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VMI Keydets vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers Friday, February 11-Cocke Hall-Lexington, Va.- 7:30 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING LINE-UPS SCHEDULE. 4-6, (1-1 SoCon) DDayay D Dateate O Opponentpponent T Time/Resultime/Result Sat. Nov. 6 at Citadel Open NTS (Charleston, S.C.) Sun. Nov. 7 at Hokie Open NTS APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS VMI KEYDETS (Blacksburg, Va.) Sun. Nov. 14 at NC State Wolfpack Open 3 PW WT Name W-L Yr. WT Name W-L Yr. (Raleigh, N.C.) 125 Tony Gravely 12-15 So. 125 John Pope 5-10 RSr. Sun. Nov. 21 at Keystone Classic 1 PW -OR- Charles Gray 8-7 Fr. (Philadelphia, Pa.) 133 Brett Boston 12-13 So. Sat. Dec. 4 at Franklin & Marshall W, 24-13 133 Luke Todd 6-11 Jr. (Lancaster, Pa.) 141 Mike Kessler 13-15 Jr. Fri. Dec. 10 at Gardner-Webb W, 22-15 141 David Yost 10-13 Jr. (Boiling Springs, N.C.) 149 Savva Kosti s 20-9 Jr. -OR- Ryan Goodsell 0-12 Jr. W-Th. Dec. 29-30 at Southern Scuffl e 1 PW (Greensboro, N.C.) 157 John Blakely 6-12 So. 149 Mike Long 9-9 RSr. Fri. Jan. 7-8 at Virginia Duals #2 Penn State L, 3-42 165 #20 Kyle Blevins 30-7 Jr. 157 Mike Burnett 2-2 So. Old Dominion L, 3-38 FRI. JAN. 14 NC STATE L, 15ͳ23 Lexington, Va.) 174 Carter Downs 3-14 Jr. 165 Ted Gott wald 7-14 Fr. Sun. Jan. 16 at Virginia L, 3-41 vs. Penn L, 6-33 184 #20 Austi n Trotman 25-7 RJr. 174 Matt Brock 15-11 Jr. (Charlott esville, Va.) THURS. JAN. 20 *GEORGE MASON W, 20ͳ16 197 Jon Hartley 0-6 So. 184 John Dommert 8-13 So. Lexington, Va.) -OR- Evan Dill 1-9 So. FRI. JAN. 28 *THE CITADEL 7:30 P.M. 285 Marc Tyson 10-13 Fr. Lexington, Va.) 197 Ronnie Ellsworth 8-7 Sr. Fri. Feb. 4 *at Davidson W, 32-12 (Davidson, N.C.) 285 #15 Josh Wine 15-4 Sr. Sun. Feb. 6 at All-Academy Championships (Charleston, S.C.) 1 Champion THE MATCH: The VMI wrestling team returns to dual meet acti on against Appalachian FRI. FEB. 11 *APPALACHIAN STATE 7:30 P.M. State from Cocke Hall on Fri., Feb. 11 in what marks VMI’s third SoCon dual of the season. Lexington, Va.) Live stats and Twitt er (@VMISID) updates, as well as a video stream will be available via Sun. Feb. 13 at Liberty 3 p.m. BigSouthSports.com, with the cost being $3.95 for the event. (Lynchburg, Va.) THURS. FEB. 17 *UNC GREENSBORO 7:30 P.M. ABOUT THE KEYDETS: The Keydets are 4-6 on the season, and are 1-1 in SoCon duals thus Lexington, Va.) far this season. The squad is coming off a busy weekend, as the Keydets defeated David- Sun. Feb. 20 *at Chatt anooga 2 p.m. son 32-12 on Feb. 4 for their fi rst SoCon dual victory of the season. The Keydet victory was (Chatt anooga, Tenn.) kick-started by a pair of major decisions in the match that began at 197 lbs., as sophomore Sat. March 5 at SoCon Championships All Day John Dommert shut out Ike Crews of Davidson 10-0 in his fi rst match of the season at 197. (Boone, N.C.) Senior Josh Wine then followed with a major of his own, a 9-1 victory over Charlie Wolff Th-Sun. March 17-19 NCAA Championships All Day to give VMI an 8-0 lead. Along with victories by Brock and sophomore Evan Dill, VMI col- (Philadelphia, Pa.) lected a trio of forfeit wins to capture the 32-12 win. Two days later, Wine became the fi rst Keydet grappler since Sam Alvarenga in 2007 to take home an All-Academy Championship ti tle, as Wine went 3-0 on the day to win Scoring System the heavyweight ti tle. Additi