Campbell Wrestling Finishes 28^th at Southern Scuffle

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Campbell wrestling team scored 10.5 team points, to beat out Duke, George Mason, Davidson and Princeton and finish 28^th in the 32 team field in the Southern Scuffle hosted Thursday and Friday by UNC Greensboro.
The Camels were led by Brent Poynter who finished 4-2 in the event. Poynter pinned David Pelsing from Gardner Webb at the 1:56 mark in the round of 64. He then lost to nation's No. 20 ranked wrestler in the 165-pound division, Deonte Penn, from Edinboro in the round of 32.
Poynter went on to win his next three matches in the wrestleback stages. He beat Obie Simpson from N.C. State 6-5 and Adam Underwood from the Virginia Military Academy 10-1, before advancing past Lehigh's Troy Letters on a medical forfeit win. Poynter finished day one 4-1 before falling to Craig Dziewiatkowski from Navy by pinfall.
The Camels also got wins from Trevour Smith and Jeremiah Fennell. Smith finished 1-2 in the 125-pound weight division. He beat Jim Porch from Rider in the round of 64 by a score of 6-4. Fennell, a heavy-weight also went 1-2. He beat Ian Roncoroni from Princeton 8-5 in the first wrestleback stage.
The No. 3 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers won the team title with 192 team points edging out Missouri (149) and Cornell (131). The tournament featured six teams and 58 wrestlers ranked in the top-25 in the USA Today / Inter Mat Wrestling poll. For complete tournament results log on to www.southernscuffle.com or www.uncgspartans.com.
At the end of the 2005 portion of the season, Fennell and Poynter lead the team with 10 individual wins each. The Camels have not wrestled a dual, meet but finished tied for sixth at the Navy Classic, to go along with the 28^th place at the Southern Scuffle. The Camels next match is the home opener against UNC Greensboro on Jan. 6 in Carter Gym.