Cobras Fall to No. 18 Wolves

Photo by Stan Barnhill
Photo by Stan Barnhill

NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Coker Cobra wrestling team dropped its Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) match to the nationally ranked No. 18 Newberry Wolves 25-15 on Saturday (Jan. 2).

Derrick Nelson continued his dominance on the mat with his seventh pin of the season at 133-pounds. Jordon Tague had a solid12-7 decision at 149-pounds, and Shabo Gorial picked up an 8-2 decision at the 157-pound weight class.  Derrick Booth earned a 3-1 decision at the 174-pound division to round out the Coker victories.

The Cobras will return to action on Friday (Jan. 8) when they host the Coker Duals beginning at 10 a.m. at Coker's DeLoach Center.

 

Weight

 Summary

NBY

COKER


125

 Trung Duong (Newberry) over Charlie Huff (Coker College) (MD 11-1)

4

0


133

 Derrick Nelson (Coker College) over Josh Epperson (Newberry) (Fall 2:03)

0

6


141

 Nick Lankford (Newberry) over RaSean McArthur (Coker College) (Fall 5:33)

6

0


149

 Jordon Tague (Coker College) over Dylan Greene (Newberry) (Dec 12-7)

0

3


157

 Shabo Gorial (Coker College) over Alex Rice (Newberry) (Dec 8-2)

0

3


165

 Lukas Gilmore (Newberry) over Jamal Lackey (Coker College) (Dec 6-2)

3

0


174

 Derrick Booth (Coker College) over Dennis Flores (Newberry) (Dec 3-1)

0

3


184

 Huston Evans (Newberry) over Luis Peguero (Coker College) (Dec 6-3)

3

0


197

 Cody Brundage (Newberry) over Temaris Dixon (Coker College) (Dec 6-3)

3

0


285

 Mike Kennedy (Newberry) over Austin Akins (Coker College) (Fall 6:30)

6

0

Team Score:

25

15