GAFFNEY, S.C. - The Coker College wrestling team dropped its South Atlantic Conference Carolinas matchup with Limestone on Tuesday (Jan. 8) by a score of 31-13.

The Cobras jumped out to an early lead led by the efforts of John Watts at 125 pounds. Watts grabbed a pair of early takedowns and took a 10-4 lead into the final period. After a valiant effort by James Sass of Limestone, Watts closed rode out a 12-8 decision to give the Cobras a 3-0 lead. Chris Poland followed up Watts' win with a strong showing at 133, going wire-to-wire for the win. After getting out to a 4-2 lead, Poland picked up the final five points in the bout to pick up a 9-4 decision.

Limestone would level it up at six after a pin of Chase Clark, and eventually take the lead as Alex Braden dropped a hard-fought decision at 149 and a forfeit from the Navy and Gold at 157.

Brett Shurina got the Cobras back on the board with an impressive showing at 165. Shurina came out of the gates on fire with flurry of takedowns in the first period to lead 12-10. Over the final two periods of action Shurina was in control, finishing it off with a 22-14 major decision.

Limestone would make a run over the final four matchups to seal the victory.

The Cobras will be back in action on Friday (Jan. 11) when they host the Coker Duals at the DeLoach Center with matches set to begin at 8:00 AM.

125: John Watts (Coker) over James Sass (Limestone) (Dec 12-8)

133: Chris Poland (Coker) over Sha`Mun Smith (Limestone) (Dec 9-4)

141: Andrew Mckahan (Limestone) over Chase Clark (Coker) (Fall 1:02)

149: Matthew Rose (Limestone) over Alex Braden (Coker) (Dec 9-4)

157: Sean Glasgow (Limestone) over (Coker) (Forfeit)

165: Bret Shurina (Coker) over Parker Grizzle (Limestone) (MD 22-14)

174: Garrett Beam (Limestone) over Taylor Catoe (Coker) (Fall 4:59)

184: Kenneth Prince (Limestone) over Seth Spell (Coker) (2:14)

197: Clif-Steven Decius (Limestone) over Marco Mason Jr. (Coker) (MD 16-4)

285: Ramon Correa (Coker) over Daniel Bland (Limestone) (Dec. 3-0)