CLINTON, S.C. – Establishing Templeton Gymnasium as a tough venue for opponents to attempt a W, the Presbyterian College men's wrestling team moved to their second victory in as many home contests by vanquishing Queens on Sunday in a 30-15 final margin.

The school's second home appearance in seven days proved to pay major dividends – just like the 44-6 beatdown over Truett McConnell only last week – gifting PC a doubled-up victory over the Royals and their second straight triumph against their Charlotte-based foe.

Each of the first four meetings went head coach Mark Cody's way, as a 4:24 pin by Trenton Donahue and a 20-5 Rey Ortiz technical fall helped boost the deficit to 17-6 nearing the match's halfway point.

A 10-2 major decision in Caleb Roe's favor made the sophomore (along with Ortiz) 3-0 in the past eight days coming off of respective W's against Bellarmine just 48 hours ago.

While the Blue Hose were going to emerge as the victors regardless of the day's heavyweight outcome between Nathan Carnes and foe Jamikael Lytle, it didn't stop that joust from being the most entertaining of the afternoon.

Battling back from a 12-1 deficit, Carnes saw a third-period pin ultimately reversed via some out-of-bounds slippage, although still able to achieve the win by maneuvering to his 14^th point with a literal second left on the clock.

Eight of the matchup's nine duals ended with a PC wrestler having their hand raised, bringing them their third head-to-head win in what was the final tussle outside of Southern Conference action on the rest of 2024's radar.

 
RESULTS
 
PRESBYTERIAN def. QUEENS, 30-15
 
125 – Daniel Graham (Queens) Won by Forfeit – 6-0 Queens
133 – Brayden Adams (PC) def. Griffen Gonzalez (Queens) by Dec., 10-8 – 6-3 Queens
141 – Rey Ortiz (PC) def. Connor Goodman (Queens) by TF, 20-5 – 8-6 PC
149 – Trenton Donahue (PC) def. Riley Curran (Queens) by Fall, 4:24 – 14-6 PC
157 – Eli Holiday (PC) def. Suhaib Hatamleh (Queens) by Dec., 8-4 – 17-6 PC
165 – Vladimir Sukhikh (Queens) def. Michael Ramirez (PC) by Dec., 3-2 – 17-9 PC
174 – Nathan Furman (PC) def. Greg Merriman (Queens) by Fall, 2:55 – 23-9 PC
184 – Caleb Roe (PC) def. D'Andree Hunt (Queens) by MD, 10-2 – 27-9 PC
197 – Riley Kuhn (Queens) def. George Hopkins (PC) by Fall, 4:22 – 27-15 PC
285 – Nathan Carnes (PC) def. Jamikael Lytle (Queens) by Dec., 14-13 PC

 
UP NEXT
 
- While Presby was unsuccessful in stopping Bellarmine's undefeated record on Friday during the league opener, they'll have their chance to get back to .500 in conference play on February 3 following a 12-day break.

- They'll serve as the hosting party for a SoCon feature with VMI at 2:00 PM, going on to visit Chattanooga six days later for their second of four road affairs within the conference umbrella.