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Gayeski Takes Fourth at Southern Scuffle
January 4, 2010


GREENSBORO, N.C. - Frankie Gayeski had his 14-match winning streak snapped early on Wednesday in the championship round of the Southern Scuffle. However, the Liberty senior was still able to take home fourth place at 149 pounds, spotlighting a 16th-place finish by the Flames at the seventh annual event hosted by UNC Greensboro inside the Special Events Center at the Greensboro Coliseum.

No. 8 Cornell took home the team title, as the Big Red scored 164.0 team points, thanks to three individual champions. No. 5 Minnesota finished second in the event with 151.5 team points, while No. 13 Indiana rounded out the top three with 131.5 team points.

Liberty was able to secure a 16th-place finish with 39.0 team points, placing just behind No. 23 Old Dominion in the team rankings, as the Monarchs netted 53.0 team points during the two-day event, which featured seven Top 25 programs and 53 nationally ranked grapplers.

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Old Dominion Wrestling Sweeps Quad Meet
No. 4 James Nicholson Goes 3-0 With a Pin and Two Technical Falls
January 4, 2010

NORFOLK, Va. - The 24th ranked Old Dominion wrestling team put forth an impressive performance in their home opener Sunday, topping Purdue, Rider and UNC Greensboro in a quad meet at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

Junior James Nicholson, ranked No. 4 nationally, won all three of his bouts, including two by technical fall and one by pin. Senior Chris Brown, ranked No. 10, also swept his trio of matchups, picking up a technical fall and a major decision in the process.

The Monarchs (3-1, 1-0 CAA) upended Purdue, which is receiving votes in the latest national polls, 17-14 in the closest match of the day. Redshirt freshman Grant Chapman won the clinching match at the heavyweight spot to give ODU the victory.

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Wine's Title Leads Wrestling at Wilkes Open
January 4, 2010

WILKES, Pa. - Junior Josh Wine won five straight matches to capture the 285 lb. championship at the Wilkes Open, hosted on Monday by Wilkes University.

Wine improved to 7-0 on the season with four consecutive decisions before posting a major decision in the championship match. The Fredericksburg, Va. native began the day with an 8-3 win over Tom Foote of Williams, then blanked Blair's Rodney Sharp, 7-0. In the Championship Quarterfinals, Wine advanced via a 5-1 decision against Brown's Tyler Cowman, before reaching the Finals with a 10-3 win over Drexel's Kyle Frey. Facing Binghamton's Corey Waite in the Championship, Wine scored a 12-2 major decision, capturing VMI's first individual title of the season.

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Mason Wrestling Drops a Pair of Duals at the Columbia Tri-Meet
Patriots fall to host Columbia 27-11 and No. 3 Ohio State 46-0
January 3, 2010

NEW YORK (January 3, 2010) – After beginning the 2009-10 season with five consecutive tournaments, George Mason hit the road for its first dual action of the season, traveling to New York, N.Y. on Sunday afternoon to take on both Columbia and No. 3 Ohio State at University Gym. The Patriots dropped both dual matches, opening the day with a 27-11 loss to Columbia, followed by a 46-0 loss to Ohio State.

In the opening dual of the afternoon, Mason and Columbia alternated wins at the first six weight classes. After senior Brian Wright took a loss at 125 pounds to begin the dual, freshman Zachory Huxford earned a win by technical fall (17-2) at 133 pounds against the Lions’ Robert Dyar. Brandon Bucher and Frankie McLaughlin won decisions at 149 and 165 pounds, respectively, to add to the team’s point total.

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Flames Take Opening Three at Hoosier Duals
December 1, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, IND. - The Flames continued their trend at the Hoosier Duals, improving on the previous year's showing as Liberty won its opening three duals, Saturday afternoon, inside University Gym.

During Liberty's prior two trips to Bloomington, Ind., the Flames won a single dual in 2007, while taking two matches at last year's Hoosier Duals. With the trio of victories on the day, Liberty raises its dual meet record to 4-2 on the season.

The host, Hoosiers, was the most victorious team on the day. No. 11 Indiana dropped only 10 matchups, en route to five dual victories. Liberty, Northern Illinois and Chattanooga each finished the day with 3-2 records, followed by South Dakota State, who was 1-4, and Cumberlands, who was winless in five dual events.

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Herndon Finishes Fourth at 133 Pounds at the WWSport.com/BU Open
Sophomore posts a 4-2 record on his way to a fourth-place finish
November 16, 2009

VESTAL, N.Y. – Sophomore Denny Herndon finished in fourth place at 133 pounds at the WWSport.com/BU Open on Sunday at the Events Center in Vestal, N.Y. Herndon posted a 4-2 record at the tournament.

The Yorktown, Va. native opened the tournament with a win by fall in 2:34 over Quin Leith of Cornell. He followed that up with a 7-1 win over Binghamton’s Genta Murayama and a close 6-5 decision over Drexel’s Frank Cimato before losing to Brian Ortenzio of Penn 3-0 in the championship semifinals.

After dropping down to the consolation bracket, Herndon dispatched of Lock Haven’s John Trumbetti to earn a berth in the consolation final against Finger Lakes’ Joe Stanzionne. Stanzionne pinned Herndon in 2:25 to win the match and send Herndon to a fourth-place finish.

George Mason wrestles again on Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Navy Classic in Annapolis, Md. The tournament is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.



No. 12 Wisconsin Tops No. 22 ODU, 21-19
Badgers Pull Ahead of Monarchs in Last Bout
November 16, 2009

MADISON, Wis. – The No. 22 Old Dominion wrestling team fell in a closely contested match, 21-19, to the 12th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers in both teams first official dual of the 2009-10 season at the UW Field House Friday evening.

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