Gamble Suffers a Second Round Loss on Thursday Night at the 2013 NCAA Championships
March 22, 2013 | Wrestling
Des Moines, Iowa - Gardner-Webb freshman Hunter Gamble looked to make it two wins in a row on Thursday night in the second round of the 174 pound bracket at the 2013 NCAA Division I National Championships, yet fell to No. 8 Nick Heflin of Ohio State 8-2 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Gamble, who upset No. 9 Nathaniel Brown of Lehigh 5-3 in the first round fell behind early to Heflin 5-0 on a first period two-point takedown and a three-point near fall.
After Gamble earned a one-point escape to get on the scoreboard, Heflin posted a second two-point takedown to pull out to a 7-1 lead.
The GWU freshman added a one-point escape in the third period, yet failed to score another point as Heflin earned a point on riding time to hold on for the 8-2 win.
Gamble (24-14), who was knocked into the consolation bracket at 174 pounds with the loss, will return to action tomorrow morning, March 22nd, where he will face the winner of tonight's match between Lee Heibig of Wyoming (22-11) and No. 10 Daniel Yates of Michigan (21-10).
With his first round win earlier today in the afternoon session, Gamble joined both Eddie McCray (2007) and Josh Pniewski (2006) as the only three Runnin' Bulldog grapplers to post a win in the Championship bracket of the NCAA Division I National Championships.
The Friday morning session will be available live on ESPN3.
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