SoCon Thread

[OBXWrestler 98]

Socon champ at 141 is

Anthony Brito, App State 

 

makes it two NC natives headed to NCAAs 

[jp157 174]

App state has everything going right 

[OBXWrestler 98]

Team score currently 

Campbell- 86 

App State- 84 

 

Currently wrestling a head to head final at 157. 

Edited March 1 by OBXWrestler

[jp157 174]

Another match for app state in finals

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Thanks

[jp157 174]

Win

[OBXWrestler 98]

157- 

Cody Bond, App turns Barton of Campbell in the 2OT to win the Socon title. 

[OBXWrestler 98]

Team Score update: 

App State- 87 

Campbell- 86 

[bracketbuster 76]

APP State takes the lead.

165: The Citadel vs. Chattanooga
174: #1 Murphy (CAMP) vs. #2 Flitz (APP)
197: #1 Kober (CAMP) vs. #3 Andrew (UTC)

App State can almost end it with a win at 174. Flitz lost 5-4 in the dual during the regular season. Kober beat Andrew 4-3 in the dual in the regular season.

[OBXWrestler 98]

174- 

 

Murphy over Flitz 

Campbell takes the team title. 

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Just now, OBXWrestler said:

174- 

 

Murphy over Flitz 

Campbell takes the team title. 

Nice

[OBXWrestler 98]

App State should realistically get 7 NCAA qualifiers. 
 

Russell, Carter, Brito, Millner and Bond all earned the AQs. 
 

Formato and Flitz have very strong cases for and At-Large bid. 

[bracketbuster 76]

Hats off to both teams for an incredible battle. App State 5-1 in the finals to get back in the race. The dual was also incredible. Anybody sneezing at the SoCon is missing out on some quality wrestling.

[bracketbuster 76]

Did they wrestle the true second yet?

[ISUChip 61]

19 minutes ago, bracketbuster said:

Did they wrestle the true second yet?

Heil won.

[Titabawassee 14]

3-peat! Camels clinch 3rd straight SoCon title

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BOONE, N.C. – Campbell held off a late Appalachian State surge to claim its third consecutive Southern Conference Wrestling Championship on Sunday at the Holmes Convocation Center.

With eight Camels making finals appearances, Campbell held an 83-70 advantage heading into the consolation finals before the Mountaineers took an 87-86 lead, winning five individual titles at 125, 133, 141, 149 and 157.

Four of those included head to head matchups between the Camels and Mountaineers (125, 141, 149 and 157).

Austin Murphy gave Campbell the go-ahead title clinching points at 174 pounds, earning first period back points and hanging on for a 9-3 decision over App State's Thomas Flitz. Chris Kober added to CU's lead at 197 pounds, defeating Chattanooga's Logan Andrew 3-1, securing a third individual Campbell champion.

Campbell finished with 92 team points, staving off Appalachian State's 87. Chattanooga took third with 64 points, followed by Gardner-Webb (50), The Citadel (43.5), VMI (18) and Presbyterian (6.5).

Five Camels secured NCAA berths on the day, with three tournament champions, including Murphy, Kober and Caleb Hopkins at 184 pounds. Two Camels also took true place wins, with Josh Heil at 149 pounds and Taye Ghadiali at heavyweight earning NCAA berths.

The SoCon was awarded two NCAA berths at three weight classes, including 149 pounds, 184 and heavyweight.

Heil becomes Campbell's first four-time NCAA qualifier, while Kober picked up his second NCAA appearance, joined by first time qualifiers Murphy, Hopkins and Ghadiali.

Eight Camels finished on the podium, with five runner-ups to go along with their three individual champions.

Campbell's head coach Scotti Sentes was named the SoCon Coach of the Year, sweeping the league's regular season and tournament championships in his first season at the helm.

Hopkins also earned the 2021 SoCon Pinnacle Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship winning team.

Chattanooga's Andrew Nicholson, meanwhile, was named the Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler, winning the 165 title as the No. 3 seed.

Top-seeded Murphy, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, reached the finals with a 6-1 decision over Chattanooga's Carial Tarter after earning a first round bye.

Another one of Campbell's four No. 1 seeds, Kober locked in a first period fall over GWU's Sam Mora (1:17) to reach the finals.

After going unbeaten in SoCon matches at 7-0 during the regular season, Hopkins clinched his first NCAA Championships berth with a 5-2 decision over Chattanooga's Matthew Waddell at 184 pounds. The Palmer, Alaska native also blanked VMI's Zach Brown 4-0 in the semifinals after receiving a first round bye.

Making his fourth SoCon finals appearance, Heil, a three-time conference champion, suffered his first ever defeat at the hands of a SoCon opponent, with App State's Jonathan Millner taking the 2-1 decision in the title bout. Heil clinched a spot in the finals with a pair of bonus wins, pinning PC's Reid Stewart (2:07) and registered an 11-3 major decision over Gardner-Webb's Brandon Bright, officially earning his ticket to the NCAA Championships with a 4-3 true place decision over The Citadel's Selwyn Porter.

Ghadiali also gained an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships, taking runner-up at heavyweight in a 5-3 decision against The Citadel's Michael McAleavey. The redshirt freshman, seeded third in the tournament, opened the day with a 20-5 tech fall over Presbyterian's Airin Spell, and topped Anthony Perrine of Gardner-Webb 3-1 in extra time.

Seeded third at 125, Zurich Storm made his first SoCon finals appearance, topping No. 2 seed Fabian Gutierrez from UTC, 8-6 in overtime before falling 11-4 to App State's Codi Russell in the title round. Storm opened the day with a pin over GWU's Aedyn Concepcion (2:03).

