LAKELAND, Fla.—No. 7 Southeastern finished the Fire Duals with a 2-0 record, knocking off Keiser and No. 15 Hastings both by the scores of 37-6.
Against Keiser, the Fire picked up a forfeit at 197, and a pin by
Trillyon Fils-Aime at 184.
Sal Silva started the match with an 18-3 technical fall at 157.
Stephen Kelle (174), and
Kael Brisker (141) also scored techs.
In the match against Hastings, the Broncos took the first match and a 3-0 lead after a tough loss for
Trace Braun who got the first takedown of the match but followed with an upset win by
Wyatt Kirkham over No. 3 and returning All-American Taygen Smith by the count of 5-2. With the bout tied 2-2 going to the third, Kirkham was given an escape to start the period and fended off numerous shots by Smith and ultimately scored on a takedown with 36 seconds remaining and rode out the match for the win.
"I knew that I needed to stick with my leg attacks and I would be alright," said Kirkham. "It gives me more confidence because it's pretty much my first year wrestling in college after redshirting and coming back from an injury, so it feels good to finally be able to wrestle."
Gage Braun picked up another win at 285, coming away with a technical fall, as did
Xavier Williamson at 133.
"I thought they were two good team wins and pretty unique we finished with the same score," said coach
Travis Patrick. "We had a ton of good matches across the board, even in losses."
The Fire will head to the Missouri Valley Invitational next weekend in Marshall, Mo.
SOUTHEASTERN 37, KEISER 6
157 - Salvador Silva (Southeastern) over George Zertopoulis (Keiser University ) TF 18-3
165 -
Dominick Lomazzo (Southeastern) over Adam El-Damir (Keiser University ) Dec 6-4
174 -
Stephen Kelle (Southeastern) over Mitchell Clark (Keiser University ) TF 17-2
184 -
Trillyon Fils-Aime (Southeastern) over Brett Bosserman (Keiser University ) Fall 2:55
197 -
Blake Rypel (Southeastern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
285 - Earnest Johnson (Keiser University ) over
Caleb Hardeman (Southeastern) Dec 6-2
125 -
Isaac Crowell (Southeastern) over Riley Stevens (Keiser University ) Dec 6-0
133 - Bryce Gonzalez (Keiser University ) over
Michael Bush (Southeastern) Dec 4-1
141 -
Kael Brisker (Southeastern) over James Berline (Keiser University ) TF 21-6
149 -
Andreus Bond (Southeastern) over Carlos Bogan (Keiser University ) Maj 19-5
SOUTHEASTERN 37, HASTINGS 6
157 - Thomas Stevenson (Hastings (Neb.)) over
Trace Braun (Southeastern) Dec 9-4
165 -
Wyatt Kirkham (Southeastern) over Taygen Smith (Hastings (Neb.)) Dec 5-2
174 - Trenton Munoz (Hastings (Neb.)) over
Stephen Kelle (Southeastern) Dec 8-2
184 -
Trillyon Fils-Aime (Southeastern) over Dominick Leon (Hastings (Neb.)) Dec 6-0
197 -
Blake Rypel (Southeastern) over Riley Dement (Hastings (Neb.)) Fall 0:26
285 -
Gage Braun (Southeastern) over Henry Jones (Hastings (Neb.)) TF 16-1
125 -
Isaac Crowell (Southeastern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
133 -
Xavier Williamson (Southeastern) over Andy Rojas (Hastings (Neb.)) TF 21-4
141 -
Kael Brisker (Southeastern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149 -
Maxwell Kauffman (Southeastern) over Dylan Crawford (Hastings (Neb.)) Dec 9-4
