FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas Wesleyan Men's Wrestling team hosted Wayland Baptist, defeating the Pioneers in a narrow 24-21 victory on Wednesday night.
 
The Rams trailed 21-15 heading into the final two matches. However, TXWES grapplers came up big as Deandre Rucker (197-lb.) won by a 10-2 major decision for four points and Rylan Bonds (285-lb.) finished off with a 18-2 technical fall for five points bringing the Rams 24-21 win.
 
La'Stot Pleasant started the TXWES scoring with 4 points after a 16-6 major decision, Enis Ida added 5 points with a 17-2 technical fall and Dracius McKee (165-lb.) had the Rams only pin for six points.
 
Isaac Stalcup and Kobe Nelms lost by decision, Rusty Bowman and Don Doyle by pin, and Brahn Howard in sudden victory.

Final Results
 

Weight	Summary	TXWES	WBU
125	Alex Pena (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) over Isaac Stalcup (Texas Wesleyan) (Dec 9-7)	0	3
133	Jesse Diaz (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) over Kobe Nelms (Texas Wesleyan) (Dec 3-1)	0	3
141	La`Stot Pleasant (Texas Wesleyan) over Moses Torres (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) (MD 16-6)	4	0
149	Alex Bonner (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) over Rusty Bowman (Texas Wesleyan) (Fall 6:43)	0	6
157	Enis Ida (Texas Wesleyan) over Nick Immel (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) (TF 17-2 5:00)	5	0
165	No. 9 Dracius McKee (Texas Wesleyan) over Shayden Muzio (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) (Fall 2:36)	6	0
174	Cody (Seth) Dixon (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) over Don Doyle (Texas Wesleyan) (Fall 3:31)	0	6
197	Deandre Rucker (Texas Wesleyan) over Augustus Irwin (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) (MD 10-2)	0	3
170	Olivia Ricci (Wayland Baptist University) over Unknown (For.)	4	0
285	Rylan Bonds (Texas Wesleyan) over William Bennet (Wayland Baptist (Texas)) (TF 18-2 3:25)	5	0
	Team Score:	24	21