CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's wrestling team fell by a single point on Friday night against Bellarmine, spoiling the Blue Hose senior night by a 19-18 score.

Bellarmine started the match out with a decision win at 125lbs, but Presbyterian jumped out in front as they received six points on a forfeit win given to Dominic Chavez. The Knights would tie the match and then take the lead with back-to-back wins before Reid Stewart picked up an 8-4 decision win to bring PC back within a point, 10-9. Another decision loss and a pin loss saw Bellarmine move out to a 19-9 advantage.

Presbyterian had three matches left to try and claw their way back into the match and find themselves a win. Freshman David Bertrand was reliable as can be as he won a 5-3 decision to give the Blue Hose three more points. Aiden Jean had the next opportunity at 197lbs as he battled his way to an 8-5 decision win to bring the match to 19-15 and gave his heavyweight teammate Will Pontoon a chance to complete the comeback. Pontoon went toe-to-toe with his HWT counterpart, but he wasn't able to scrap a couple extra points as a 3-1 decision win was not enough and Presbyterian fell 19-18.

Bellarmine 19, Presbyterian 18
125: Parker (BU) over Brasseur (PC) 7-3 dec. – 3-0 BU
133: Chavez (PC) by forfeit – 6-3 PC
141: Lucas (BU) over Brinkley (PC) 13-10 dec. – 6-6
149: Collica (BU) over Ramirez (PC) 14-4 MD – 10-6 BU
157: Stewart (PC) over Rhine (BU) 8-4 dec. – 10-9 BU
165: Hendricks (BU) over Phillips (PC) 4-1 dec. – 13-9 BU
174: Beck (BU) over Goering (PC) by pin fall – 19-9 BU
184: Bertrand (PC) over Schroeder (BU) 5-3 dec. – 19-12 BU
197: Jean (PC) over Wilkinson (BU) 8-5 dec. – 19-15 BU
HWT: Pontoon (PC) over Cadell (BU) 3-1 dec. – 19-18 BU