Ferrum College Athletics issued the following announcement on Dec. 30
Ferrum College's men's wrestling team finished eighth of 12 teams after the final day of action at the 2021 Citrus Invitational, held Wednesday and Thursday, December 29-30 at Broward County Convention Center.
TEAM SCORES
1. Augsburg 215 pts; 2. Castleton 159; 3. Cornell College 129; 4. John Carroll 122.5; 5. Liberty 87; 6. Ozarks 86.5; 7. Roanoke 86; 8. Ferrum 73; 9. Ohio Wesleyan 51.5; 10. St. Johns (MN), 25.5; 11. St.Thomas (FL) 15; 12. Bobcat W/C 1
THE BASICS
Braden Homsey, seeded #2 at 197 pounds, advanced to the finals with a 4-3 win over #3 seed Chance Lapier of Castleton University. Homsey then fell 10-4 in the title match to top-seeded Bentley Schwanebeck-Ost of Augsburg University.
Rayshawn Dixon, seeded #4 at 285 pounds, wrestled twice today and posted a pair of wins to run the table in the back bracket and place third. He opened the day with a 4-3 win over University of the Ozarks' Ka'Ron Lewis, then decked Abbas Abdulrahman of Castleton at 4:36 in the third-place match.
Other placewinners for the Panthers include JD McMillin (6th, 125 lbs) and Sam Slate (8th, 184). McMillin posted a signature win in today's consolation quarterfinals with a 10-5 win over Castelton's Owen Kretchmer, an NWCA All-American last season.
FERRUM BY WEIGHT
125: JD McMillin 3-3 (1 pin), 6th; Trent Proctor, 2-3
133: Mason Rogers 1-3
141: Levi Englman 3-1 (1); Hayden Funck 2-3 (2); Jonathan Ward (0-3
157: Christian Hite 3-3; Anthony Gaskin 1-3; Charles Tisby 0-3
165: Elijah Martin 3-3
174: Colt Oliver 1-3 (1)
184: Sam Slate 3-3 (1), 8th; Cullen Nash-Cleek 3-3 (1)
197: Braden Homsey 3-1, 2nd
285: Rayshawn Dixon 5-1 (2) 3rd; George Mitchell 2-3; Ethan Fragoso 1-3; Trent Ray 1-3
BEHIND THE WHISTLE
"This was not our best performance. However, despite all of the adversity we faced, I think our team was able to give great effort. Our second day was very strong and I am proud of our team for rallying after a bad day. There were some highlight performances with Braden Homsey placing 2nd, Ray Dixon finishing 3rd, JD McMillin taking 6th, and Sam Slate walking away with 8th place." --Head Coach Logan Meister
NEXT UP
Meister's team will be back in action Friday and Saturday, January 7-8, at the Budd Whitehill National Duals. The tournament will be hosted by Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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