2012 The Citadel Open ResultsCHARLESTON, S.C. – The newcomers to the Virginia Military Institute wrestling program got their first taste of collegiate grappling this weekend, faring quite well at Saturday’s The Citadel Open, hosted by VMI’s Southern Conference rival The Citadel.
A pair of rookies, Mark Darr and Emmitt Kelly reached the semifinals of the championship portion of the brackets at 165 and 141 pounds, respectively.
Darr, who comes to VMI from Woodbridge, Va., came out in his first collegiate competition on fire, winning his first three matches by fall. In the first round, Darr stuck Sean Mann of Central Florida in the first minute of the second period. In the next round, Darr once again got an early pin in the second period, pinning Brewton-Parker’s Justin Perin in 3:25. Darr rounded out his winning streak with a pin of Cumberland’s Jacob Shirley in 4:45.
In the 165 pound semifinals, Darr found himself on the wrong side of a high scoring matching, dropping a 13-10 decision against Campbell University’s Paul Duggan, who went on to be the class’s runner-up. In the wrestleback semifinals, Darr’s afternoon was ended by Gardner-Webb University’s Kyle Ash, who was wrestling unattached, with a 12-5 decision.
At 141 pounds, Kelly enjoyed a first-round bye, utilizing the energy conservation, winning his second round match 8-4 over Darton’s Adrian Martin. In the next round, the Keydet blanked Shorter’s Jesse Jone’s 5-0 before posting a 12-0 major decision over Saint Andrew’s Sterling Perry in the quarterfinals. In the championship semifinals, Kelly was bumped by Ryan Mosley, wrestling unattached for Gardner-Webb, falling by major decision 14-4. IN the wrestleback semifinals, Kelly suffered a first-period pin against Limestone’s Devon Jackson, who wrestled unattached.
At 133 pounds, Andriy Onufrieynko fell 10-5 in his first round match with Central Florida’s Nicolas Anthony, but bounced back in the wrestleback bracket, dropping Shorter’s Jonathan Rodriguez 7-3 in the first round. In the second round of the wrestlebacks, Onufrieynko clashed with a familiar face in teammate Brandon Goodwyn. Onufriyenko knocked out good 12-6. In the third round, the newcomer bester Michael Nelems, wrestling unattached for The Citadel, 10-3. Onufriyenko’s afternoon was ended in the wrestleback quarterfinals, as South Florida’s Ryan Hall pinned him in 5:57.
Having traveled with the newcomers to Charleston, S.C., the returning VMI wrestlers will travel to Salem, Va. for tomorrow’s Hokie Open, hosted by Virginia Tech. Action at the Salem Civic Center is set for 9 a.m. Results and live action can be found at HokieOpen.com
VMI Results:
125
Pounds
First Round: Eric
Montoya (Campbell) WBF Armando
Herera-Dos Reis (VMI) 2:36
Wrestle Back First
Round: Christopher Diaz Rivera (Limestone-Unattached) DEC Armando Herera-Dos Reis (VMI) 9-7
133 Pounds
First Round: Nicolas
Anthony (Central Florida) DEC Andriy
Onufriyenko (VMI) 10-5
Wrestleback First Round:
Andriy Onufriyenko (VMI) DEC Jonathan
Rodriguez (Shorter) 7-3
Wrestleback Second Round: Andriy Onufriyenko (VMI) DEC Brandon Goodwyn (VMI) 12-6
Wrestleback Third Round: Andriy
Onufriyenko (VMI) DEC Michael Nelems (The Citadel-Unattached) 10-3
Wrestleback Quarter Finals:
Ryan Hall (South Florida) WBF Andriy
Onufriyenko (VMI) 5:57
First Round: Brandon Goodwyn (VMI) BYE
Second Round: Brian Thompson
(North Carolina-Pembroke) DEC Brandon Goodwyn
(VMI) 10-8
Wrestleback First Round:
Brandon Goodwyn (VMI) MAJ DEC Anthony
Thompson (Unattached) 16-7
Wrestleback Second
Round: Andriy Onufriyenko (VMI) DEC Brandon
Goodwyn (VMI) 12-6
First Round: Joe Boswell (VMI) WBF Patrick Wells
(Saint Andrews) 2:59
Second Round: Terrence
Dugay (Limestone-Unattached) DEC Joe
Boswell (VMI) 8-5
Wrestleback First Round:
Joe Boswell (VMI) WBF Hunter Carroll
(Campbell) 1:39
Wrestleback Second
Round: Ryan Hall (South Florida) DEC Joe
Boswell (VMI) 8-5
141 Pounds
First Round: Josiah Zodhiates (VMI) DEC Christian
Chasmer (South Carolina) 7-3
Second Round: Daniel
Weiner (Unattached) WBF Josiah Zodhiates
(VMI) 1:59
Wrestleback First Round:
Taylor Bristow (Brewton-Parker) WBF Josiah
Zodhiates (VMI) 0:57
First Round: Emmitt Kelly (VMI) BYE
Second Round: Emmitt Kelly (VMI) DEC Adrian Martin
(Darton) 8-4
Third Round: Emmitt Kelly (VMI) DEC Jesse Jones
(Shorter) 5-0
Quarterfinals: Emmitt Kelly (VMI) MAJ DEC Sterling
Perry (Saint Andrew’s) 12-0
Semifinals: Ryan Mosley
(Gardner-Webb-Unattached) MAJ DEC Emmitt
Kelly (VMI) 14-4
Wrestleback Semifinals:
Devon Jackson (Limestone-Unattached) WBF Emmitt
Kelly (VMI) 1:31
165 Pounds
First Round: Mike Logan (VMI) MAJ DEC Thomas Flowers
(Darton) 9-0
Second Round: Eddie
Isherwood (Unattached) WBF Mike Logan
(VMI) 4:10
Wrestleback Fourth
Round: Mike Logan (VMI) DEC Ryan Buchanan
(Limestone-Unattached) 3-2
Wrestleback
Quarterfinals: Kyle Ash (Gardner-Webb-Unattached) MAJ DEC Mike Logan (VMI) 16-4
First Round: Mark Darr (VMI) WBF Sean Mann (Central
Florida) 4:02
Second Round: Mark Darr (VMI) WBF Justin Sperin
(Brewton-Parker) 3:25
Quarterfinals: Mark Darr (VMI) WBF Jacob Shirley
(Cumberland) 4:45
Semifinals: Paul Duggan
(Campbell) DEC Mark Darr (VMI) 13-10
Wrestleback Semifinals: Kyle Ash
(Gardner-Webb-Unattached) DEC Mark Darr
(VMI) 12-5
