The Fire wrestling team advanced to Saturday’s placement matches at the NWCA NAIA National Duals at Freedom Hall by picking up two big wins in the consolation bracket following a first round loss.
Southeastern shutout Brewton-Parker 41-0 after dropping a 28-15 decision to Providence, then scored an upset over No. 5 Oklahoma City in an elimination match by the score of 33-6.
The 10th-ranked Fire held a 15-10 lead over Providence with three matches left. The Argos scored pins in each of the remaining three to come away with the win.
“I said after that match that it was done and over with and now we need to respond, and we bounced back in a big way, and hopefully it carries into tomorrow,” said coach Brandon Jorge.
Dylan Chatterton began his 3-0 day with a technical fall over No. 20 Boone Giulo, and was the first bonus point win of the day for SEU, and put the Fire up 11-7 at the halfway point.
Isaac Crowell was also 3-0 during the day, and came away with a 9-7 decision against No. 12 Lucas Nelson to start the match against Brewton-Parker. However, the highlight of his day was getting a takedown 19 seconds into the first sudden victory period against No. 5 Montana Moon to pick up a 6-4 win.
Olson Delisca followed the lead of Crowell, getting a takedown with five seconds left in sudden victory to finish his day 3-0.
“To have Isaac come out against the No. 5 guy and tough out a win was huge, then Olson doing what Olson does in fighting through tough situations and taking care of business was a tone setter for us,” said Jorge.
With the Fire leading Oklahoma City 12-0, 12th-ranked Andreus Bond pinned No. 16 Connor Holman to put Southeastern up 18-0 pull all momentum in their favor.
Chatterton helped the Fire go 3-for-3 in matches that went beyond seven minutes as the third-ranked 157-pounder scored a 4-2 win over No. 11 Jon McGowan in a tiebreaker.
Southeastern will take on No. 3 Campbellsville on Saturday at 9 a.m. with the winner advancing to the fifth-place match and loser to the seventh-place match against either Lindsey Wilson or Providence.
NO. 12 PROVIDENCE 28, NO. 10 SOUTHEASTERN 15
125 Isaac Crowell (Southeastern) over Eli Walston (Providence) Dec 10-4
133 Olson Delisca (Southeastern) over Clayton Gilliam (Providence) Dec 8-1
141 Gavin Gies (Providence) over Jaquan English (Southeastern) Dec 6-2
149 Shonn Roberts (Providence) over Jalen Soto (Southeastern) Maj 11-2
157 Dylan Chatterton (Southeastern) over Boone Giulo (Providence) TF 18-2
165 Jordan Komac (Providence) over Stephen Kelle (Southeastern) Dec 5-1
174 Coleman Bryant (Southeastern) over Alex Quick (Providence) Maj 16-4
184 Hayden Schrull (Providence) over Drew Bowker (Southeastern) Fall 4:56
197 John Hensley (Providence) over Jesse Pryor (Southeastern) Fall 4:35
285 Justin Harbison (Providence) over Alton Meeks (Southeastern) Fall 1:35
NO. 10 SOUTHEASTERN 41, BREWTON-PARKER 0
125 Isaac Crowell (Southeastern) over Lucas Nelson (Brewton-Parker (GA)) Dec 9-7
133 Olson Delisca (Southeastern) over James Stoudenmire (Brewton-Parker (GA)) Maj 12-3
141 Jaquan English (Southeastern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149 Andreus Bond (Southeastern) over Chase Standridge (Brewton-Parker (GA)) Dec 9-3
157 Dylan Chatterton (Southeastern) over Aaron Fountain (Brewton-Parker (GA)) TF 18-1
165 Stephen Kelle (Southeastern) over Micheal Long (Brewton-Parker (GA)) Dec 5-2
174 Coleman Bryant (Southeastern) over Douglas Peppers (Brewton-Parker (GA)) Dec 6-3
184 Drew Bowker (Southeastern) over Jonathan Whiting (Brewton-Parker (GA)) TF 17-1
197 Jesse Pryor (Southeastern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
285 Silas Root (Southeastern) over Cameron Carr (Brewton-Parker (GA)) Dec 5-3
NO. 10 SOUTHEASTERN 33, NO. 5 OKLAHOMA CITY 6
125 Isaac Crowell (Southeastern) over Montana Moon (Oklahoma City) SV-1 6-4
133 Olson Delisca (Southeastern) over Drake Foster (Oklahoma City) SV-1 3-1
141 Jaquan English (Southeastern) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
149 Andreus Bond (Southeastern) over Connor Holman (Oklahoma City) Fall 2:10
157 Dylan Chatterton (Southeastern) over Jon McGowan (Oklahoma City) TB-1 4-2
165 Stephen Kelle (Southeastern) over RJ Walker (Oklahoma City) Dec 3-2
174 Chase Vincent (Oklahoma City) over Coleman Bryant (Southeastern) Dec 6-2
184 Drew Bowker (Southeastern) over Kaden Truelove (Oklahoma City) Dec 7-6
197 Easton Rendleman (Oklahoma City) over Jesse Pryor (Southeastern) Dec 4-2
285 Alton Meeks (Southeastern) over Ryan Bracken (Oklahoma City) Fall 2:33