SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Fresh off his 11^th personal victory of a sophomore campaign that has firmly thrusted the 197-pounder into the spotlight, Malcolm Wiley of the Presbyterian College men's wrestling team was rewarded for his efforts against the Duke Blue Devils by capturing the Southern Conference's Wrestler of the Week nod on Wednesday afternoon.

Exactly seven days ago, Wiley sent the PC faithful to their feet during the Blue Hose's nonconference tri-meet against both Duke and George Mason, bouncing back from an earlier defeat by picking up a pinfall W in less than three minutes midway through the evening's main event vs. the Blue Devils. The sophomore Navy transfer toppled Duke's Brayden Ray to give Presbyterian a 12-point scoring run and their first lead of the bout across a tightly-contested outcome.

While the visitors were ultimately able to post a 23-19 triumph in the Templeton Center (winning the 10^th and final match of the dual with the score tied going in), Wiley's dominant performance in his showing against Duke gave the Blue Hose new life halfway through the meeting when PC had previously trailed by 10 points.

A native of Tyrone, Georgia, Malcolm ended up as one of five Presbyterian performers to have their hand raised in victory when facing their Durham foe, improving on a team-best 11-4 record since the start of the campaign back in November. Wiley is now an even 3-3 when competing in a dual setting, boasting a 1^st-place championship at The Citadel Open just over a month ago (part of a six-match winning streak obtained by the second-year man that lasted 34 days).

PC will return to the mats next Thursday – Jan. 5^th – to take on Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for their seventh dual of the season and first of the new year. A multi-team tournament hosted by the same institution will then take place the following afternoon, setting the stage for the final seven contests of the season to all sit within SoCon territory.