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RICHMOND, Va. — Bellarmine beat Virginia Military Institute 35-6 on Jan. 26, 2026, powered by two technical falls and two pins that created a decisive team advantage early in the dual.
Bellarmine opened the scoring barrage with a 19-4 technical fall by Damion Ryan at 125 pounds, a five-point outing that featured takedowns across all three periods and set the tone for the Cardinals. Trayce Eckman followed with a 22-3 technical fall at 133, closing his match in the second period with a takedown and a four-point near fall that reached the technical-fall threshold.
The middle weights kept Bellarmine well in front. AJ Rallo, listed at No. 32 at 141, forced overtime after a 2-2 regulation score and recorded the sudden-victory takedown in Overtime 1 for a 5-2 decision that added a team decision to the run. Jeb Prechtel then secured a pin at 157 after scoring a first-period takedown, and Noah Hall recorded a 16-5 major decision at 165, scoring multiple third-period takedowns and a four-point near fall that widened the margin.
Grant O'Dell and Keenan Wyatt posted decision wins at 174 and 184, respectively, and the Cardinals closed the dual when heavyweight Daulton Mayer, ranked No. 33 at 285, recorded a first-period takedown and finished by fall. Those bonus outcomes — two technical falls and two falls — supplied the bulk of Bellarmine’s team points and created a cushion VMI could not overcome.
Virginia Military Institute registered two wins in the dual, both by bonus: Patrick Jordon opened VMI’s scoring with a 15-4 major decision at 149, and Toby Schoffstall won at 197 by fall. VMI’s other bouts produced limited scoring against the Bellarmine lineup.
The dual was contested at a neutral site in Richmond, Va., at Benedictine College Preparatory. Bellarmine’s collection of tech falls and pins produced a 29-point margin and secured the conference victory.
Bellarmine’s sweep of the bonus points in early frames forced VMI into chasing decisions in the later bouts; when the heavyweight fall arrived to end the card, Bellarmine’s advantage was unassailable. The match combined early technical-fall offense and late-pin finishes into a comprehensive dual result for Bellarmine.