onally, Brock earned a fourth-place fi nish at 174 lbs. as the Individual Points Keydets placed sixth as a team with 22.5 team points. Near Fall (3-5 second count) 3 pts. Near Fall (2 second count) 2 pts. Takedown 2 pts. ABOUT THE MOUNTAINEERS: Appalachian State enters the dual with a 6-9-1 record, and Reversal 2 pts. is 0-3 in SoCon duals this season, having been defeated by The Citadel 26-7, UNC Greens- Escape 1 pt. boro 21-20, and Chatt anooga, 27-10. The squad boasts a trio of wrestlers who already Penalty Sequence - First and Second Off ense 1 pt. possess 20-plus wins on the season, in Savva Kosti s (20-9), No. 20 Kyle Blevins (30-7) and - Third Off ense 2 pts. No. 20 Austi n Trotman (25-7). The trio have been solid in dual matches as well, as they are - Fourth Off ense DQ a combined 36-4 in dual matches this season. Team Points HISTORY: Appalachian State leads the all-ti me series by a 20-10 margin, and have won the Pin, DQ, Forfeit 6 pts. Technical Fall (15+ pt. margin) 5 pts. last three matchups dati ng back to the 2007-08 season. Last season, the Mountaineers Major Decision (8-14 pt. margin) 4 pts. defeated VMI 22-15 on Feb. 14. In potenti al rematches, Tony Gravely defeated VMI’s John Decision (1-7 pt. margin) 3 pts. 22010-11010-11 VMIVMI WrestlingWrestling RosterRoster

NNameame W Wt.t. Y Yr.r. H Hometown/Highometown/High SSchoolchool H HSS CCoachoach Juan Adams 285 Fr. Houston, Texas/ Strake Jesuit Prep Robert Bulby Jacob Barton 149/157 Jr. Louisville, Ky./Trinity Eddie Rudolph Conor Black 174 So. Staff ord, Va./Mountain View Bud Black Matt Brock 165 Jr. Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman Mark Faglioni Mike Burnett 149/157 So. Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam Mike Benzel Charis Chillers 197 Fr. Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown Kyle Cowles James Clark 157 Fr. Radford, Va./Radford Chris Vicars Edward Custer 157 Fr. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s Frank Kiefer Evan Dill 184/197 So. Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills Dan Smith John Dommert 184 So. Chester, Va./Thomas Dale Chris Persing Ronnie Ellsworth 197 Sr. Newport News, Va./Menchville Chris Wiatt Andrew Embree 285 Fr. Fairfax, Va./George C. Marshall Jason Planakis Nick Emison 157 Fr. Staff ord, Va./Colonial Forge Billy Swink Vinnie Gallo 174 Jr. Wantage, N.J./High Point Johnny Gardner Bryce Garrison 165 RJr. Staff ord, Va./Colonial Forge Bill Swink Chris Gill 197 Fr. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s Frank Kiefer Ryan Goodsell 141/149 So. Rhoadesville, Va./Orange County John Kayajanian Ted Gott wald 157/165 Fr. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s Frank Kiefer Charles Gray 125 Fr. Columbia, S.C./Heathwood Hall Hank Wall Garth Harbert 197 Fr. Leesburg, Va./Fork Union Lou Keati ng Michael Long 149 RSr. Jarrett sville, Md./Hartf ord Tech Gary Siler Rennie Merhige 149 Fr. Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s Frank Kiefer Joe Munno 165 Jr. Glen Allen, Va./St. Christopher’s Frank Kiefer Josh Phillips 184/197 Fr. Yorktown, Va./York Todd Parrish John Pope 125 RSr. Hoover, Ala./Hoover C.T. Campbell Luke Todd 133 Jr. New Kent, Va./New Kent Mike Faus Jacob Vahle 184 Fr. Welcome, Md./Henry E. Lackey Stephen Gilligan Josh Wine 285 Sr. Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax Rob Prebish David Yost 141 Jr. Broad Run, Va./Fauquier Bryan Hurst

