(AVERETT, Va.) - Thane McCoy is the lone Quakers wrestler advancing to day two of the NCAA DIII Region IV Championships in Averett, Virginia on Friday, and finishes as one of five Quakers earning wins during the tournament.

McCoy won his first match by a 17-4 major decision over Cannon Long from Shenandoah University. McCoy's second match was a tight 10-9 loss to Colin Bridges from Washington & Lee University.

Bridges took down McCoy twice in the first period, with McCoy escaping once, for a score of 6-1. McCoy scored a reversal and a takedown, but Bridges escaped twice to get to a score of 8-6.

McCoy got a takedown with less than 30 seconds to tie the match at nine but a last second escape by Bridges would send McCoy to the consolation bracket.

In the second consolation round, McCoy scored the easy 14-3 major decision win over Seth Evans from Waynesburg University.

Gavyn Grim picked up his first win of the season in the preliminaries, pinning Christopher Watson from Greensboro College and got a 20-19 decision win over Sean Cain from St. Vincent College.

Jason Louiso pinned Kyle McCollum from St. Vincent College in the first period.

James Rankin beat Noah Diamond from Shenandoah because of medical forfeit.

Tim Lewellen scored a 30-second fall over Porter Trapp from Southern Virginia University.

What's Up Next
McCoy awaits Otterbein University's Luke Dolan tomorrow morning and will finish no worse than eighth at the regional. McCoy beat Dolan during a regular season dual by decision, 9-2.

Action begins at 11:00 A.M. in Averett and action can be viewed on FloCollege's network and follow on TrackWrestling.