November 19, 2005
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Campbell Wrestling Finishes Sixth at Navy Classic

ANAPOLIS, Md. – Campbell had four wrestlers place in the top-six, as they finished tied with Davidson for sixth place, at the Navy Classic on Saturday. The Camels had three wrestlers place fourth in their division and one make sixth, finishing with 38 points in the competition. That was enough to put them in a tie with Davidson for sixth place out of eight teams at the meet.
There were plenty of pins in the heavyweight division of the competition. Campbell's Jeremiah Fennell was pinned in 5:45, in his opening match against Ed Prendergast of Navy. Fennell then responded by pinning his next three opponents: Tim Franks (Duquesne) in 3:21, Matt Holsopple (West Virginia) in the sudden victory period and Keith English (McDaniel) in 1:20. In the third place match Fennell fell to Mike D'Amico from Rutgers at the 2:05 mark.
Kelin Bidelspach went 2-2 to place fourth in the 141-pound weight division. He started by beating Navy's David Tippett, before falling to Steve Adamcsik from Rutgers. In the consolation bracket Bidelspach defeated Henry Blue from Davidson 7-2, before dropping the third-place game 12-8 to Navy's Spencer Manley.
In the 197-pound weight class Jason Cook for Campbell took fourth place. After dropping his first match 19-7 to Andrew Adams, he was able to pin Karim Mahmoud of Rutgers in 5:30. In the third place match Cook dropped a 12-6 decision to Jared Villers of West Virginia.
Campbell's Kyle Higgins took sixth in the 184 weight class. The red-shirt freshman recovered from being pinned at the 1:46 mark in his first match against Rudy Medinin of Rutgers, to reel off a pair of wins. He beat Wil Carter of Davidson 9-3 and then Mike Elshamy from Rutgers 4-1, before falling to George Mason's Matt Moyer.
The Camels return to action on Dec. 26 at the Carolina Classic in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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