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No. 4 Wolves earn 29-9 win over King

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Pins from Jeff Vesta and Matt Wade as well as a technical fall by B.J. Young helped propel the fourth-ranked Newberry College Wolves to a 29-9 win over the King University Tornado at the Student Center Complex on Wednesday night.

With the win, the Wolves move to 16-2 in duals action this season and will host the Newberry Open on Saturday. The Wolves' next dual action comes on Monday, February 4, at Belmont Abbey.

No. 5 Vesta (Manhattan, Kan.) continued a dominant roll to open the dual at 125 lbs., pinning Jerrell McCabe at the 1:15 mark of the first period to put the Wolves up 6-0. The win is Vesta's 12th pinfall of the season and sixth in the last eight matches. Nick Lankford (Braselton, Ga.) lost an 11-4 decision to Colin Crume to allow the Tornado back within 6-3.

No. 8 Young (Jackson, N.J.) was never challenged by Marcelle McCabe in the 141 lbs. bout, cruising to a 16-0 technical fall win just 20 seconds into the third period to make it an 11-3 lead. No. 7 Deral Brown (Elgin, S.C.) took a 5-2 decision over Nic Stella at 149 lbs. to push the lead to 13-3.

At 157 lbs., No. 5 Taylor Knapp (Lawrenceville, Ga.) eked out a 2-1 decision over Jeremy Miller before No. 5 Blake Ridenour (Maryville, Tenn.) took a 5-0 decision over John Austin Jones at 165 lbs. to give Newberry a 19-3 lead.

The Tornado took a pair of decisions in the next two bouts, with Dyvon Passmore defeating Joe Pittman (Forsyth, Ga.) by a 12-9 decision at 174 lbs. and Brandon Tressler took a 5-2 decision over Jared Holliday (Burlington, N.J.) at 184 lbs. to cut the lead to 19-9.

Joey Grisko (Gloucester Township, N.J.) sealed the dual win for the Wolves with an 8-1 decision over Cody Davis at 197 lbs. to make it 22-9.

Wade (Easton, Md.) trailed through most of the early stages of the heavyweight bout, but turned things on in the third period, fighting his way to a pin of Garrett Fosdyck at the 6:06 mark to put an emphatic stamp on the Wolves' win.

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