No. 23 Tigers Drop MSC Dual at No. 11 Phoenix

LEBANON, Tenn. – The No. 23 Georgetown College men's wrestling team continued Mid-South Conference play, falling 36-9 against No. 11 Cumberland in Dallas Floyd Phoenix Arena on Saturday night.

Top-10 wrestler #8 Navarro Nanpuya defeated #10 Rocco Horvath via 6-1 decision to secure the first points of the evening for Georgetown, which was without #18 Leland Reeves and Wyatt Payne.

Marcus James also picked off a #10 wrestler, Tyler Rowland, in the 197 class. James earned the 3-2 decision.

Luke Cox finished off the night with a win in the heavyweights. He took down Noah Todd 9-4, who was previously undefeated and had most recently pinned the #17 wrestler in 285 coming into tonight.

HOW IT HAPPENED
125: #22 Chase Walker (CU) def. Peter Byron (Fall 2:25) 
133: Bentley Ellison (CU) def. Chris Schroth (TF 18-3 5:27) 
141: #3 Sammy Shires (CU) def. Cofy Walls (TF 19-2 / 3:39) 
149: #1 Victor Guzman (CU) def. Josh Sharron (MD 22-8) 
157: #25 Elijah Griffin (CU) def. Jeremy Mills (TF 16-0 / 5:11) 
165: Logan Brown (CU) def. Sam Daniels (TF 21-3 / 5:37) 
174: #21 Anthony Pyron (CU) def. Keenan Shively (Fall 1:12) 
184: #8 Navarro Nanpuya def. #10 Rocco Horvath (CU) (Dec 6-1) 
197: #13 Marcus James def. #10 Tyler Rowland (CU) (Dec 3-2) 
285: #19 Luke Cox def. Noah Todd (CU) (Dec 9-4) 

W-L Record at Cumberland:
Peter Byron: 0-1
Chris Schroth: 0-1
Cofy Walls: 0-1
Josh Sharron: 0-1
Jeremy Mills: 0-1
Sam Daniels: 0-1
Keenan Shivel: 0-1
Navarro Nanpuya: 1-0
Marcus James: 1-0
Luke Cox: 1-0

UP NEXT
The Tigers return home for their final tri-match of the season with Midway and Rochester Christian on Tuesday, February 3.

The meet is set to start at 4:00 p.m. in Davis-Reid Alumni Gym.