WALESKA, Ga.—Southeastern came up just short in its matchups against fellow Top 5 programs during the Reinhardt Duals.
The Fire lost to No. 4 Lindsey Wilson, 24-22 and Reinhardt, 20-16 before closing the day with a 48-0 win over Truett-McConnell.
Southeastern (4-3) got off to a quick start against Lindsey Wilson with a first period fall by
Isaac Crowell and a second period fall by
Xavier Williamson to grab a 12-0 lead. Lindsey Wilson came back strong with a tech fall, a pair of decisions, then won by forfeit at 165 to take a 17-12 advantage.
Coleman Bryant got the Fire back in the match with a major decision, then a pin by
Blake Rypel in the second period got the Fire the lead back at 22-17.
A major decision for the Blue Raiders at 197 brought them within a point, then got a 5-1 win from two-time defending national champion Brandon Reed over No. 4
Alton Meeks, 5-1 to win the dual.
Crowell got the Fire on the board first against Reinhardt with a 5-3 decision, but the Eagles won the next two matches, getting bonus points at 141 for a first period fall.
Andreus Bond (149) scored a decision at 149, as did No. 5 Bryant over No. 8 Cole Tenety to get within nine with three matches left.
Freshman
Kohl Drake scored a 5-3 win in sudden victory over No. 11 Trent Knight, but a technical fall for the Eagles at 197 put the match out of reach.
Jesse Pryor closed the dual with a major decision over former national qualifier Nicholas Jarvis.
The Fire scored bonus points in eight of the ten matches against Truett-McConnell with
Trevor Borom picking up a win by first period fall in his home state, and Bryant by first period fall as well.
Southeastern will face The Citadel on Friday in their next dual.
NO. 4 LINDSEY WILSON 24, NO. 5 SOUTHEASTERN 22
125:
Isaac Crowell (SOEA) over Morgan Smith (LWK) (Fall 2:55)
133:
Xavier Williamson (SOEA) over Gabe Adams (LWK) (Fall 4:08)
141: Tanner DeMien (LWK) over
Jaquan English (SOEA) (TF 16-0 3:23)
149: Trent Johnson (LWK) over
Andreus Bond (SOEA) (Dec 3-1)
157: Derrick Smallwood (LWK) over
Kyle Kirkham (SOEA) (Dec 7-3)
165: Joe Koontz (LWK) over (SOEA) (For.)
174:
Coleman Bryant (SOEA) over John Lee (LWK) (MD 12-4)
184:
Blake Rypel (SOEA) over Cameron Butler (LWK) (Fall 3:41)
197: Trevor Lawson (LWK) over
Trillyon Fils-Aime (SOEA) (MD 9-1)
285: Brandon Reed (LWK) over Sanford Meeks (SOEA) (Dec 5-1)
NO. 3 REINHARDT 20, SOUTHEASTERN 16
125:
Isaac Crowell (SOEA) over Ivan Arguello (Rein) (Dec 5-3)
133: Elijah Griffin (Rein) over
Xavier Williamson (SOEA) (Dec 8-4)
141: Trent Leon (Rein) over
Jaquan English (SOEA) (Fall 2:00)
149:
Andreus Bond (SOEA) over Trevor Burdick (Rein) (Dec 7-5)
157: Cole Luallen (Rein) over
Ethan Gustilo (SOEA) (Dec 5-3)
165: Matt Jenkins (Rein) over
Kyle Kirkham (SOEA) (Dec 7-4)
174:
Coleman Bryant (SOEA) over Cole Tenety (Rein) (Dec 3-2)
184:
Kohl Drake (SOEA) over Trent Knight (Rein) (SV-1 5-3)
197: Antonio Stewart (Rein) over
Mason Kump (SOEA) (TF 15-0 0:00)
285:
Jesse Pryor (SOEA) over Nicholas Jarvis (Rein) (MD 11-1)
NO. 5 SOUTHEASTERN 48, TRUETT-MCCONNELL 0
125:
Trevor Borom (SOEA) over Brandon Navixay (TMG) (Fall 2:00)
133:
Xavier Williamson (SOEA) over Ethan Frye (TMG) (TF 17-0 1:25)
141: Alex Rosario (SOEA) over Cameron Espy (TMG) (Fall 1:02)
149:
Austin Ramsey (SOEA) over Leonel Silvestre (TMG) (Dec 8-6)
157:
Ethan Gustilo (SOEA) over (TMG) (For.)
165:
Kyle Kirkham (SOEA) over Mitchell Thompson (TMG) (Dec 3-1)
174:
Coleman Bryant (SOEA) over Ian James (TMG) (Fall 1:53)
184:
Kohl Drake (SOEA) over Hans Evatt (TMG) (MD 21-10)
197:
Trillyon Fils-Aime (SOEA) over Dalton Hardeman (TMG) (MD 16-4)
285:
Jesse Pryor (SOEA) over Jiovanni Forbes (TMG) (TF 18-3 2:22)
