WILLIAMSBURG, Ky.—The Fire wrestling team dropped both of its duals during competition at the University of the Cumberlands.
Against the hosts in a Mid-South Conference contest, the Fire fell 26-18.
Zach Colgan scored a major decision with a 10-0 win at 174 to put SEU up 18-11, but the Fire were unable to come up with points at the top three weight classes, dropping a major decision, a fall, and a tech fall.
Timmy Dinsdale (165) and
Caleb Rudisill (141) also had major decision wins, and Gio Bonilla came away with a thrilling 7-5 decision over Tristan Macri. Macri came into the match ranked eighth in the nation at 157.
In SEU's second meeting of the year against Newberry, the Fire lost 31-9 with
Adrian Hughes (149), Colgan, and
Zech Rives (184) collecting decisions.
The Fire will host their first meet of the year next Saturday against Allen (S.C.) and USF.
Cumberlands 26, Southeastern 18
125 O. Delisca (SU) over A. Slates (UC) by decision 8-2 0-3
133 J. Sinkovics (UC) over J. Santana (SU) by tech fall 18-0 5-3
141 C. Rudisill (SU) over D. Goins (UC) by major decision 8-0 5-7
149 H. Bell (UC) over A. Hughes (SU) by fall @ 2:30 11-7
157 G. Bonilla (SU) over T. Macri (UC) by decision 7-5 11-10
165 T. Dinsdale (SU) over S. Vosters (UC) by major decision 12-3 11-14
174 Z. Colgan (SU) over M. Emerson (UC) by major decision 10-0 11-18
184 C. Jones (UC) over Z. Rives (SU) by major decision 11-3 15-18
197 R. Bloy (UC) over N. Cleland (SE) by fall @ 4:00 21-18
285 Q. Chisolm (UC) over S. Root (SU) by tech fall 18-0 26-18
Newberry 31, Southeastern 9
125 T. Duong (NC) over O. Delisca (SU) by fall @ 1:25 6-0
133 J. Simpson (NC) over J. Santana (SU) by tech fall 15-0 11-0
141 T. Martinez (NC) over C. Rudisdill (SU) by major decision 10-2 15-0
149 A. Hughes (SU) over A. Palmer (NC) by decision 4-3 15-3
157 A. Rice (NC) over R. Strickland (SU) by decision 6-0 18-3
165 N. Young (NC) over J. Mireles (SU) by fall @ 2:47 24-3
174 Z. Colgan (SU) over N. Hall (NC) by decision 5-2 24-6
184 Z. Rives (SU) over C. Wood (NC) by decision 7-6 24-9
197 A. Crocker (NC) over N. Cleland (SU) by decision 9-5 27-9
285 P. Gossett (NC) over S. Root (SU) by major decision 13-1 31-9