Sioux City, IA - Campbelllsville University is 13th in the NAIA National Wrestling Tournament with 51.0 points.  All Tiger wrestlers have completed their matches.

 

David Clemens finished fifth in the 157# division to lead Campbellsville while Zach Flake placed 6th in the 141# division and Glen Jackson finished sixth in the 197# division.

An update on the wrestlers who were still active today and how they finished:

 

141# - Flake won his opening match 9-4 over Spencer Griffiths, ranked second in the class from Great Falls,  He then defeated Jermaine Wave of McKendree 11-7.  Wave was ranked 7th in the class.  In his next match, Flake handled Eric Graham of Missouri Valley 13-8.    Flake was defeated by Adam Koballa of Notre Dame College by a 3-1 score in the semi-finals.  Flake lost in the semi-finals of the Wrestleback to Barry Johnson of Southern Oregon and then lost in the fifth place match to Tyler Chang of Embry-Riddle.

 

157# - Both Campbellsville wrestlers made it to the quarterfinals before losing their first round matches.  David Clemens (JR/Dayton, OH) defeated Dan Pray but then lost to Lee Morrison of Menlo 5-2.  Clemens was ranked 2nd in the class and Morrison 8th. Clemens the wrestled Melvin Bell of William Penn and won 16-3.  Clemens then lost to DJ Jackson of Northwestern College in the semi-finals of the Wrestleback and defeated Lee Morrison of Menlo 12-5 for 5th Place.

 

157# - George Sheppard (FR/Newport News, VA) won his first match 8-7 over Timothy Paige of King College before being pinned at the 0:57 mark by Matt Collum of Missour Baptist.  Sheppard then defeated Michael O'hara of Lindenwood 5-2. He was eliminated from the tournament with an 11-10 loss to Jason Billinski of Dana College.