Head Coach: John Trudgeon (William & Mary ‘75); 26th season Assistant Coach: Chris Skretkowicz (Hofstra ‘05); 5th season Virginia Military Institute 2010-11 Wrestling Statistics and Results

Updated: February 7, 2011 Overall Dual Conf. Tourn. Major Technical Dual Points Name Cl. Wt. W-L W-L W-L Falls Falls Pins Juan Adams Fr. 285 7-5 7-5 5 Jacob Barton Jr. 149 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-5 Conor Black So. 174 3-4 2-4 1 1 Matt Brock So. 174 15-11 6-3 2-0 9-8 2 19-13 Michael Burnett So. 157 2-2 2-0 2-0 0-2 9-0 Charis Chillers Fr. 197 James Clark Fr. 157 5-4 5-4 Evan Dill So. 174/84/97 1-9 1-1 1-0 0-8 3-6 John Dommert So. 184/97 8-13 5-5 1-1 3-8 2 17-18 Ronnie Ellsworth Sr. 197 8-7 1-3 7-4 1 3-14 Adrew Embree Fr. 285 0-2 0-2 Nick Emison Fr. 149 2-10 2-6 0-4 6-28 Vinnie Gallo Jr. 174 Bryce Garrison RJr. 165 2-6 2-6 1 Chris Gill Fr. 197 1-10 0-4 1-6 0-18 Ryan Goodsell So. 141/149 0-12 0-3 0-1 0-2 1 0-14 Ted Gottwald Fr. 157/165 7-14 1-5 1-1 6-8 1 6-28 Charles Gray Fr. 125 8-7 1-1 1-1 7-6 1 6-6 Garth Harbert Fr. 197 0-7 0-7 Michael Long RSr. 149 9-9 0-2 9-7 1 0-9 Rennie Merhige Fr. 149 6-11 0-3 6-8 1 1 0-11 Joe Munno Jr. 165 5-7 2-1 3-6 6-3 Ross Orler Fr. 133 1-2 1-2 1 Josh Phillips Fr. 184 5-4 0-1 0-1 5-3 2 0-5 John Pope RSr. 125 5-10 4-4 1-6 1 16-19 Hampton Roese Fr. 133 1-2 1-2 1 Luke Todd So. 133 6-11 3-7 0-2 3-4 1 2 9-33 Jacob Vahle Fr. 184 2-5 2-5 Sean Wilt Fr. 133 2-6 2-6 Josh Wine Sr. 285 15-4 8-2 2-0 7-2 2 2 27-6 David Yost Jr. 141 10-13 3-7 0-2 7-6 1 1 9-25 Dual Meets (4-6, 1-1 SoCon) 12/4/10 1/14/2011 1/29/2011 W, Franklin & Marshall, 24-13 L, No. 23 NC State, 23-15 L, The Citadel, 27-13 12/13/10 1/16/2011 2/4/2011 W, Gardner-Webb, 22-15 L, No. 35 Penn, 33-6 W, Davidson, 32-12 L, No. 27 Virginia, 41-3 1/4/2011 L, No. 2 Penn State, 42-3 1/20/201 L, Old Dominion, 38-3 W, George Mason, 20-16 Individual Tournament Results NC State Wolfpack Open Southern Scuffle Nov. 14 Jan. 4 1st- Ronnie Ellsworth, 197 lbs. 4th- Josh Wine, 285 lbs. 3rd- Michael Long, 149 lbs. 4th- David Yost, 141 lbs. All-Academy Championship Feb. 6 Keystone Classic 1st.- Josh Wine, 285 lbs. Nov. 22 4th- Matt Brock, 174 lbs. 5th- Ronnie Ellsworth, 197 lbs. Appalachian State University Wrestling

2010-112010-11 ScheduleSchedule Date Opponent ResuResultlt Nov. 7 at VirVirginiaginia TecTechh OOpenpen No Team Score Nov. 14 Mountaineer DuaDualsls No Team Score vs. AndersonAnderson W, 31-31-33 vs. Belmont Abbey W, 27-6 vs. Gardner-Webb WW,, 32-9 Nov. 21 at KeKeystoneystone Classic (Philadelphia, Pa.) 10th out of 12 Nov. 27 at Northern Quad (Rochester,(Rochester, Minn.) No Team Score vs. No. 3 Minnesota LL,, 6-30 vs. NorthNorth DakotaDakota State L, 16-2316-23 vs. No. 6 CentraCentrall MicMichiganhigan L, 10-310-311 Dec. 3 OhioOhio L, 21-26 Dec. 19 at Reno Tournament ofof Champions (Reno, Nev.) 13th out ofof 3030 Dec. 29-30 at Southern Scuffl e 28th out of 34 Jan. 4 vs. No. 11 VirVirginiaginia Tech L, 7-37-399 vs. CamCampbellpbell W, 33-12 Jan. 9 The Citadel * LL,, 7-27-266 Jan. 15 at Lonestar Duals (Arlin(Arlington,gton, Texas) No Team ScorScoree vs. HarvarHarvardd W, 22-17 vs. NortNorthernhern ColoradoColorado W, 28-128-122 vs. UtahUtah ValleyValley L, 16-19 Jan. 21 at NortNorthh CaroCarolinalina T, 19-119-199 Jan. 26 at UNC Greensboro * LL,, 20-220-211 Jan. 29 AppalachianAppalachian OOpenpen No Team ScorScoree Feb. 6 ChattanooChattanoogaga * L,10-2L,10-277 Feb. 11 at VMI * 7:30 p.m.p.m. Feb. 12 at VirVirginiaginia 2 p.m. FeFeb.b. 20 at DaviDavidsondson * 2 p.m. FeFeb.b. 22 at LiLibertyberty 6 p.m. Mar. 5 SoCon Tournament AllAll DaDayy Mar. 17-19 NCAA Tournament AllAll Day

