The Blue and Gold were able to jump out to an early lead with a decision by freshman James Sass (Summerville, S.C.) at 125 lbs, before dropping their first of only three bouts during the night.
After their second loss of the night, falling late in the third period at 149, the Saints kicked off a five-match winning streak that started with a forfeit on the part of the Crusaders at 157.
Limestone took home a victory in every match after that leading up to a tough fought loss at the heavyweight division as sophomore Cody VandeLinde (Deland, Fla.) was unable to squeak out the victory and dropped a 6-5 decision to round out the night.
TURNING POINT
Freshman Mac Mota (Sumter, S.C.) kicked of the five-match winning streak for the Saints as he was able to earn the 10-6 decision over Belmont Abbey's Wyatt Blume.
KEY STAT
Limestone only dropped three matches throughout the course of the night proving to be too much for the Crusaders to handle as the Blue and Gold took home victories in seventy percent of the bouts.
NOTABLE
-Sass provided a crucial escape in the last ten seconds of the opening match of the duel to pick up three points for the Saints with a 10-9 decision.
-Freshman Matthew Rudy provided the only pin on the night for the Blue and Gold taking down Belmont Abbey's Gerry Vassil in 3:26.
SOUND BITES
"It's was a good performance tonight in our opening duel of the year, but we still have a lot of work to do and we plan to get it done." -Junior Ross Benzel (Virginia Beach, Va.)
UP NEXT
WHERE: Dallas Floyd Rec Center, Lebanon, Tenn.
WHEN: Tuesday, December 1, 5:00 p.m.
WHO: Limestone College Saints (1-0) vs. Cumberland University (1-1)
Results:
125: James Sass (LC) dec. over William Rees (BAC), 10-9
133: Troy Gregor (BAC) pins Chris Rivera (LC), F 0:56
141: Ross Benzel (LC) major dec. over Kane Price (BAC), 10-1
149: Daniel Soares (LC) Scott Bosak (BAC) pins Daniel Soares (LC), F 6:25
157: DeAndre' Johnson (LC) wins by Forfeit (BAC)
165: Mac Mota (LC) dec. over Wyatt Blume (BAC), 10-6
174: Raekwon Reggler (LC) major dec. over Tyler Maclain (BAC), 13-4
184: Clif Decius (LC) dec. over Brandon Dillis (BAC), 11-5
197: Matthew Rudy (LC) pins Gerry Vassil (BAC), F 3:26
HWT: Chaas Delgado (BAC) dec. over Cody VandeLinde (LC), 6-5
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