LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In the first of eight Southern Conference meetings over the next month and some change, the Presbyterian College men's wrestling squad ran into a Bellarmine buzzsaw on Friday night in a hostile environment, taking a 40-9 defeat to an opponent that remains undefeated on the season.

Moving to 11-0 and yet to be significantly challenged in what's been an ultra-impressive start to 2024, the Knights grabbed eight of the evening's 10 bouts on their home turf, save for a 141-pound fall by Rey Ortiz and a 184-lb. standard decision courtesy of Caleb Roe.

Oritz' pin – occurring in 2:39 over BU's Shay Korhorn – was his second such win in less than a week after doing the same to Truett McConnell last weekend, keeping up his individual momentum as the reigning Adidas / Game One PC Student-Athlete of the Week.

Elsewhere, Roe's 9-4 victory opposite Sam Schroeder was the sixth of his ever-improving sophomore stint, although the Blue Hose fell just one point shy of becoming the second foe to reach the double-digit mark against a sizzling Bellarmine unit.

Now at 2-8 on the campaign, head coach Mark Cody's group will return to Templeton after only a seven-day respite from the venue when they'll take on Queens at 3:00 PM.

 
RESULTS
 
BELLARMINE def. PRESBYTERIAN, 40-9
 
133 – Trayce Eckman (Bellarmine) def. Brayden Adams (PC) by TF, 19-4 – 5-0 Bellarmine
141 – Rey Ortiz (PC) def. Shay Korhorn (Bellarmine) by Fall, 2:39 – 6-5 PC
149 – Zac Cowan (Bellarmine) def. Trenton Donahue (PC) by TF, 22-7 – 10-6 Bellarmine
157 – Gray Ortis (Bellarmine) def. Eli Holiday (PC) by MD, 20-8 – 14-6 Bellarmine
165 – Grant O'Dell (Bellarmine) def. Michael Ramirez (PC) by TF, 15-0 – 19-6 Bellarmine
174 – Cole Nance (Bellarmine) def. Nathan Furman (PC) by MD, 14-1 – 23-6 Bellarmine
184 – Caleb Roe (PC) def. Sam Schroeder (Bellarmine) by Dec., 9-4 – 23-9 Bellarmine
197 – Justin Hoffer (Bellarmine) def. George Hopkins (PC) by TF, 20-3 – 28-9 Bellarmine
285 – Thadd Huff (Bellarmine) def. Morvens Saint Jean (PC) by Fall, 4:16 – 34-9 Bellarmine
125 – Damion Ryan (Bellarmine) Won by Forfeit – 40-9 Bellarmine

 
UP NEXT
 
- The Blue Hose will square up with the Royals at the tail end of the weekend having bested their Charlotte-based rivals in 2022 across a 37-6 route. They'll hope to make it two-in-a-row in what will serve as the last matchup outside of SoCon territory, facing a Queens visitor that currently holds a 2-11 record.

- Queens has tasted an L in all of their last seven encounters (three of which occurring against a Southern Conference representative), last seen on January 14 in a 42-3 drilling versus VMI in North Carolina.