GWU's Travis Porter, Ryan Medved and Alex Medved All Post Multiple Wins at 2010 Southern Scuffle
December 30, 2010 | Wrestling
Greensboro, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb wrestling team had three individual's post two wins apiece, while two others each picked up one win over the two-day 2010 Southern Scuffle hosted by UNC-Greensboro in Greensboro, N.C.
At 197, redshirt-sophomore Travis Porter posted back-to-back wins to start out on Wednesday, picking up a injury default win over Sonny Yohn at 4:12 and then a pin fall win at 2:36 over Beau Wenger of Ohio to stay unbeaten and advance on to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals on Thursday, Porter fell to Matt Powless of Indiana 14-4 to fall into the consolation bracket where he then suffered an 8-0 loss to Micah Burak of Pennsylvania.
At 149, Ryan Medved, who went 2-2 at the scuffle, suffered a first round loss, only to post an 11-2 major decision victory over Eric Filipowicz of Navy and a 5-1 decision over Gabriel Bird of Liberty in the consolation bracket before falling to Scott Clymer of Liberty 4-2 to end his day.
Sophomore Morgan McDaniel also competed at 149, posting a 1-2 overall record which included a pin fall win at 4:12 over Mark Merhige of VMI in the consolation bracket.
Like his twin brother Ryan Medved, Alex Medved also went 2-2 on day one, winning his first two bouts at 157. Alex Medved started the day off with a pin fall win at 2:43 over William Powell of Appalachian State and an 8-4 win over Zach Clemente of Hofstra to advance on in the bracket.
However, Alex Medved ran into a wall in his next two bouts, falling to James Rafferty of Army 12-6 to fall into the consolation bracket, where he then suffered a loss to Bryce Buster of Bloomsburg 9-1 to end his tournament.
Gardner-Webb redshirt-sophomore Richie Spicel bounced back from a first round pin fall loss, to score an 11-2 major decision win over Glenn Terrano of Utah Valley, before dropping his second match of the day, falling to Matthew Hicks of Bloomsburg 3-1.
At 125, Gardner-Webb sophomore Brett Kostern and freshman Robbie Golde each went 0-2 on day one, while fellow Runnin' Bulldog grappler Alex Hamm also was winless, going 0-2 at 133.
GWU also struggled at 165, as both redshirt-sophomore Justin Guthrie and freshman Erin O'Dell posted 0-2 records on day one, to bow out of the tournament early. Guthrie suffered losses to Travis Sheehy of North Carolina and Christopher Smith of Bloomsburg, while O'Dell's two losses came to the hands of a pin fall loss to Ryan Konz of Indiana and a loss to Ethan Saylor of Edinboro.
While no one suited up for GWU at 174, senior Blake (Vincent) Sayler competed for the Runnin' Bulldogs at 184, going 0-2 for the two-day event, suffering losses to Michael Brant of Navy and Josh Tuck of the Citadel.
The Runnin' Bulldog wrestling team will return to dual meet action on January 9th, as GWU will travel to Bloomington, Indiana to compete in the IU Quad hosted by Indiana University.
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