ASHEVILLE, N.C. — App State Wrestling needed a reversal of fortune, and true freshman Stephan Monchery came through in the most clutch way imaginable.
With the Mountaineers shut out of championship round victories heading into the heavyweight finale but still in position to win the SoCon Championship tournament with one timely triumph, Monchery's deficit-erasing, trophy-deciding reversal with 14 seconds left gave him a 6-5 decision against The Citadel's Jonathan Chesser and lifted coach JohnMark Bentley's program to its third straight tournament title.
App State, which was ahead of The Citadel by 3.