Making the final at 141 pounds, Hanna, seeded fourth, opened the tournament with a 20-5 tech fall over PC's Jacob Brasseur before taking down top-seeded Franco Valdes from Chattanooga, 4-2 in extra time. He fell to App State's Anthony Brito, 7-3, in the finals.

Making his second SoCon finals appearance after earning the conference title in 2019, Barton took App State's Cody Bond to overtime, but fell 10-5, placing second. Barton defeated VMI's Blake Showers with an 18-7 major decision in the 157 semifinals.

Campbell, also winners of three-straight SoCon regular season championships, has now claimed four of the last five SoCon tournament titles.

The NCAA Championships are set for March 18-20 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Team standings
1. Campbell – 92.0
2. Appalachian State - 87.0
3. Chattanooga - 64.0
4. Gardner-Webb – 50.0
5. The Citadel - 43.5
6. VMI – 18.0
7. Presbyterian – 6.5

Campbell Individual Champions/NCAA qualifiers
174 – Austin Murphy
184 – Caleb Hopkins
197 – Chris Kober

Additional Campbell NCAA allocations
149 – Josh Heil
HWT – Taye Ghadiali

Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Scotti Sentes, Campbell

Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler
Andrew Nicholson, 165, Chattanooga

Pinnacle Award (student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team)
Caleb Hopkins, Campbell

Campbell Individual Placers
125 – Zurich Storm, 2nd
141 – Shannon Hanna, 2nd
149 – Josh Heil, 2nd
157 – Benjamin Barton, 2nd
174 – Austin Murphy, 1st
184 – Caleb Hopkins, 1st
197 – Chris Kober, 1st
HWT – Taye Ghadiali, 2nd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1032004 931]

10 hours ago, OBXWrestler said:

App State should realistically get 7 NCAA qualifiers. 
 

Russell, Carter, Brito, Millner and Bond all earned the AQs. 
 

Formato and Flitz have very strong cases for and At-Large bid. 

How many do you think have a shot to AA?

I definitely think Russell could make some noise at 125.  13-1 this year with his only loss to Camacho, a senior that spent his first 3 years at 133 where he was a 2x NQ and did win a match at NCAA’s in 2019.  I think he was the one that DeSanto stalled out in the first period that year, but DeSanto makes a lot of people look bad and that was 2 years ago.

Looks like he handled Storm pretty easily 11-4?  I know Storm doesn’t have the best results but he did hand Latona one of his 2 losses during Latona’s redshirt last year.

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6 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

How many do you think have a shot to AA?

I definitely think Russell could make some noise at 125.  13-1 this year with his only loss to Camacho, a senior that spent his first 3 years at 133 where he was a 2x NQ and did win a match at NCAA’s in 2019.  I think he was the one that DeSanto stalled out in the first period that year, but DeSanto makes a lot of people look bad and that was 2 years ago.

Looks like he handled Storm pretty easily 11-4?  I know Storm doesn’t have the best results but he did hand Latona one of his 2 losses during Latona’s redshirt last year.

They have an outside shot to get one. An 8th in my opinion. Every time I’ve seen them they wrestle hard. The way the they wrestled in the finals is what you want to see at state or nationals. 

Again, I think they have outside shot to have one wrestler win 4 matches and get 8th. 

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This was a fun team race to follow but only a two horse race. 

If Coach Ruschell at UTC can get them back to a top 25 team, App State keeps what they have going on, and Campbell has no drop off this could be a very fun conference to watch in the next few years.   

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2 hours ago, armchairfan123 said:

This was a fun team race to follow but only a two horse race. 

If Coach Ruschell at UTC can get them back to a top 25 team, App State keeps what they have going on, and Campbell has no drop off this could be a very fun conference to watch in the next few years.   

From everything I’ve seen and been told the cupboard was pretty bare when Ruschell got the job. I think he’ll get them back back where they were, it’ll just take time

Gardner Webb looked tough in a lot of their matches, I’m curious to see how they develop next couple of years

[OBXWrestler 98]

4 hours ago, 1032004 said:

How many do you think have a shot to AA?

I definitely think Russell could make some noise at 125.  13-1 this year with his only loss to Camacho, a senior that spent his first 3 years at 133 where he was a 2x NQ and did win a match at NCAA’s in 2019.  I think he was the one that DeSanto stalled out in the first period that year, but DeSanto makes a lot of people look bad and that was 2 years ago.

Looks like he handled Storm pretty easily 11-4?  I know Storm doesn’t have the best results but he did hand Latona one of his 2 losses during Latona’s redshirt last year.

I think they realistically have an outside chance at 1 AA. Russell is probably the best shot because of how wide open 125 is. He has looked good this year. I think that their other shot is Millner. His length and top abilities will cause a lot of people fits.  
 

I believe we see Formato, Millner and Russell do well. 
 

problem for most of the Socon guys is their seed won’t be great without CKLV, Midlands, Scuffle and not many out of conference duals this year. 

[OBXWrestler 98]

1 hour ago, jp157 said:

From everything I’ve seen and been told the cupboard was pretty bare when Ruschell got the job. I think he’ll get them back back where they were, it’ll just take time

Gardner Webb looked tough in a lot of their matches, I’m curious to see how they develop next couple of years

Gardner-Webb did great! I thought they really looked prepared and are trending in the right direction. 

[TobusRex 2,006]

On 2/28/2021 at 9:22 AM, jp157 said:

God bless, watching Presbyterian is brutal. 

Worse than a good HS team ?

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32 minutes ago, TobusRex said:

Worse than a good HS team ?

Yeah. Davidson has struggled and has a lot of hurdles to get recruits and have been bottom dwellers of the SoCon.. and they never looked as bad.

[Show_Me 309]

Disappointed that 4 SoCon Teams (HALF of the Conference) will not be repped at NCAA's (Davidson, Gardner Webb, Presbyterian, VMI).

Not good for small Programs in these trying times.