DeSanto, Hammond Highlight Wrestling's New Year's Day at the Southern Scuffle

Monday, January 1

Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Drexel University

Southern Scuffle

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DeSanto, Hammond Highlight Wrestling's New Year's Day at the Southern Scuffle

1/1/2018 9:44:00 PM | Wrestling

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Austin DeSanto and Garett Hammond advanced to the semifinals in their respective weight classes Monday to highlight the Drexel wrestling team's day at the annual Southern Scuffle at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn.

DeSanto, the No. 6-ranked 133-pounder in the country and No. 3-seeded in the weight class at the Scuffle, continued his torrid pace with back-to-back technical falls to open competition and a decision to move into Tuesday's semifinals. Hammond earned signature wins over two seeded wrestlers to set up a semifinals matchup with the tournament's No. 2 seed at 157 pounds.

At 133 pounds, DeSanto started Day 1 with a technical fall win over Gardner-Webb's Brandon Bright, 22-7, in three and a half minutes. The freshman than followed that up with a 26-10 technical fall win over Utah Valley's Durbin Lloren in just under five and a half minutes. In the quarterfinals, DeSanto controlled an 8-5 decision over Campbell's Nathan Boston to set up a semifinals matchup with the No. 4-ranked 133-pounder in the nation, Jack Mueller of Virginia. Hammond worked an 8-2 decision over The Citadel's Rian Burris to open the tournament, then outlasting No. 17 Coleman Hammond of Cal State Bakersfield, 3-2, to move to the quarterfinals. In the quarters, Hammond beat out the tournament's No. 3 seed, Ian Brown of Lehigh, in a 9-3 decision to set up a matchup Tuesday with Duke's Mitch Finesilver, the No. 2 seed, for a spot in the title bout. FloWrestling named Hammond's win over Brown as one of the six biggest upsets from Day 1 of the Scuffle.

Three other Dragons advanced to the quarterfinals on the day, including Ebed Jarrell, Stephen Loiseau and Joey Goodhart. Jarrell, wrestling at 165 pounds, breezed past Northern Iowa's Isaiah Patton with a 16-0 (6:13) technical fall then a 12-1 major decision over Chattanooga's Chad Pyke to move into the quarters, where he ran into the nation's top-ranked 165-pounder, Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State. Loiseau, the eight seed at 197 pounds, started strong with 15-0 technical fall over Appalchian State's Paul Carson before pinning Utah Valley's Tanner Orndorff in just 84 seconds. In the quarterfinals, he found himself with a tough matchup against the No. 9-ranked 197-pounds Anthony Cassar of Penn State, wrestled well, but found himself on the wrong side of a 4-1 decision. Goodhart, the No. 7 seed at 285 pounds, won by tech fall over Penn State's Anthony Nichols, 15-0, to start the day. He then outlasted Northern Iowa's Carter Isley with a 5-3 decision, before dropping a 10-2 major decision to Duke's Jacob Kasper, the No. 5-ranked heavyweight, in the quarters.

The Southern Scuffle wraps up Tuesday with the semifinals and finals as well as the completion of the consolation brackets.

No. 6 Austin DeSanto | 133 pounds | Third seed
Austin DeSanto (DU) TF Brandon Bright (GW), 22-7 (3:31)
Austin DeSanto (DU) TF Durbin Lloren (UVU), 26-10 (5:21)
Austin DeSanto (DU) DEC Nathan Boston (CAMP), 8-5
Austin DeSanto (DU) vs. No. 4 Jack Mueller (UVA) – semifinals, Jan. 2

Trevor Elfvin | 149 pounds
Walker Dempsey (STAN) WBF Trevor Elfvin (DU), 6:32
Trevor Elfvin (DU) DEC Mason Wallace (CHAT), 7-3 (consolation)
Trevor Elfvin (DU) receives medical forfeit vs. Cortlandt Schuyler (LEH) (consolation)
Trevor Elfvin (DU) DEC Tristan Moran (OKST), 11-5 (consolation)
Trevor Elfvin (DU) vs. Jamal Morris (NCST), consolation, Jan. 2

Evan Barczak | 149 pounds
Josh Heil (CAMP) DEC Evan Barczak (DU), 3-2
Evan Barczak (DU) WBF Tommy Stager (AFA), 1:11 (consolation)
Evan Barczak (DU) DEC Dane Robbins (AFA), 7-5 (consolation)
Evan Barczak (DU) DEC Collin Glorioso (LH), 4-0 (consolation)
Evan Barczak (DU) vs. Jarod Verkleeren (PSU), consolation, Jan. 2

Garett Hammond | 157 pounds
Garett Hammond (DU) DEC Rian Burris (CIT), 8-2
Garett Hammond (DU) DEC No. 17 Coleman Hammond (CSUB), 3-2
Garett Hammond (DU) DEC Ian Brown (LEH), 9-3
Garett Hammond (DU) vs. Mitch Finesilver (DUKE), semifinals, Jan. 2

Ebed Jarrell | 165 pounds
Ebed Jarrell (DU) TF Isaiah Patton (UNI), 16-0 (6:13)
Ebed Jarrell (DU) MAJ Chad Pyke (CHAT), 12-1
No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph (PSU) DEC Ebed Jarrell (DU), 10-7
Ebed Jarrell (DU) vs. Neal Richards (unattached), consolation, Jan. 2

Austin Rose | 174 pounds
Austin Rose (DU) WBF Hunter Fortner (CHAT), 1:34
Matt Finesilver (DUKE) DEC Austin Rose (DU), 4-3
Austin Rose (DU) DEC Heston Lamins (OKST), 7-5 (consolation)
Austin Rose (DU) DEC Hunter Bolin (VT), 3-1 (consolation)
Austin Rose (DU) vs. Spencer Carey (NAVY), consolation, Jan. 2

Owen Brooks | 184 pounds
No. 15 Bryce Carr (CHAT) WBF Owen Brooks (DU), 2:41
Owen Brooks (DU) TF Chasen Blair (UNC), 19-3 (6:12)
Rodney Jones (CHAT) MAJ Owen Brooks (DU), 17-4

Stephen Loiseau | 197 pounds | Eight seed
Stephen Loiseau (DU) TF Paul Carson (APP), 15-0 (3:07)
Stephen Loiseau (DU) WBF Tanner Orndorff (UVU), 1:24
No. 9 Anthony Cassar (PSU) DEC Stephen Loiseau (DU), 4-1
Stephen Loiseau (DU) vs. No. 18 Jacob Seely (NCU), consolation, Jan. 2

Vincenzo Pelusi | 285 pounds
No. 11 Nathan Butler (STAN) DEC Vincenzo Pelusi (DU), 7-0
Jacob Bohlken (unattached) DEC Vincenzo Pelusi (DU), 2-0

Joey Goodhart | 285 pounds | Seven seed
Joey Goodhart (DU) TF Alex Nicholas (PSU), 15-0, (5:00)
Joey Goodhart (DU) DEC Carter Isley (UNI), 5-3
No. 5 Jacob Kasper (DUKE) MAJ Joey Goodhart (DU), 10-2
Joey Goodhart (DU) vs. Demetrius Thomas (unattached), consolation, Jan. 2