BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Gardner-Webb's
Brandon Bright picked up a big win at 141 pounds Friday, but the Runnin' Bulldogs fell by a 43-5 team score to No. 19 Campbell in SoCon wrestling action inside Paul Porter Arena.
Action began 174 pounds, where
Evan Schenk fell by a narrow 3-0 decision to Austin Kraisser, followed by a fall at 184 pounds to give the Camels and early 9-0 lead.
Roderick Davis fell by a slim 3-0 margin at 197 pounds to Chris Kober, and Campbell followed with pins at 285 and 133 pounds, with a major decision at 125 pounds, to put GWU in a 28-0 hole.
At 141 pounds, Bright made quick work of Campbell's Kyle Sams with a dominate tech fall, picking up 15 unanswered points in just 3:07.
The Camels would pick back up with a fall at 149 pounds and would take the final two matches at 157 and 165 pounds.
Gardner-Webb returns to action on Wednesday, February 5 at Duke. Action is set to begin at 7:00 pm with live coverage on ACC Network Extra.
TEAM SCORES: No. 19 Campbell 43, Gardner-Webb 5
174: Austin Kraisser (CAM) def.
Evan Schenk (GWU), Dec. 3-0
184: Caleb Hopkins (CAM) def.
Samuel Mora (GWU), Fall 1:54
197: Chris Kober (CAM) def.
Roderick Davis (GWU), Dec. 3-0
285: No. 14 Jere Henio (CAM) def.
Gabriel Pickett (GWU), Fall 0:57
125: Paxton Rosen (CAM) def.
Michael Pappaconstantinou (GWU), MD 10-2
133: No. 9 Noah Gosner (CAM) def.
Trevon Majette (GWU), Fall 2:31
141:
Brandon Bright (GWU) def. Kyle Sams (CAM), TF 15-0 3:07
149: Jason Kraisser (GWU) def.
Anthony Schiess (GWU), Fall 2:43
157: Matt Dallara (CAM) def.
Taylor Parks (GWU), Dec. 6-4
165: Quentin Perez (CAM) def.
RJ Mosley (GWU), Inj. 5:28