VMI won the first three bouts of the night, as redshirt-senior Johnathan Pope began the night at 125 lbs. with a 5-3 decision over Gardner-Webb’s Brett Kostern, moving his season record to an even 4-4 on the season.
Junior Luke Todd continued the VMI run at 133 lbs., downing Alex Hamm 8-2, and junior David Yost knocked off Richie Spicel by a narrow 5-4 decision to run the score to 9-0 in favor of the Keydets.
After Ryan Medved defeated VMI’s redshirt-senior Michael Long at 149 lbs. by a slim 1-0 margin, Alex Medved picked up a major decision over freshman Nick Emison 13-2, trimming the Keydet advantage to 9-7.
After consecutive defeats at the hands of the Medved brothers, junior Joe Munno defeated Justin Guthrie 7-3, and classmate Matt Brock earned a major decision over Bulldog opponent Erin O’Dell, 9-0 to bring the Keydet advantage to 16-7 with three matches remaining.
However, the Runnin’ Bulldogs answered right back with a major decision of their own, as Jonathan Velasquez majored sophomore John Dommert to cut the Keydet advantage to 16-10. Travis Porter then beat VMI freshman Chris Gill, wrestling in his first dual match with a 16-0 tech. fall moved the tally to 16-15 in favor of the Keydets.
With the Runnin’ Bulldogs not entering a heavyweight, VMI senior Josh Wine picked up a forfeit victory, sealing the 22-15 Keydet victory.
VMI returns to the mat after an extended break, as the Keydets will travel to one of the premier tournaments on the east coast, the Southern Scuffle, on Dec. 29-30. The tournament will be hosted by Southern Conference rival, UNC-Greensboro.
Results:
125 - Johnathan Pope (VMI) dec. Brett Kostern (GWU) - 5-3 (VMI 3-0)
133 - Luke Todd (VMI) dec. Alex Hamm (GWU) - 8-2 (VMI 6-0)
141 - David Yost (VMI) dec. Richie Spicel (GWU) - 5-4 (VMI 9-0)
149 - Ryan Medved (GWU) dec. Michael Young (VMI) - 1-0 (VMI 9-3)
157 - Alex Medved (GWU) maj. dec. Nick Emison (VMI) - 13 - 2 (VMI 9-7)
165 - Joseph Munno (VMI) dec. Justin Guthrie (GWU) - 7 - 3 (VMI 12-7)
174 - Matthew Brock (VMI) maj. dec. Erin O'Dell (GWU) - 9 - 0 (VMI 16 - 7)
184 - Jonathan Velazquez (GWU) dec. John Dommert (VMI) - 9 - 3 (VMI 16 - 10)
197 - Travis Porter (GWU) TF Chris Gill (VMI) - 16 - 0 (8:39) (VMI 16 - 15)
285 - #19/#29 Josh Wine (VMI) forfeit by GWU (VMI 22 - 15)
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