Dec. 31, 2007

Complete Southern Scuffle Results in PDF Format

GREENSBORO, N.C. - - The Ohio wrestling team placed 22nd at the UNC-Greensboro Southern Scuffle on Saturday and Sunday. A host of Bobcat wrestlers left the two-day double-elimination event with winning records.

Freshman Germane Lindsey (Cincinnati, Ohio), sophomore Seth Morton (Canal Winchester, Ohio), sophomore Jason Marshall (West Liberty, Ohio) and sophomore Kevin Christensen (Springfield, Ohio) all recorded 3-2 marks at the 29-team Southern Scuffle. But wrestling unattached at 149, freshman Matt Reedy (Hiram, Ohio) tallied the best record, 4-2, of any Ohio competitor at the tournament.

Reedy recorded a fall in 4:17 against Minnesota's Luke Mellmer in the first round of the tournament and then defeated the No. 7 seed, Kent State's Clint Sponseller, on a 4-3 decision in the second round. Reedy lost his first bout of the day in the third round against Old Dominion's Joey Metzler but rattled off back-to-back wins against Virginia Tech's Matt Rosen and Lock Haven's Matthew Fittery in the consolation bracket. Reedy's fantastic weekend came to an end when he lost a decision against Navy's Bryce Saddoris, the No. 9 seed at 149 pounds, who placed seventh at the tournament.

Morton, at 133 pounds, lost his opening round match to the No. 5 seeded and No. 14 ranked Mike Grey of Cornell but defeated three straight opponents by decision (Charles Golden of Maryland, Mike Kleeman of Binghamton and Darrius Little of NC State) before falling to Boise State's Cory Fish.

Lindsey posted an identical 3-2 record in the following weight class, 141, but in a slightly different fashion. Lindsey defeated Boise State's Mark Maya in the opening round but fell to Cornell's Adam Frey, the No. 4 seed in the bracket, in the second round. But Lindsey battled back with consecutive victories against Liberty's Colon Lewis and Edinboro's Kory Bissett before losing to Virginia's Nick Nelson.

Marshall won his first two matches of the tournament with decisions against Appalachian State's Jared Campbell in the first round and Boston University's Jim Connors in the second round. Marshall's first lost came to No. 1 seeded and No. 14 ranked Ed Prendergast of Navy. Prendergast won the championship at HWT with a pin of his Naval Academy teammate, Scott Steele, in the final. Marshall rebounded with his loss to the eventual champion with a decision against VMI's Leon Barrow but lost to Minnesota's Joe Nord in the next round of the consolation bracket.

Christensen recorded a 3-2 mark at 149 by winning his first match of the weekend against Gardner-Webb's Josh Lowe. Christensen fell to Adam Hall of Boise State, the No. 5 seed at 149, but like his teammates before him, battled back in the consolation bracket. Christensen defeated Binghamton's Brandon Toro-Segarra and Kent State's Jeremy Depoy before falling to Fittery in the match before Reedy defeated the Lock Haven product.

Tommy Weinkam (Cincinnati, Ohio) advanced to the third round at 165 with wins against Navy's Justin Jacobs and UNC-Greensboro's Victor Hojilla before being knocked out of the winner's bracket by Minnesota's No. 2 seed and No. 15 ranked Scott Glasser.

Freshman Erik Schuth (Spencerport, N.Y.) outlasted No. 6 seeded Michael Moore of Cornell 4-2 in overtime in the first round at 184.

No. 4 ranked Minnesota took first overall at the Southern Scuffle with Jayson Ness winning the 125 pound weight class, Mach Reiter the champion at 133, Manuel Rivera winning at 141 and CP Schlatter taking the trophy at 157. No. 14 Edinboro took second place and No. 15 Hofstra claimed third. The biggest upset at the Southern Scuffle was Boise State's Kirk Smith, wrestling unattached, knocked off the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 seeds at 184 to take the championship. Smith was not seeded in the bracket.

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Joe Waltasti is the wrestling contact for the Ohio Media Relations department. He can be reached via email at waltasti@ohio.edu and in the office at 740-593-0054.