Lyon College Sports Wrap

Lyon College men’s wrestlers compete well at NCWA Nationals

BOSSIER CITY, La. — The Lyon College men’s wrestling team competed in the NCWA Nationals on Thursday and Friday under first-year head coach Chris Wilmington (pictured above, center).

125 pounds

Ty Ferguson defeated R. Rashid by fall in 1:50 in the Championship Round of 64.
Ferguson lost to W. Hicks in the Championship Round of 32, moving him to the Consolation Round of 16.
In the consolation bracket, Ferguson defeated A. Nguyen by fall in 1:42 but lost to J. Jimenez 15-6 by major decision.

133 pounds

Shmuel “Sam” Tabak defeated M. Slass 20-11 by major decision in the Championship Round of 64.
In the Championship Round of 32, C. Amestad defeated Tabak by fall in 53 seconds, sending him to the Consolation Round of 16, where he lost to W. Carpenter by fall in 4:22.

149 pounds

Clay Queen Jr. defeated J. Dean by fall in 2:02 in the Championship Round of 64.
Queen advanced to the Championship Round of 32, where he lost to C. Crump by decision, 11-4.
In the Consolation Round of 32, Queen advanced via forfeit against S. Conway, then defeated A. Deeney by fall in 1:31.
In the second session of the Consolation Round of 16, N. Monteparte defeated Queen by technical fall, 22-4.

184 pounds

Liam Selhorst was unable to compete in the Championship Round of 64 due to medical clearance issues, forcing him to forfeit both his championship and consolation matches.

197 pounds

Eli Lupton defeated G. Mullinax by fall in 45 seconds in the Championship Round of 64.
Lupton then lost to I. Hernandez by technical fall, 19-3, in the Championship Round of 32.
In the Consolation Round of 32, Lupton defeated J. Rayam by fall in 4:03 and C. Block by fall in 1:57.
In the Consolation Round of 16, J. Shea defeated Lupton by fall in 15 seconds.

285 pounds

Robert Lee lost to D. Kolenovic by fall in 5:23 in the Championship Round of 64.
In the Consolation Round of 32, Lee defeated S. Green by fall in 3:49 before losing to J. Hermann by fall in 1:48 in the second session of the round.

Parish, Gonzalez represent Lyon College in NCWA National semifinals

BOSSIER CITY, La. — Kaylei Parish and Rubi Gonzalez represented Lyon College in Saturday morning’s NCWA Women’s National Tournament semifinals in their respective weight classes.

Parish, competing at 103 pounds, rebounded after a championship round of 16 loss to K. Seidl by fall (2:34). She advanced through the consolation bracket with three consecutive pins over Z. Garcia (3:31), C. Kling (3:46) and V. Boster (2:37) to reach the semifinals.

At 110 pounds, Gonzalez defeated C. Cardona-Arce by fall (2:00) in the championship round of 16 before losing to K. Corona by fall (1:55) in the quarterfinals. She then secured her semifinal berth with consolation round victories over K. Baeza by fall (2:28) and M. Ajaz by fall (6:01).

Mikayla Wallace, Sydney Milligan and D’Mysha James were not medically cleared to compete in their weight classes.

No. 22 East Texas Baptist University sweeps Lyon College baseball

BATESVILLE, Ark. — The Lyon College Scots fell to No. 22 East Texas Baptist University, dropping both games of Saturday’s doubleheader 15-2 and 8-0 at Fred Wann Field.

In the opener, the Scots briefly tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the first when Kooper McCoy doubled and later scored on Ashton Compton’s groundout. The Tigers responded with single runs in the second and third innings before adding three in the fourth and blowing the game open with an eight-run seventh that included two home runs.

Tyler Mohr singled and scored on Braden Bramlett’s groundout for Lyon’s second run. The Scots managed just four hits — singles by Landon Swallow, Mohr and Braden Hendrix, plus McCoy’s double.

Blair Francis (4.1 innings, six runs, four earned) took the loss. Tyler Campbell allowed five runs in two innings, and Carter Sprague surrendered four runs while recording just one out before Will Colton finished the seventh.

ETBU jumped to a 5-0 lead after two innings in the nightcap and added three more runs to complete the sweep. Swallow’s two singles accounted for Lyon’s only hits as Scots batters struck out 13 times.

Aiden Connolly started and allowed three runs on one hit with two walks. Alex Marsh pitched 4.2 innings, giving up four runs, followed by Taylor Connor (2.2 innings, one run) and Nick Dennington (1.2 scoreless innings).

Scots drop 9-5 decision to ETBU in series finale

No. 22 East Texas Baptist escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning and pulled away for a 9-5 victory over Lyon College in Sunday’s series finale at Fred Wann Field.

The Scots (8-8) threatened to complete a comeback when trailing 6-5 in the eighth with the bases loaded, but ETBU’s shortstop made a diving stop on Kooper McCoy’s hard grounder and forced the runner at second to end the threat.

The Tigers then added three insurance runs in the ninth to secure the win.

Lyon opened the scoring in the second inning when Walker Smith’s sacrifice fly brought home Eli Marcotte. ETBU responded with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings before erupting for four runs in the sixth to build a 6-1 lead.

Marcotte tripled down the right field line in the sixth to score McCoy, cutting the deficit to 6-2. The Scots rallied for three more runs in the seventh on Ashton Compton’s bases-loaded walk and Slade Inman’s two-run single to left field.

In the pivotal eighth, Braden Hendrix led off with an infield single and Smith was hit by a pitch. After Andrew James struck out on a passed ball that allowed both runners to advance, Misael Santiago popped up a bunt attempt. Logan Swallow was then hit by a pitch to load the bases before McCoy’s sharp grounder was snared for the inning-ending force play.

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