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Seniors celebrated, WVU Tech falls to Fighting Scots

Wrestling

LelandSwafford
Kylie Lang

Wrestling | 1/28/2017 8:54:00 PM

MONTGOMERY, West Virginia -- WVU Tech wrestling celebrated their seniors, Denis Robles, Terry Nance II, Colton Rowe and Giovane Lins, during the final home match of the season in the Baisi Athletic Center Saturday evening. The Golden Bears (3-5) dropped the dual to Ohio Valley University (5-0), 39-16.

Freshman Leland Swafford wrestled at 149 pounds and defeated Eli Stewart by major decision, 19-7. Junior Bryan Overton earned a fall at 2:32 over Zach Willard at 165 pounds.

The final Golden Bear to pick up points for the team was junior Casey Hogg who pinned Ben Willard at 285 pounds (4:57).

Nance dropped a hard-fought bout to Tyler Koreski by decision, 5-3.

The team has one more regular season event on the schedule for Sunday, February 5 when they travel to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for the John Reese Duals.
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Players Mentioned

Giovane Lins

Giovane Lins

174
6' 0"
Senior
Terry Nance II

Terry Nance II

197
5' 11"
Senior
Bryan Overton

Bryan Overton

165
5' 11"
Senior
Denis Robles

Denis Robles

125/133/141
5' 4"
Senior
Colton Rowe

Colton Rowe

174
5' 9"
Senior
Leland Swafford

Leland Swafford

149
5' 7"
Freshman
Casey Hogg

Casey Hogg

285
6' 1"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Giovane Lins

Giovane Lins

6' 0"
Senior
174
Terry Nance II

Terry Nance II

5' 11"
Senior
197
Bryan Overton

Bryan Overton

5' 11"
Senior
165
Denis Robles

Denis Robles

5' 4"
Senior
125/133/141
Colton Rowe

Colton Rowe

5' 9"
Senior
174
Leland Swafford

Leland Swafford

5' 7"
Freshman
149
Casey Hogg

Casey Hogg

6' 1"
Junior
285