HARRISONBURG, Va.-- Campbell University's Lantz Nixon finished third at the Colonial Athletic Association Wrestling Championships on Saturday evening on the campus of James Madison University. With his win in the consolation final, Nixon was selected as a wild card to participate in the NCAA Tournament.
Nixon, a 174-pound sophomore from Akron, Ohio, recorded a 3-1 overtime win over Ralph Everett from Hofstra in the consolation finals to lead the Camels to a tenth place team finish.
On Saturday, day one of the Championships, Nixon lost his opening round match to Everett (Hofstra) 5-2 before pinning Steve Broglie of JMU to advance to the championship bracket.
In his opening match of the championship round, he recorded his second pin of the tournament in a match with Bryon Nelson from Boston University before defeating P.J. Ross of George Mason 5-3 to advance to the consolation final with Everett.
For the season, Nixon finished with a 24-8 and improved to 34-20 for his career and becomes just the fifth in school-history to advance to Nationals. John Christian and Billy Greene were the last to accomplish this task, both advancing in 2000.
As a team the Camels finished with 16.50 teams points to finish ahead of Boston College (9.50) and Wagner (-2.00). Campbell finished the 2001-02 season with an overall record of 7-6 and 2-3 in the conference. The Fighting Camels two league wins was a school-best since joining the CAA in 1996.
Nixon will take part in the NCAA Tournament Mar. 21-23 in Albany, New York. The CAA will be represented by 28-wrestlers from nine schools around the conference. [Home]

Place School Team Points
1 Hofstra University 111.00
2 Drexel University 88.50
3 Boston University 64.50
4 Rider University 63.00
5 James Madison University 46.00
6 Sacred Heart University 41.00
7 George Mason University 39.50
8 Old Dominion University 35.00
9 Binghamton University 32.50
10 Campbell University 16.50
11 Boston College 9.50
12 Wagner College -2.50