Abbey Wrestling Competes At Davidson Open

The Belmont Abbey wrestling team competed all day Saturday at the Davidson Open, hosted by Davidson College. Two Abbey wrestlers, Appolon Jean-Paul and Nick Rees, both finished second in their respective weight classes, as Jean-Paul placed second at 157 and Rees came in second at 197.

Championship First Round
125 Patrick Mestrez (Belmont Abbey) DEC Robbie Golde (Gardner-Webb-Unattached) D 9-4
141 Brock Coutu (Newberry-Unattached) WBF Dustin Crowley (Belmont Abbey) F 2:05
141 Trey Alley (Belmont Abbey) WBF Riley Keen (App State-Unattached) F 2:43
157  James Green (Saint Andrews) WBF Dylan Moses (Belmont Abbey) F M FOR

Championship Second Round
125 Justin Branham (Liberty) WBF Patrick Mestrez (Belmont Abbey) F 1:35
149 Trey Alley (Belmont Abbey) WBF Tobe Ejoh (Unattached) F 2:43
157 Appolon Jean-Paul (Belmont Abbey) DEC Kameona Hokoana (Liberty) D 11-5
157 Jared Presley (UT-Chattanooga-Unattached) DEC Ian Kelly (Belmont Abbey) M 10-1
197 Nick Rees (Belmont Abbey) DEC Brendan Couture (Weekend Warriors) D 10-3
285 Kyle Spar (Belmont Abbey) DEC Matt Colter (Newberry-Unattached) D 6-4

Wrestleback Second Round
141 Jarrett Humphries (Spartanburg Methodist) DEC Dustin Crowley (Belmont Abbey) D 10-6
157 Ian Kelly (Belmont Abbey) WBF Loren Phillips (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) F M FOR
157 Kameona Hokoana (Liberty) WBF Dylan Moses (Belmont Abbey) F M FOR

Championship Quarter-Finals
149 Ryan Medved (Gardner-Webb) WBF Trey Alley (Belmont Abbey) F 1:16
157 Appolon Jean-Paul (Belmont Abbey) DEC Matt Tusick (Virginia Tech-Unattached) D 8-2
197 Nick Rees (Belmont Abbey) DEC Keyshon Flores (Spartanburg Methodist) D 8-5
285  Justin Hoover (Saint Andrews) DEC Kyle Spar (Belmont Abbey) D 6-1

Wrestleback Third Round
125  Patrick Mestrez (Belmont Abbey) DEC Chauncey Foster (Saint Andrews) D 10-7
157  John Blakely (App State) WBF Ian Kelly (Belmont Abbey) F 4:12

Wrestleback Fourth Round
 125 Weston Haney (App State-Unattached) DEC Patrick Mestrez (Belmont Abbey) M 10-2
 149 Collins Creech (App State-Unattached) DEC Trey Alley (Belmont Abbey) D 7-4
 285 Marc Tyson (App State) DEC Kyle Spar (Belmont Abbey) D 12-5

Championship Semi-Finals
157 Appolon Jean-Paul (Belmont Abbey) DEC Alex Medved (Gardner-Webb) D 5-2
197 Nick Rees (Belmont Abbey) DEC Zoi Ouellette (Anderson) D 2-1

Finals - First Place
157 Chip Powell (App State-Unattached) DEC Appolon Jean-Paul (Belmont Abbey) M 16-3
197 Zach Anderson (Newberry-Unattached) DEC Nick Rees (Belmont Abbey) D 3-2;TB1

Unattached

Championship First Round
157 Matt Beebe (Gardner-Webb-Unattached) WBTF Loren Phillips (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) T1 16-1; 7:00

Championship Second Round
141 Vitaly Radsky (Davidson) WBF Josh Brophy (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) F 2:1459
165 Kenny Lindsay (UNC Pembroke-Unattached) DEC Travis Cleary (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) D 2-0
174 Scott Patrick (Davidson) WBF Kwame Seymour (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) F 0:34

Wrestleback Second Round
141 Vincent DiRenzo (Virginia Tech-Unattached) WBF Josh Brophy (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) F 0:49
157 Ian Kelly (Belmont Abbey) WBF Loren Phillips (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) F M FOR

Wrestleback Third Round
165 Kyle Keoppen (Newberry-Unattached) DEC Travis Cleary (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) D 11-4

Wrestleback Fourth Round
174 Kwame Seymour (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) WBF William Sutton (Anderson) F M FOR

Wrestleback Quarter-Finals
 174 Jorge Estrada (Davidson) DEC Kwame Seymour (Belmont Abbey-Unattached) D 11-9;SV1