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Molton’s third place finish highlights weekend at Southern Scuffle

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.Anthony Molton took home third place, and Shannon Hanna and Wynton Denkins each took fourth, as Campbell wrestling finished competition at the Southern Scuffle hosted by UT-Chattanooga at McKenzie Arena.

In addition, Dom Baker finished in seventh place and Levi Hopkins finished in fifth on Sunday evening at the conclusion of the two-day event.

As a team, the Camels finished in sixth place with 86.5 points. They finished behind Army (132.5), Oklahoma (126.5), Penn State (126.5), North Carolina (91) and North Dakota State (90.5).

Sunday began with three wrestlers, Molton, Hanna and Denkins, all in the semifinals of their weight divisions. Each lost in overtime before bouncing back and winning their consolation semifinal matches.

Molton defeated the No. 4 seed Antonio Lorenzo from Oklahoma in the third-place bout, his second victory over a top four seed at the Scuffle.

Hanna took fourth place at 141 pounds after a 4-2 weekend. Denkins also finished in fourth place, after narrowly dropping the third-place match to the No. 1 seed Willie McDougald (Oklahoma), 5-3 in the second tiebreaker.

Baker won a high-scoring decision against Oklahoma's Mannix Morgan in the seventh-place bout, 18-12.

Hopkins closed the weekend for the Camels with a 15-4 major decision against UNC's Cade Lautt in the fifth-place bout at 197 pounds.

Results for Campbell's wrestlers are below. Full results and video replays of all matches are available on FloWrestling.

UP NEXT

The Camels are back on the road for the David H. Lehman '68 Franklin & Marshall Open on Friday in Lancaster, Pa. Competition begins at 9:00 a.m., and the action can be seen on FloWrestling.

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Full Results (Bouts in BOLD were completed on Sunday, 1/5)

 National rankings according to Intermat. Tournament seeding in parentheses. 
 

125 Pounds

Anthony Molton, 6-1, Third Place

R64 | Molton def. Riley Rowan (Duke), Fall 4:13

R32 | Molton def. (3) #20 Charlie Farmer (Army), DEC 8-5

R16 | Molton def. Easton Cooper (UTC), TF 2:42 (21-6)

QF | Molton def. #28 Keyveon Roller (UVA), MD 9-0

SF | (2) #21 Spencer Moore (UNC) def. Molton, SV-2 6-3

C-SF | Molton def. Kurt McHenry (PSU), DEC 2-1

3rd | Molton def. (4) #23 Antonio Lorenzo (OKLA), DEC 4-2

 

Cooper Shore, 3-2

R32 | Shore def. Julian Dawson (Morgan State), Fall 4:08

R16 | Tristan Daugherty (NDSU) def. Shore, DEC 6-2

C16#2 | Shore def. (3) #20 Charlie Farmer (Army), DEC 7-4

C8#1 | Shore def. Jayden Carson (Little Rock), MD 10-2

C8#2 | Beric Jordan (OKLA) def. Shore, MD 17-8

133 Pounds

Logan Heil, 0-2

R32 | Kyle Burwick (NDSU) def. Heil, TF 6:41 (16-1)

C16#1 | #19 Cleveland Belton (OLKA) def. Heil, MD 15-6

Zander Phaturos, 1-2

R32 | (3) #13 Ethan Oakley (UNC) def. Phaturos, DEC 12-5

C16#1 | Phaturos def. Mason Prinkey (Clarion), MD 11-2

C16#2 | Kyle Montaperto (UVA) def. Phaturos, TF 4:38 (19-3)

#29 Domenic Zaccone, 1-2

R32 | Michael Joyce (Brown) def. Zaccone, MD 13-5

C16#1 | Zaccone def. Raymond Lopez (AU), MD 13-4

C16#2 | Scott Johnson (Clarion) def. Zaccone, MD 13-3

141 Pounds

(3) #24 Shannon Hanna, 4-2, Fourth Place

R32 | Hanna def. Elijah White (AU), TF 7:00 (18-3)

R16 | Hanna def. Alex Braun (OKLA), DEC 4-2

QF | Hanna def. Ian Oswalt (Brown), Fall 4:23

SF | Dylan Cedano (UVA) def. Hanna, SV-1 4-1

C-SF | Hanna def. #27 Kyren Butler (UVA), DEC 5-2

3rd | Richard Treanor (Army) def. Hanna, Fall 2:43

149 Pounds

(3) Wynton Denkins, 4-2, Fourth Place

R32 | Denkins def. Cullen Kane (UNC), Fall 2:56

R16 | Denkins def. Sam Harris (GWU), MD 13-4

QF | Denkins def. Benji Alanis (Northern Colorado), DEC 7-3

SF | (2) #16 Jordan Williams (Little Rock) def. Denkins, TB2 3-2

C-SF | Denkins def. Kyle Schickel (Clarion), DEC 7-2

3rd | (1) #13 Willie McDougald (OKLA) def. Denkins, TB2 5-3

Eugene Harney, 1-2

R16 | Kyle Schickel (Clarion) def. Harney, DEC 2-1

C16#2 | Harney def. Gage Owen (AU), DEC 11-4

C8#1 | Layton Schneider (OKLA) def. Harney, MD 13-2

157 Pounds

Chris Earnest, 2-2

R32 | Earnest def. CJ Liddie (UTC), TF 4:23 (18-1)

