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No. 18 Wrestling Sweeps Tri-Meet With Emory & Henry, Mount Olive

| By: Todd Anderson, Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives
PEMBROKE – The 18th-ranked UNC Pembroke wrestling team logged 15 individual victories on the afternoon, including a dozen wins that came with bonus points, as the Braves cruised to wins over South Atlantic Conference Carolinas foes Emory & Henry and Mount Olive on Saturday afternoon at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.
 
The victories capped off another perfect home record for the Braves (12-1, 9-0 SACC) – their fourth unbeaten home record in the last five years – and set the Black & Gold up for a winner-take-all SACC championship match next week at No. 2 Lander. Both teams will enter the matchup with unblemished records inside league play.
 
Logan Robinson (133 pounds), Joshua Feliz (141), Loye Burkhead (157/165), Logan Hoffman (174) and Shylik Scriven (184) all walked away from Saturday's action with a pair of individual victories, as did Garrett Steele (197) who chalked up a dual meet triumph against Emory & Henry, as well as an exhibition win against Mount Olive's Devin McCorkle.
 
UNCP experienced very little resistance in opening the day with a 54-3 rout of Emory & Henry (4-25, 0-8), but the Wasps did take the early lead thanks to a 15-9 decision at 125 pounds. It was all UNCP after that, however, as the Braves got pins from five different wrestlers, as well as a trio of forfeit victories, to fuel the final outcome.
 
The Braves had to fend off an upset bid from the Trojans (12-5, 6-3) to post a 28-15 win in the nightcap, however. The Trojans took a quick 5-0 lead on the team scoreboard thanks to a 20-4 technical fall in the 125-pound matchup, but the Black & Gold stormed ahead for good on consecutive bonus point wins from Robinson (forfeit) and Feliz (pin). The Trojans cut their team deficit back to four points, 12-8, with a 4-0 decision by Dallas Wilson in the 149-pound bout, but the hosts answered with a first-period pin from Loye Burkhead at 157 pounds to separate themselves for good.
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