By Bret Strelow. BOONE, N.C. — App State Wrestling won the first nine matches and remained unbeaten in SoCon duals with a 40-3 home victory against VMI on Jan. 15.
The Mountaineers (5-4, 2-0 SoCon) are back in action Friday night with a trip to Blacksburg, Va., to face No. 7 Virginia Tech (5-2). The 7 p.m. dual will be held at the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech and be streamed on ACCNX.
App State received bonus points in seven of its nine wins Thursday, going on a dominant run after true freshman Colt Campbell avenged an opening-weekend, overtime loss to Beau Lewis by prevailing 6-4 at 174 pounds thanks to a first-period takedown and then a third-period reversal with his riding time about to drop under a minute. Lewis got in on a late shot but couldn’t secure a go-ahead takedown in the closing seconds.
Tomas Brooker won via a 20-4 tech fall at 184 before Logan Eller benefited from four first-period stalling points and posted a third-period takedown in a 9-0 major decision against veteran Toby Schoffstall. Stephan Monchery needed just 62 seconds to record a win by fall in his heavyweight match.
Cooper Foster closed a stellar first period with more near fall points to secure a 16-0 tech fall at 125 pounds, and Jarvis Little won a 17-4 major decision at 133.
VMI (4-4, 0-1) closed the dual with a 4-3 decision at 141 pounds, as 2024 NCAA qualifier Dyson Dunham had a first-period takedown against Aldo Hernandez.
The dual began with Kaden Keiser winning a 4-2 decision against Patrick Jordon thanks to a takedown late in the second period, and Jeremiah Price built a 12-2 lead in a 17-9 major decision against Eric Doran at 157. Anthony Conetta held a 7-0 lead when Tyler Berish suffered a match-ending injury at 165.
App State 40, VMI 3
149: #26 Kaden Keiser (APP) def. Patrick Jordon (VMI), 4-2 dec.
157: Jeremiah Price (APP) def. Eric Doran (VMI), 17-9 maj. dec.
165: Anthony Conetta (APP) def. Tyler Berish (VMI), injury def. (7-0 lead)
174: Colt Campbell (APP) def. Beau Lewis (VMI), 6-4 dec.
184: #23 Tomas Brooker (APP) def. Andrew Barford (VMI), 20-4 tech fall
197: Logan Eller (APP) def. Toby Schoffstall (VMI), 9-0 maj. dec.
Hwt: Stephan Monchery (APP) def. Cole Will (VMI), fall (1:02)
125: Cooper Foster (APP) def. Waylon Rogers (VMI), 16-0 tech fall
133: Jarvis Little (APP) def. Cody Tanner (VMI), 17-4 maj. dec.
141: Dyson Dunham (VMI) def. Aldo Hernandez (APP), 4-3 dec.
