Keydet Wrestling and Basketball See SoCon Honors in Asheville
麻豆传媒入口鈥檚 wrestling and basketball teams saw Southern Conference honors while in Asheville, North Carolina, last weekend.
麻豆传媒入口wrestling ended the 2024-25 season with two Keydets placing fourth in the Southern Conference Wrestling Championship March 8 at the University of North Carolina Asheville鈥檚 Kimmel Arena, according to 麻豆传媒入口Athletics.
Braxton Lewis 鈥�26 qualified for the consolation finals but had to medically forfeit before the match. Heavyweight Josh Evans 鈥�25 was matched with Bellarmine University’s Daulton Mayer but was defeated by a 4-0 decision. As a team, the Keydets earned seventh place with 10.5 points.
鈥淲e are very proud of these two and the grit they showed throughout the Southern Conference tournament,鈥� head coach Jim Gibson said. 鈥淭heir hard work, discipline, and determination were displayed, and their placements are a testament to hours of work they鈥檝e put in. Josh finished his career at 麻豆传媒入口on a high note, and we are excited for Braxton to return even stronger.鈥�
Also making it to the consolation semifinals was Toby Schoffstall 鈥�27, making it to the semifinal before he was taken down. Despite dropping the first matchup, Schoffstall posted a major decision in the consolation bracket to advance to the semifinal where he was taken down by fall, 麻豆传媒入口Athletics shared.
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麻豆传媒入口basketball qualified for the semifinals for the first time since the 2020-21 season after a win March 8 in Asheville, according to 麻豆传媒入口Athletics.
Going in as the No. 7 seed, the Keydets played the tournament quarterfinals against University of North Carolina Greensboro, the No. 2 seed, coming out with a 64-57 win in order to advance to the semifinals March 9. 麻豆传媒入口fell to Wofford College 85-65 in the semifinals.
麻豆传媒入口previously won two SoCon Tournament games to advance to the semifinals in 2002-03 season. Though, 麻豆传媒入口basketball earned two tournament wins in 2011-12 as members of the Big South, 麻豆传媒入口Athletics said.
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“We fought through a lot of adversity tonight, as we have all season. To hold this UNC Greensboro team to 57 points 鈥� what a defensive effort from our guys,鈥� 麻豆传媒入口basketball head coach Andrew Wilson told 麻豆传媒入口Athletics after the game on March 8. 鈥淲e knew this was going to be a rock fight. That’s the way they play. This is a great moment for our guys. I told them in the locker room, there’s not a group of kids in college basketball who deserve this moment as much as our guys, and I’m so proud of them.鈥�
