GREENSBORO, N.C.—Greensboro College Men’s Wrestling boasts two ranked wrestlers with one other wrestler getting mentioned in this week’s D3Wrestle.com individual rankings, marking the first time in program history that the Pride have boasted three wrestlers either ranked or mentioned in the rankings. Josh Wilson (Greensboro, N.C./Southeast Guilford) cracked the top-ten of the 133-pound weight class, ranked ninth in the recent poll. The freshman was a “contender” in the previous poll outside the top-ten, but cracked the top-ten after a pair of big victories. Wilson’s victory over Ferrum College’s two-time All-American Levi Engleman in the 133-pound weight class marks the freshman’s…
FREMONT, Neb.—Greensboro College’s Ariana Wolkerstorfer placed fourth in the Pride’s second-ever women’s wrestling competition, taking place at the Lady Warrior Open at Midland University. Wolkerstorfer collected three wins on the day in the 123-pound weight class, including her first two matches that led her to the semifinals of her weight class. The freshman defeated Avery Thomason of Midland, 10-0, in a technical fall to lead off the day. Wolkerstorfer then claimed victory in her quarterfinal matchup over Marissa Burt from the University of Jamestown, 10-0, in Wolkerstorfer’s second-straight technical-fall victory. She advanced to the semifinals in the weight class, but…
from APP State Wrestling on Twitter: AppState Wrestling @AppWrestling Randall Diabe(Dudley High School) claims a 5-4 decision and is an automatic NCAA qualifier as the SoCon champ at 197 pounds!
Wrestling Turns In Solid Performance On Day 1 of Southeast Regional Courtesy of Wes Gullett, Greensboro College SID ROCKY MOUNT, Va. – The Greensboro College wrestling team had seven of nine individuals advance to Day 2 of the NCAA Division III Southeast Regional after posting a strong performance on Day 1 Friday. As a team, the Pride currently sit in eighth place out of 18 teams competing. 125: Gabe Wilson suffered a major decision defeat in his first bout of the day before knocking out two straight wins to advance to Day 2. Following his opening loss, Wilson recorded a…
Wrestling Tops Southern Virginia, 28-24 Courtesy of Wes Gullett, Sports Information Director at Greensboro College GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College wrestling team defeated the Knights of Southern Virginia University Tuesday, 24-28. Dylan Cook(Ragsdale High School) got the Pride on the board first with a 6-3 decision victory over Aaron Freidhof before Greensboro extended their lead to 9-0 with a forfeit victory at 133-lbs. However, the Knights were able to score the duals next 12 points to take a three-point lead before Conan Wilson tallied a fall victory of his own to regain a 15-12 lead for the Pride. Greensboro…
Wrestling Finishes Seventh At Virginia Duals Courtesy of Wes Gullett, Greensboro College Sports Information Director HAMPTON, Va. – The Greensboro College wrestling team finished in seventh place at the 2018 Virginia Duals Friday. The Pride dropped their first two duals of the day to Liberty University and Alderson Broaddus before topping the Cougars of Averett University in the seventh place dual, 24-23. Dylan Cook(Ragsdale High School), Ryan Dominque, Conan Wilson, Tyron Dudley and Carlos Ortega(Smith High School) each had two victories on the day. Cook’s two wins came via falls against Keegan Smith of Liberty and Breandon Coughlin of Alderson…
Wrestling Drops Dual Against Ferrum Despite Strong Start GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College wrestling team fell to the Panthers of Ferrum College in Hanes Gymnasium Wednesday, 33-18. Dylan Cook got the Pride on the board first with a bang by pinning his 125-lb opponent just over two minutes into the opening period. Before scoring the six points for the Pride, Cook recorded a two-point takedown and two four-point near falls. Following Cook’s win, Ferrum tallied a major decision victory to pull within two points at 6-4, but Zachary Rainess then tallied the Pride’s second fall victory over the evening…
Courtesy of Big Wes(Grapevine/Cheerwine) Gullett, Greensboro College Sports Information Director DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Greensboro College wrestling team fell to Davidson College Wednesday, 32-16. The Pride established an early 6-0 lead after Gabe Wilson received a forfeit victory in the 125-lb class. Davidson then cut the Greensboro advantage in half before Christopher Haskin rallied from behind to record a fall victory in the final minute, extending the lead to 12-3. “Chris came up with a big fall win after falling behind,” Head Coach Erik Wince said. “We told him that he had a good shot to win his match if…
*****Bold move by Greensboro College to add the collegiate wrestling program, when UNCG just dropped wrestling back a year or so ago….Wrestling coming to NCAA DIII GC***** GREENSBORO, NC – Greensboro College will add wrestling as a varsity sport beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year, Pride Director of Athletics Bryan Galuski announced on Friday. Wrestling is among the fastest-growing intercollegiate sports at the NCAA Division III level. Currently, 100 Division III institutions offer wrestling as a varsity sport, including fellow USA South Conference members Huntingdon College and Ferrum College. Greensboro College will launch an immediate search to hire a head…
Willie Bivens from Eastern Guilford signed early on Wednesday November 12th to Campbell University for wrestling. He had to choose between 4 schools which were Pittsburgh, Maryland, Appalachian and Campbell. Not only did he win states last season as a junior, he has placed at National tournaments (6th at Flonationals and 8th at Super 32) and won a tournament held in NY which has the reputation of being one of the toughest called the Journeyman Classic that you can only wrestle in by invite only. Willie is one of the 4 NC wrestlers that placed at the Super 32. He…