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Wrestler Wt. Record Dual Meets SoCon Falls Tech Falls Major Dec. Austin Annas 125 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Brett Boston 125 12-11 7-6 0-0 4 1 2 133 0-2 0-2 0-2 0 0 0 Total 12-13 7-8 0-2 4 1 2 Tony Gravely 125 12-15 8-7 1-2 3 1 6 Weston Haney 125 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Dominic Parisi 125 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Chris Johnson 133 5-15 4-9 0-1 1 0 0 Acton Pifer 133 0-1 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 Kyle Benson 141 2-6 1-0 0-0 1 0 0 Mike Kessler 141 13-15 7-8 2-1 1 1 1 Russell Benner 149 3-7 3-5 0-2 2 0 0 Savva Kostis 149 20-9 6-2 0-1 4 1 2 John Blakely 157 6-12 3-6 1-1 0 0 3 Chip Powell 157 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 Travis Puckett 165 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 157 5-12 1-6 0-1 1 1 3 Total 5-14 1-6 0-1 1 1 3 Kyle Blevins 165 30-7 14-2 2-1 3 1 5 Carter Downs 174 2-13 1-11 0-3 0 1 0 184 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 Total 3-14 2-12 0-3 0 1 0 Branden Lietz 174 4-5 3-1 0-0 0 1 0 184 1-0 1-0 0-0 0 0 1 Total 5-4 4-1 0-0 0 1 1 Jon Hartley 184 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 197 0-2 0-2 0-1 0 0 0 Total 0-6 0-2 0-1 0 0 0 Austin Trotman 184 22-7 13-0 3-0 5 2 9 197 3-0 3-0 0-0 0 0 1 Total 25-7 16-0 3-0 5 2 10 Paul Glover 285 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 197 3-8 3-8 0-2 0 0 0 Total 6-12 3-8 0-2 0 0 0 Marc Tyson 285 10-13 7-8 0-2 0 0 0 Appalachian State Mountaineers Wrestling Roster

Name Ht Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School Austin Annas 5-4 125 Sr. Connelly Springs, N.C./East Burke Russell Benner 5-6 149 Fr. Roselle Park, N.J./Roselle Park Kyle Benson 5-6 141 Jr. Morganton, N.C./Robert L. Patton John Blakely 5-10 165 So. Birmingham, Ala./Oak Mountain Kyle Blevins 5-10 165 Jr. Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa Brett Boston 5-6 125 So. Morganton, N.C./Freedom Matt Callahan 5-7 141 Sr. Lexington, N.C./West Davidson Collins Creech 5-10 149 Fr. Smithfield, N.C./Smithfield-Selma Carter Downs 6-0 174 Jr. Tequesta, Fla./Jupiter Christian Brock Durfee 6-3 Hwt. So. Sherrills Ford, N.C./Bandys Kaleb Forrest 5-11 157 Fr. Lexington, N.C./North Davidson Tony Gravely 5-4 125 So. Martinsville, Va./Magna Vista Weston Haney 5-6 125 Jr. Robbinsville, N.C./Robbinsville Jon Hartley 5-10 174 So. Lenoir, N.C./South Caldwell Chris Johnson 5-7 133 Fr. Hillsborough, N.C./Orange Riley Keen 5-9 149 Fr. Dunwoody, Ga./Dunwoody Mike Kessler 5-10 141 Jr. Bay City, Mich./Western Savva Kostis 5-7 149 Jr. Boone, N.C./Watauga Dominic Parisi 5-9 125 Fr. Harrisburg, N.C./Jay M. Robinson Acton Pifer 5-9 133 Fr. Marietta, Ga./Lassiter Chip Powell 5-10 157 Sr. Greensboro, N.C./S.W. Guilford Travis Puckett 5-10 157 Jr. Matthews, N.C./David W. Butler Aaron Scott 5-10 149 Fr. Todd, N.C./Ashe County Nich Shriner 5-10 197 Fr. Hillsborough, N.C./Orange Dylan Temple 6-0 197 Sr. Marietta, Ga./Walton Austin Trotman 5-10 184 RJr. Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor Marc Tyson 5-11 Hwt. Fr. Monroe, N.J./Monroe Township Dominick Vetell 6-0 165 Fr. Trinity, N.C./Trinity John Weber 5-11 174 So. Greer, S.C./Riverside