Dec. 30, 2009

2009 Southern Scuffle Bracket in PDF Format

GREENSBORO, N.C. - George Mason sophomore Mendbagana Tovuujav advanced to the semifinals of the championship bracket before settling for a sixth-place finish at 174 pounds at the 2009 Southern Scuffle. The annual two-day tournament was held at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center in Greensboro, N.C.

The Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia native won his first three matches, with two of those wins coming by fall, to make his way into the semifinal round. In the semifinal match, Tovuujav took on Mack Lewnes of Cornell. Lewnes pinned Tovuujav in the third period to advance to the championship bout.

Following the loss, Tovuujav dropped down to the consolation bracket, where he lost his opening bout to Indiana's Trevor Perry by fall 59 seconds into the first overtime period. Tovuujav ended up with a sixth-place finish at the tournament.

Zachory Huxford (133), Jaaziah Bethea (141) and Bill Widener (197) also wrestled on Wednesday afternoon. Huxford and Bethea both won their opening bouts to begin the day before bowing out in the next round.

George Mason wrestles again on Sunday, Jan. 3 at a tri-meet hosted by Columbia in New York, N.Y. The Patriots will take on Columbia at 1 p.m. and Ohio State at 3 p.m. Sunday's competition will be the first dual action of the season for Mason.