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Garry Talbert

Men's Wrestling 11/20/2021 8:58:00 PM Turner Kirby, Athletic Communications Assistant

Tornado Storm Back to Upset Wolves

King Spoils Brown's Return To Bristol

Bristol, Tenn. - For the second straight dual, the Newberry Wrestling Team found themselves in position to come away victorious but a pin in the last bout of the afternoon would prove the difference as King came away with their first ever win over Newberry by a score of 26-21. The Wolves dropped consecutive matches for the first time since the NWCA National Duals in 2019 against Tiffin and Maryville. King moves to 2-0 overall and in SACC competition as well.

The match got started at 125 where Evan Carrigan filled in for Zach Shupp and picked up where the 2021 National Qualifier left off, earning a pin over Rylee Billings to give the Wolves the early 6-0 lead. Timothy Decatur followed that up at 133 with a tech fall against Preston Soriano and Newberry was up 11-0. But the Tornado would fight back, earning major decisions in each of the next three bouts as well as a sudden victory at 165 to flip a 11-0 Newberry lead into a 15-11 deficit for the Scarlet and Gray. However, ninth-ranked Caleb Spears would see that that lead was short-lived as he would earn a major decision at 174 to tie the match back up at 15-all. At 184, with less than 15 seconds remaining until overtime, King's Freddie Garcia pinned Armando Acosta to ignite the Tornado crowd and appear to swing the match in King's favor. Brandon Dickman, however, had other plans as he silenced the crowd with a dominant pin of his own just under two minutes into his 197-pound bout against Jeremiah Good and with the score tied at 21-all the match would come down to the final bout at 285. At 285, with just over a minute left until sudden victory overtime, King's Ty Kelly was able to get Bowdy Boyce onto his back and earn the pin to shock the Wolves. In the celebration aftermath, King was deducted one team point due to unsportsmanlike conduct but the final result still held as a 26-21 defeat for Newberry.

The Wolves will continue their weekend in Bristol, Tenn. as they will participate in the King Open on Sunday before having a full week off for the Thanksgiving holiday. Newberry will be back in SACC action on Thursday, December 2nd as they head to Charlotte to face the Queens Royals.

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Players Mentioned

Armando Acosta: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Bowdy Boyce: 6' 0"; Freshman

Evan Carrigan: Freshman

Brandon Dickman: Junior

Caleb Spears: Redshirt Junior

Timothy Decatur: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Zach Shupp: Junior

Players Mentioned

Armando Acosta
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Bowdy Boyce
: 6' 0"; Freshman

Evan Carrigan
: Freshman

Brandon Dickman
: Junior

Caleb Spears
: Redshirt Junior

Timothy Decatur
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

Zach Shupp
: Junior