R16 | (4) Max Petersen (NDSU) def. Earnest, DEC 6-2

C16#2 | Earnest def. Joshua Greenwood (Morgan State), DEC 7-0

C8#1 | Brayden Roberts (LIU) def. Earnest, Fall 3:54

Ryan Bolletino, 0-2

R32 | Gabriel Schumm (NDSU) def. Bolletino, DEC 8-4

C16#1 | Logan Ferrero (Duke) def. Bolletino, DEC 6-0

165 Pounds

(3) #28 Dom Baker, 5-2, Seventh Place

R64 | Baker def. Tyler Secoy (NDSU), DEC 9-2

R32 | Baker def. Mason Stefanelli (UVA), DEC 8-3

R16 | Baker def. Tyler Brignola (GWU), DEC 5-2

QF | Aidan Wallace (Duke) def. Baker, DEC 8-4

C8#2 | Baker def. Cole Nance (Bellarmine), DEC 19-13

C-QF | Boeden Greenley (NDSU) def. Baker, DEC 4-3

7th | Baker def. Mannix Morgan (OKLA), DEC 18-12

174 Pounds

Riley Augustine, 3-2

R32 | Augustine def. Corey Connolly (LIU), TF 7:00 (15-0)

R16 | (1) #4 Lennox Wolak (VT) def. Augustine, Fall 6:30

C16#2 | Augustine def. Connor O'Donnell (Brown), MD 12-4

C8#1 | Augustine def. Ben Haubert (The Citadel), DEC 7-4

C8#2 | Caleb Campos (AU) def. Augustine, MD 11-0

184 Pounds

Mike Slade, 1-2

R32 | Justin Phillips (UVA) def. Slade, TF 4:24 (17-2)

C32#2 | Slade def. Roy Price (The Citadel), TF 5:00 (18-1)

C16#1 | Devan Hendricks (Bellarmine) def. Slade, DEC 4-2

197 Pounds

(1) #25 Levi Hopkins, 4-2, Fifth Place

R16 | Hopkins def. Thomas Sandoval (Brown), DEC 5-0

QF | Wolfgang Frable (Army) def. Hopkins, DEC 4-2

C8#2 | Hopkins def. Reid Schroeder (Army), Fall 1:49

C-QF | Hopkins def. Josh McCutchen (Gardner-Webb), MD 14-3

C-SF | Sonny Sasso (VT) def. Hopkins, DEC 8-6

5th | Hopkins def. Cade Lautt (UNC), MD 15-4

Heavyweight

Kaleb Wright, 0-2

R32 | Brady Colbert (Army) def. Wright, Fall 4:12

C16#1 | Morvens Saint Jean (PC) def. Wright, MD 9-0

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Players Mentioned

Riley Augustine

Riley Augustine

5' 9"
Redshirt Senior
Dom Baker

Dom Baker

5' 11"
Junior
Wynton Denkins

Wynton Denkins

5' 7"
Sophomore
Chris Earnest

Chris Earnest

5' 10"
Sophomore
Shannon Hanna

Shannon Hanna

5' 8"
Graduate Student
Logan Heil

Logan Heil

Graduate Student
Levi Hopkins

Levi Hopkins

6' 0"
Graduate Student
Anthony Molton

Anthony Molton

5' 6"
Graduate Student
Zander Phaturos

Zander Phaturos

5' 8"
Junior
Cooper Shore

Cooper Shore

5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Riley Augustine

Riley Augustine

5' 9"
Redshirt Senior
Dom Baker

Dom Baker

5' 11"
Junior
Wynton Denkins

Wynton Denkins

5' 7"
Sophomore
Chris Earnest

Chris Earnest

5' 10"
Sophomore
Shannon Hanna

Shannon Hanna

5' 8"
Graduate Student
Logan Heil

Logan Heil

Graduate Student
Levi Hopkins

Levi Hopkins

6' 0"
Graduate Student
Anthony Molton

Anthony Molton

5' 6"
Graduate Student
Zander Phaturos

Zander Phaturos

5' 8"
Junior
Cooper Shore

Cooper Shore

5' 5"
Sophomore