INDIANAPOLIS - Three Greyhounds competed for the No. 10 ranked UIndy wrestling team on day two of the 45th Midwest Classic.
Nathan Smith (125), Toby Billerman (133), and Cale Gray (285) all advanced to day two after successful day one campaigns.
INS & OUTS
In the 125 weight class, Smith fell in the first match of the day in the consolation bracket via pin to Montevallo's Colt Brown.
At 285, Gray fell in a closely fought 11-8 decision against the tournament's number one-seeded Dorian Crosby from Gannon.
He got the chance to redeem himself in the consolation bracket against Glenville State's Colby Whitehill, but fell via pin in the third period.
Billerman (133) was forced to withdraw from the tournament before his first match on day two against Glenville State's Gionvanni Diaz due to an injury.
As a team UIndy finished in 28th place with 23 points, tied with King University. Central Oklahoma, Wisconsin-Parkside and Glenville State rounded out the top three teams for the tournament.
UP NEXT
The Hounds will have a month to rest before heading out west to the University of Northern Iowa on Jan. 10 for the NWCA National Duals.
DAY 1
Gray started out his day strong with a comfortable 15-0 tech fall victory over McKendree's Dustin Olmstead. These two faced off two weeks ago, and resulted in a similar outcome to today's first round win for Gray.
He then backed up his first win with another comfortable 14-5 major decision over King's Jacob Telles, before advancing to the quarterfinals in a thrilling overtime decision.
Gray secured the third round victory with a 7-4 overtime decision after taking down #11 Jake Swirple from Minot State with a walk-off take down.
At 125, Smith began his day with a loss to fellow GLVC competitor Jason Strope from McKendree, but went on a roll after that, winning two straight en route to a place in the fifth round wrestleback.
Smith racked up a 12-4 major decision over Grand Valley State's Orion Wilson, and eventually punched his ticket to the second day with a convincing shutout victory in three periods over Joshua Jasionowicz from East Stroudsburg.
In the 133 weight class, Billerman had a similar start to the day as Smith, but rebounded quickly with two pin victories with a spladle over Western Colorado's Devin Gomez and American International's Joseph Aldrich.
The Hounds had three pin victories on the day, Billerman's pin against Gomez was the Hounds quickest pin of day one at 1:01 in the first period.
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The other pin for the Hounds came from
Aidan Petersen in the second round of the 184 wrestleback against Emmanuel's Chase Bisel.
Along with Petersen's pin victory in the third round wrestleback, he also picked up an 18-1 tech fall victory in the third round wrestleback, before falling to the University of Mary's Dante Roggio via tech fall.
Zach Haughton (141) also earned a strong victory against Motevallo's Chad Strickland, but later bowed out to Quincy's Sabian Russell in a closely fought match.Â
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