Nashville, Tenn.-The men's wrestling team traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, for the Gator Boots Duals Saturday and went 2-2 on the day.
The Eagles posted a 38-10 win over Huntingdon and then defeated Dubuque 21-17. But the Eagles then dropped their next two matches. Elmhurst won 34-20, while No. 19 Olivet won 24-18.
Four wrestlers went undefeated on the day - Shelton Chastain, John Ward, Jake Dado and Jaylen York. Against Huntingdon, Shelton Chastain defeated Nicholas McClendon (Fall 1:28) at 125. At 141, Jake Dado defeated Kyron Sank (Fall 2:53). At 157, Jaylen York took down David Burgess (TF 21-4 4:34). John Ward won over Jayson Spencer (Dec 6-4) at 165. At 174, Cameron Cook won over Nick Kendrick (MD 12-0). At 197, Daniel Benoit defeated Mac Hirsh (TF 18-2 5:25) and Ka'Ron Lewis defeated Jack Haury (Dec 5-1) at 285. Against Dubuque, Chastain won by decision (Dec 11-6), Dado won by decision (Dec 4-3) and York won by fall (Fall 5:25). Ward continued the Eagles match with a win by decision (Dec 3-2), Cook also won (SV-1 3-1) and Ka`Ron Lewis finished the match out with a win (Dec 7-1). Against Elmhurst, Chastain won by tech fall (TF 22-4 4:46), Dado won by fall (Fall 4:52), York won by fall (Fall 0:30) and Ward won by decision (Dec 4-3). In a narrow loss against nationally-ranked Olivet, Chastain posted a win by decision (Dec 3-2), Dado also won by decision (Dec 9-4), York won by major decision (MD 21-8), Ward won by tech fall (TF 18-3 6:27) and RC Morris won by decision (Dec 10-6).
"I thought overall it was a solid day of duals," said head coach Vinny Barber. "Pulling two wins against in region opponents was awesome. Jaylen put together one of the best days of wrestling I've seen from him. He scored from every position and got valuable bonus point victories when needed. John and Jake continue to improve and show their abilities. Shelton has done a great job improving weekend to weekend and it's starting to all come together. We did drop a dual today that I didn't think we would, but that is a useful result to help exploit some of our team's weaknesses."
The Eagles will head to Florida over the Winter Break for the Citrus Invite December 29-30 in Fort Lauderdale.
University of the Ozarks 38, Huntingdon 10
125: Shelton Chastain over Nicholas McClendon (Fall 1:28)
133: Cole Blalock over Noah Clayton (Fall 1:32)
141: Jake Dado over Kyron Sank (Fall 2:53)
157: Jaylen York over David Burgess (TF 21-4 4:34)
165: John Ward over Jayson Spencer (Dec 6-4)
174: Cameron Cook over Nick Kendrick (MD 12-0)
184: Nicholas Brashear over RC Morris (MD 15-3)
197: Daniel Benoit over Mac Hirsh (TF 18-2 5:25)
285: Ka`Ron Lewis over Jack Haury (Dec 5-1)
University of the Ozarks 21, Dubuque 17
125: Shelton Chastain over Tanner higa (Dec 11-6)
133: Jesus Sanchez over Noah Clayton (Dec 6-2)
141: Jake Dado over Anthony Urrea (Dec 4-3)
149: Evan Atchley over Hayden Rofkahr (Dec 4-2)
157: Jaylen York over Brody Hawtrey (Fall 5:25)
165: John Ward over Devin Hayes (Dec 3-2)
174: Cameron Cook over Julius Boimah (SV-1 3-1)
184: Kurtis Modlin over RC Morris (Fall 4:23)
197: Tyler Thurston over Daniel Benoit (Inj. 0:37)
285: Ka`Ron Lewis over Joseph Pineda (Dec 7-1)
(DBQ un-sportsman like conduct -1.0)
Elmhurst 34, University of the Ozarks 20
125: Shelton Chastain over Owen Brotherton (TF 22-4 4:46)
133: Justin Hames over Noah Clayton (TF 21-6 5:00)
141: Jake Dado over Troy Mock (Fall 4:52)
149: Zach Kolb over Hayden Rofkahr (Fall 5:37)
157: Jaylen York over Jaden Morga (Fall 0:30)
165: John Ward over Jeff Nugent (Dec 4-3)
174: Joe Caringella over Cameron Cook (MD 12-3)
184: Norbert Crecan over RC Morris (MD 11-3)
197: Colin O`Neill over RJ Iban (Dec 9-2)
285: Andre Hunt over Ka`Ron Lewis (Fall 0:58)
(OZAR UN-SPORTSMAN LIKE CONDUCT -2.0)
#19 Olivet 24, University of the Ozarks 18
125: Shelton Chastain over Emmett Kettel (Dec 3-2)
133: Emilo Cabrera over Noah Clayton (MD 17-5)
141: Jake Dado over Robert Davids (Dec 9-4)
149: Tyler Herrema over Hayden Rofkahr(MD 13-5)
157: Jaylen York over Ramiro Guerrero (MD 21-8)
165: John Ward over Zach Potter (TF 18-3 6:27)
174: Mitchell Reynolds over Cameron Cook (MD 11-1)
184: RC Morris over Gideon Loewen (Dec 10-6)
197: Hiram Robinson over RJ Iban (Fall 4:17)
285: Donovan King over Ka`Ron Lewis (Fall 1:27)
