Jan. 15, 2008

Cedar Falls, Iowa - The Carson-Newman Eagles dropped both of its matches at the 2008 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals presented by CSG Sports Coatings on Saturday.

The Eagles dropped their first match to top-seeded Nebraska-Kearney, 36-6.

Kent Pierson picked up the win for the Eagles at 133, winning a 4-2 decision over Joe Morrison. Josh Sprewell added C-N's other win at 197, winning a decision over Justin McKain 5-2.

The Eagles fell 24-12 to Wisconsin-Parkside in their second match of the duals.

Pierson again won at 133, beating Parkside's Brandon Kircher 9-3 by decision. Kody Pierson also won for C-N, beating Cody Zimmerman at 125 in a 6-4 decision.

Tom Minwell's pin of Sean Shanahan in the heavyweight spot was the highlight of the second match for the Eagles.

Ashland University forfeited to C-N in what would have been the Eagles' third match of duals.

Carson-Newman returns to action this weekend. The Eagles will travel to Campbellsville on Saturday for a tri-match with the host institution and Notre Dame College.

Nebraska-Kearney (UNK) 36 vs. Carson-Newman (C-N) 6

125 Mike Abril (UNK) WBF Kody Pierson (C-N) F 1:56
133 Kent Pierson (C-N) WBD Joe Morrison (UNK) D 4-2
141 Jeff Rutledge (UNK) WBD Justin Browning (C-N) M 8-0
149 Ryan Etherton (UNK) WBF Kurtis Hess (C-N) F 0:20
157 Joe Ellenberger (UNK) WBD Alex Cate (C-N) TF-5 17-1; 2;41
165 Keenan McCurdy (UNK) WBD Justin Ransom (C-N) D 10-4
174 Taylor May (UNK) WBD Marcus Lopez (C-N) M 9-1
184 Paul Sutton (UNK) WBD Will Campbell (C-N) D 7-5
197 Josh Sprewell (C-N) WBD Justin McKain (UNK) D 5-2
285 Tervel Dlagnev (UNK) WBD Tom Minwell (C-N) TF-5 21-5; 3;35


Carson-Newman (C-N) 12 vs. UW-Parkside (UWP) 24

125 Kody Pierson (C-N) WBD Cody Zimmerman (UWP) D 6-4
133 Kent Pierson (C-N) WBD Brandon Kircher (UWP) D 9-3
141 Craig DeGreef (UWP) WBD Aymen Habiballah (C-N) D 7-4
149 Ben Kreuzer (UWP) WBD Kurtis Hess (C-N) D 6-4
157 Eddie Stefonek (UWP) WBD Alex Cate (C-N) M 12-4
165 Kyle Becker (UWP) WBD Justin Ransom (C-N) M 17-4
174 Corey VanGroll (UWP) WBD Marcus Lopez (C-N) M 15-4
184 Luke Haag (UWP) WBD Will Campbell (C-N) D 7-2
197 Curtis Hines (UWP) WBD Josh Sprewell (C-N) D 5-3
285 Tom Minwell (C-N) WBF Sean Shanahan (UWP) F 1:11