NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Ferrum College's men's wrestling team beat the Apprentice School Saturday, February 28, on the road, winning 22-20 at Apprentice School Gymnasium. The win evens Ferrum's record to 8-8 in the Panthers' first season competing at the NCAA Division II level.

RECORDS
Ferrum 8-8
Apprentice 5-9

THE BASICS
Ezekiel Keel (125 lbs) started things off with a 14-1 major decision over Lucan Vannostrand to spot Ferrum the early 4-0 lead. Apprentice picked up a decision at 133 pounds  and a tech fall at 141 to go out in front 8-4.

Cameron Curva (149) trimmed the lead to 8-7 with a decision, then Andres Cortes (157) put Ferrum back out front with a 15-1 major decision over Dimetrus Wince and the Panthers led 12-8 after five matches. The Builders won a tech fall at 165 pounds, a major decision at 174 pounds and a decision at 184 pounds to take a 20-12 lead. 

Noah Harris (197) came through with a big win for Ferrum, posting a 20-2 tech fall over Chase Smith to get the lead down to 20-16 with one match remaining. Braeden Fluke then came up with a clutch performance to end the day at 285 pounds, pinning Dustin Uribes at 4:21 of the second period to seal the deal for the Panthers.

RESULTS
125: Ezekiel Keel (FER) over Lucas Vannostrand (App) (MD 14-1)
133: Ethan Vannostrand (App) over Josiah Canales (FER) (SV-1 18-15)
141: Landon Yoder (App) over Braden Crawford (FER) (TF 25-9 6:22)
149: Cameron Curva (FER) over Michael Phoutasen (App) (Dec 8-5)
157: Andres Cortes (FER) over Dimetrus Wince (App) (MD 15-1)
165: Owen Cherry (App) over Robert Owens Jr. (FER) (TF 17-2 6:42)
174: Logan Eastman (App) over Hunter Thompson (FER) (MD 10-2)
184: Lucas Sumners (App) over Joseph Toner (FER) (SV-1 5-2)
197: Noah Harris (FER) over Chase Smith (App) (TF 20-2 5:55)
285: Braeden Fluke (FER) over Dustin Uribes (App) (Fall 4:21)

UP NEXT
Coach Blake Roulo's team will be back on the mat Saturday, March 14, at the NWCA Mid-Atlantic Conference Championship, to be held at Liberty University. The tournament is a qualifying event for the 2026 NWCA National Championships, to be held March 26-28 in Shreveport, Louisiana.