled to a scoreless draw through the first two periods, but Glaser rode Humphries for the entire second frame and earned a quick escape in the third session to take the 2-0 decision at 157 pounds.
The Citadel charged back with a technical fall at 165 and back-to-back 5-2 decisions at 174 and 184 to take the 20-15 advantage heading into the final two bouts.
Mark Thompson then secured the team win for The Citadel with an 11-3 major decision victory over Brent Blackwell at 197.
Brandon Schweitzer ended The Citadel spurt by blanking John Buck, 6-0, in the heavyweight match, but it was not enough as Gardner-Webb fell by a 24-18 score.
The loss drops Gardner-Webb to 12-12 on the season, while The Citadel climbs to 8-8 in dual match action. GWU will close out the regular season on Wednesday night when it hosts UNC Greensboro (10-6) at 7:00 pm.
The Citadel Def. Gardner-Webb, 24-18
125 – (CIT) Anthony Easter dec. Cortney Roberts, 6-5
133 – (GWU) Josh Pniewski pin Billy Bullwinkel, 3:58
141 – (CIT) No. 9 Sean Markey pin Chas Franz, 2:42
149 – (GWU) No. 12 Daniel Elliott pin Nick Orio, 1:50
157 – (GWU) Adam Glaser dec. Chris Humphries, 1-0
165 – (CIT) Dan Thompson tech. fall Jordan Lowe, 21-6
174 – (CIT) Darius Caldwell dec. Chad Davis, 5-2
184 – (CIT) John Dickerson dec. Brandon Beach, 5-2
197 – (CIT) Mark Thompson maj. dec. Brent Blackwell, 11-3
285 – (GWU) Brandon Schweitzer dec. John Buck, 6-0
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