BOILING SPRINGS – Gardner-Webb won eight of 10 weight classes Friday night, wrapping up the regular season with a dominant, 28-7 win over Presbyterian in Paul Porter Arena.
On a night that the program honored its five seniors, Gardner-Webb (7-7, 5-2 SoCon) picked up 14 team points from that class of standouts to spark the win.
After the Blue Hose opened with a 16-2 major decision by Jacob Brasseur at 125 pounds, Gardner-Webb rallied with a decision from
Todd Carter at 133 and an 11-6 major decision from senior
Trevon Majette at 141.
Senior
Brandon Bright rallied in the third period for a late 3-1 decision to push the team score to 10-4 and, after the Blue Hose took a decision at 157 pounds,
RJ Mosley steamrolled to a 17-2 tech fall in just 3:39 to stretch the lead to 15-7.
Senior
Evan Schenk battled to a high-scoring 11-7 decision at 174 pounds and
Jha'Quan Anderson scored a late takedown at 184 pounds to win 3-1.
Senior
Anthony Perrine cruised to an 11-2 major decision at 197 pounds, going up early and finishing off his career in Paul Porter Arena in fine fashion.
Gardner-Webb capped the rout with a 6-0 shutout by
Peyton McComas at 285 pounds.
Up next for Gardner-Webb is the 2022 SoCon Wrestling Championship, which is set for Boone, N.C., on March 5.
FINAL: Gardner-Webb 28, Presbyterian 7
125: Jacob Brasseur (Presbyterian College) over
Aedyn Concepcion (Gardner-Webb) (MD 16-2)
133:
Todd Carter (Gardner-Webb) over Dominic Chavez (Presbyterian College) (Dec 11-6)
141:
Trevon Majette (Gardner-Webb) over Khalid Brinkley (Presbyterian College) (MD 11-3)
149:
Brandon Bright (Gardner-Webb) over Reid Stewart (Presbyterian College) (Dec 3-1)
157: Zachary Phillips (Presbyterian College) over
Taylor Parks (Gardner-Webb) (Dec 7-3)
165:
RJ Mosley (Gardner-Webb) over Sean Getty (Presbyterian College) (TF 17-2 3:39)
174:
Evan Schenk (Gardner-Webb) over Mason Watkins (Presbyterian College) (Dec 11-7)
184:
Jha'Quan Anderson (Gardner-Webb) over David Bertrand (Presbyterian College) (Dec 3-1)
197:
Anthony Perrine (Gardner-Webb) over Aiden Jean (Presbyterian College) (MD 11-2)
285:
Peyton McComas (Gardner-Webb) over Will Pontoon (Presbyterian College) (Dec 6-0)