PEMBROKE, N.C. – The Lander wrestling team concluded its inaugural season on Saturday, finishing with three fifth-place finishers and a fourth-place participant at the NCAA Super Region II Championships.
After falling in his opening match at 141, Elijah Gray earned a 13-10 decision over Nicholas Natarcola of Davis & Elkins. A pin over King's Jacob Wynn put Gray two wins away from a third-place finish and a berth in the NCAA Divison II National Championships, but the freshman suffered a pin and followed with a forfeit win to place fifth.
Brice Harkness dropped his first bout of the day at 174, but responding by pinning Chad Tracy of Davis & Elkins and winning a 6-4 decision over Mount Olive's Luke Glunt. A 13-7 decision kept him out of the third-place bout, but Harkness ended in fifth after a sudden victory over Myles Williams of Emmanuel.
Darius Parker stormed into 197 semifinals with a pin in 1:21 over Coker's David Alvarez and an 8-4 decision against Ross Sealby of Mount Olive before a pair of 9-5 losses put him in fourth-place in the class.
In the 285 division, Cameron Coffman pinned Belmont Abbey's Mike Siwiec to advance to the semifinals, but fell in a tiebreaker. A pin kept him out of the third-place match, but Coffman won by forfeit in his final bout to finish fifth.
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