LEXINGTON, Va. – Red-shirt senior Neal Richards won all three of his matches Friday as the Keydet wrestling team hosted the VMI Quad from Cormack Hall. The Keydets defeated California Baptist 22-21 to open the action, but fell to Clarion (33-8) and Cleveland State (30-6) later in the day.
Freshman Noah Roulo earned a win in the first dual against California Baptist in a tiebreaker at 141 and Will Lawrence (157) and Jon Hoover (165) each won decisions.
Richards and Zach Brown each recorded pins at 174 and 197, respectively, and with the match tied at 21 after all 10 matches were finished, the referee determined that VMI prevailed after a tiebreaker.
Roulo captured a 6-0 victory against Clarion, and Richards won by technical fall. Max Gallahan took his match at 184, but lost in a tiebreaker session.
Richards and Chishko each defeated their opponents from Cleveland State in the finale. Both Lawrence and Gallahan had tough sudden victory losses at 157 and 184.
VMI (4-6) travels to Sacred Heart Sunday for a non-conference match at 2 p.m.
VMI Quad in Cormack Hall
Jan. 10, 2020
VMI 22, California Baptist 21 (tiebreaker)
125: Keanu Perez (CBU) over John McGarry (VMI) (Fall 2:21)
133: Christian Nunez (CBU) over Cliff Conway (VMI) (Fall 2:56)
141: Noah Roulo (VMI) over Adam Velasquez (CBU) (TB-2 2-1)
149: A J Raya (CBU) over Job Chishko (VMI) (Dec 4-1)
157: Will Lawrence (VMI) over Zachary Rowe (CBU) (Dec 3-2)
165: Jon Hoover (VMI) over Cole Pruit (CBU) (Dec 6-1)
174: Neal Richards (VMI) over Jacob Cooper (CBU) (Fall 2:10)
184: Garrett Strang (CBU) over Max Gallahan (VMI) (TB-1 4-2)
197: Zach Brown (VMI) over Arick Lopez (CBU) (Fall 7:51)
285: Zach Schrader (CBU) over Chris Beck (VMI) (Dec 5-4)
(VMI tiebreaker + 1.0)
Clarion 33, VMI 8
125: Cameron Butler (CLAR) over John McGarry (VMI) (Dec 9-2)
133: Seth Koleno (CLAR) over Cliff Conway (VMI) (Fall 4:27)
141: Noah Roulo (VMI) over Alex Blake (CLAR) (Dec 6-0)
149: Jalin Hankerson (CLAR) over Job Chishko (VMI) (Fall 2:15)
157: Avery Shay (CLAR) over Will Lawrence (VMI) (Dec 8-4)
165: Mike Bartolo (CLAR) over Jon Hoover (VMI) (Dec 4-0)
174: Neal Richards (VMI) over Jack Peura (CLAR) (TF 27-11 6:10)
184: Luke Funck (CLAR) over Max Gallahan (VMI) (TB-2 9-3)
197: Greg Bulsak (CLAR) over Zach Brown (VMI) (Fall 2:26)
285: Tyler Bagoly (CLAR) over Chris Beck (VMI) (Dec 4-1)
Cleveland State 30, VMI 6
125: Logan Heil (CLST) over John McGarry (VMI) (Fall 1:11)
133: Justin Patrick (CLST) over Cliff Conway (VMI) (Dec 6-1)
141: Evan Cheek (CLST) over Noah Roulo (VMI) (TF 17-1 5:34)
149: Job Chishko (VMI) over Gus Sutton (CLST) (Dec 12-6)
157: Nico O`Dor (CLST) over Will Lawrence (VMI) (SV-2 3-2)
165: Riley Smucker (CLST) over Jon Hoover (VMI) (Dec 4-0)
174: Neal Richards (VMI) over Chase Archangelo (CLST) (Dec 6-4)
184: DeAndre Nassar (CLST) over Max Gallahan (VMI) (SV-1 3-1)
197: Benjamin Smith (CLST) over Zach Brown (VMI) (MD 10-2)
285: Collin Kelly (CLST) over Chris Beck (VMI) (Dec 2-1)