BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University men's wrestling tried to bounce back from their weekend on Wednesday night when they hosted #16 Newberry College. The Tornado had the Wolves on the ropes early, but Newberry came back to take the 30-18 victory.

Both teams earned wins by forfeit at the first two weight classes and Frank Yattoni IV gave King an early 9-6 lead with a 4-2 win at 141 pounds. Landon Reed kept the momentum going for the Tornado (1-8) as he earned a win by fall in 1:40 over Nick Young at 149 pounds to give King a 15-6 lead.

However, Newberry started to comeback as Dennis Flores took an 11-2 major decision at 157 pounds before the Wolves earned another win by forfeit at 165 to take a 16-15 lead. After a point got deducted from Newberry's score, the Wolves extended their lead as Joe Pittman took a tough 9-4 win over Trevor Wentt at 174 pounds.

Newberry then earned back-to-back wins by fall at 184 and 197 pounds before Garrett Fosdyck won the final match of the day for King. Both competitors scored points in the second period, and Fosdyck got an escape to start the third period, giving him a 2-1 advantage. The senior took the match 3-1 to make the final score 30-18.

King will be in action again on Saturday when they host Belmont Abbey College at 11:00 a.m. in the Student Center Complex.