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Wrestling Splits Saturday Conference Double Dip

| By: Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives
PEMBROKE – Visiting Belmont Abbey handed the UNC Pembroke wrestling team its first home loss since the 2016-17 campaign in the early match, but the Braves rebounded with a convincing victory over Coker to even out its action in a Saturday Tri-Meet at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.
 
The Crusaders (9-4, 6-0 SACC) used a pin in the 141-pound matchup to stay unbeaten in South Atlantic Conference Carolinas play with an 18-17 squeaker. The Braves (5-7, 3-2) tallied eight bonus-point victories in the nightcap with Coker (3-5, 1-6) to fuel a 43-11 rout of the Cobras.
 
All-American Nick Daggett, newcomer Jake Piccirill, Jovaun Johnson and Zach Shaffer each tallied a pair of wins on the afternoon, including two bonus-point wins by Daggett.
 
Belmont Abbey used three-straight wins to eventually forge an 18-8 lead following a win by Connor Weeks in the 174-pound bout, but the Braves closed out the dual meet with three decisions to keep the Crusaders on their toes until the final buzzer.
 
UNCP traded technical-fall victories to open its nightcap with Coker, but then used wins by Chance Cottingham and Piccirilli to take a lead it would not relinquish. The Black & Gold closed out its afternoon at home with five-straight wins, including pins from Johnson and Shaffer.
 
The Braves will open up a two-match road trip on Wednesday when they make the short trip north to tangle with South Atlantic Conference Carolinas foe Mount Olive (7-6, 1-3). Action is scheduled to get underway inside Kornegay Arena at 7 p.m.
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