LEBANON, Tenn. – Jake Williams, Steven Sandefer, Zeke Hunt and Cody Linton all won by Fall and Michael Gonzalez and Aric Fernandez also picked up victories in 11th-ranked Cumberland’s 33-21 dual match win Thursday night at St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, N.C.
The Bulldogs (11-9) Forfeited the first two matches of the dual but rebounded when Williams pinned Nick Sauceda (1:48) at 141 and Sandefer did the same to Patrick Wells (0:20) at 149. Gonzalez won by Forfeit at 157, but the Knights Steffan Baker evened the score at 18 with a victory over Jacob Shirley by Fall at 6:49 at 165.
Hunt’s pin of Russell Lindsay at 3:32 at 174 gave CU the lead for good and Linton followed with a victory by Fall at 6:20 over Denzel Leggett at 184. Fernendez posted a 4-1 Decision at 197 versus Jared Key before Tyler Smith dropped the heavyweight match with a 9-7 Decision against Denzel Vaughan.
Cumberland will take part in the Newberry Open this Saturday in Newberry, S.C.
#11 Cumberland Univ. 33, St. Andrews Univ. 21
| Wt. Class | Winner | Loser | Type;Score | CU | SAU |
| 125 | Chauncey Foster (SAU) | FOR | 0 | 6 | |
| 133 | Josh Tegard (SAU) | FOR | 0 | 12 | |
| 141 | Jake Williams (CU) | Nick Sauceda (SAU) | F; 1:48 | 6 | 12 |
| 149 | Steven Sandefer (CU) | Patrick Wells (SAU) | F; 0:20 | 12 | 12 |
| 157 | Michael Gonzalez (CU) | FOR | 18 | 12 | |
| 165 | Steffan Baker (SAU) | Jacob Shirley (CU) | F; 6:49 | 18 | 18 |
| 174 | Zeke Hunt (CU) | Russell Lindsay (SAU) | F; 3:32 | 24 | 18 |
| 184 | Cody Linton (CU) | Denzel Leggett (SAU) | F; 6:20 | 30 | 18 |
| 197 | Aric Fernandez (CU) | Jared Key (SAU) | D; 4-1 | 33 | 18 |
| 285 | Denzel Vaughan (SAU) | Tyler Smith (CU) | D; 9-7 | 33 | 21 |
D - Decision
MD - Major Decision
TF - Technical Fall
F - Fall
FOR - Forfeit
MFOR - Medical Forfeit
