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Heil, Meink place at Southern Scuffle

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. – Josh Heil finished runner-up at 149 and Korbin Meink placed fourth at 125, highlighting day two action for Campbell at the 2018 Southern Scuffle.

Heil, a sophomore Camel wrestling unattached, advanced to a finals appearance after topping Jared Prince of Navy with a 4-3 decision, the tournament's third seed at 149, and ranked No. 11 at 141. Heil met the nation's 149 pound No. 1 Zain Retherford of Penn State in Tuesday's finals, with the top-ranked Retherford earning the fall (4:39) and the Southern Scuffle individual title.

???????Heil moved on to the semifinal round after taking down two-time All-American and current No. 6 Max Thomsen of Northern Iowa, with a 3-2 decision on Monday. Heil is the first Camel to ever make the Southern Scuffle finals.

After going 2-1 on Monday, Meink advanced early Tuesday via a disqualification in the 125 bracket, then topped Stanford's Gabe Townsell 4-3. The Campbell freshman picked up a 5-2 victory over Cal State Bakersfield's Sergio Mendez to reach the 125 consolation final, where fourth-seeded and No. 9 Louie Hayes defeated Meink by tech fall 19-4 (7:00).

Also in action Tuesday were Nathan Boston at 133 and Quentin Perez at 165 pounds.

Boston fell to N.C. State's Jamel Morris 3-0, while Perez dropped his opening bout of the day to No. 23 Keilan Torres of Northern Colorado by fall (2:09).

Campbell finished 16th of 24 teams in the competitive Southern Scuffle field. No. 1 Penn State took the team tournament title. Penn State's Shakur Rasheed was named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler.

Campbell will round out 2017-18 tournament competition at the David H. Lehman F&M Open on January 6. The Camels will head to the Virginia Duals January 12-13 before opening Southern Conference action January 18, hosting Appalachian State.
 
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Players Mentioned

Josh Heil

Josh Heil

5' 10"
Sophomore
Quentin Perez

Quentin Perez

6' 0"
Junior
Nathan Boston

Nathan Boston

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
Korbin Meink

Korbin Meink

5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Josh Heil

Josh Heil

5' 10"
Sophomore
Quentin Perez

Quentin Perez

6' 0"
Junior
Nathan Boston

Nathan Boston

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
Korbin Meink

Korbin Meink

5' 6"
Freshman