Limestone blanks SMC

The Limestone College wrestling team defeated Spartanburg Methodist 48-0 on Monday night at the Timken Center.

The Saints' dual record climbs to 2-0 on the season. Matt Hall (Hamptonville, N.C.), Jeremy Parker (Winchester, Pa.), Theran Goodale (Osage, Iowa), and Casey Bradley (Muncie, Ind.) recorded major decisions in their respective weight classes. Mike Magaha (Seaford, Del.), Mike Bush (Lakewood, N.Y.), and Tarek Alaruri (Gaffney, S.C.) pinned their opponents. Bryce Sopko (Brighton, Mich.) picked up a 12-5 victory and the Saints took the 184-pound and 197- pound weight classes by default.

Limestone will face Seton Hill on Nov. 27 in Belmont, N.C., at 7 p.m.

LC swimmers place second

The Limestone College men's and women's swimming teams both finished second at the Wingate University Fall Frenzy Invitational over the weekend.

Wingate University won the event on the women's and men's side.

Limestone's women's 200-yard freestyle relay finished second with a time of 1:41.79. Renee Pouchet, Raquel Rudolph, Jenna Arington and Nathania LaPierre all contributed in the effort. The 400-freestyle relay team of Pouchet, Marta Stepien, Ines Speranda and Arington placed second (4:05.84). Pouchet, Stepien, Speranda, and Rudolph all pitched in for a second-place finish in the 200-medley relay (1:52.25). Freeman, Joanna Mannon, Brandy McCauley, and Alexa Stenger finished the 800- freestyle relay in 8:04.13 to win the event.

Isabella Nystrom took second in the 500 freestyle (5:08.15) and the 200 freestyle (2:00.29) events. She also won the 1650 freestyle (17:28.87). Stepien won the 200 individual medley (2:09.85), the 400 individual medley (4:36.77), and the 200 breaststroke (2:22.26). She went on to place second in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.95). Rudolph finished first in the 50 free (25:03). Anna Freeman finished third in the 400 individual medley (4:48.08). Pouchet won the 100 backstroke (1:00.27).

Lance Maxwell, Gilles Gutnecht, Gene Magliaro and Jason Wilson finished the 200- freestyle relay in 1:27.78 to place second. The 200-medley relay team of Magliaro, Deniz Bilgin, Gutnecht and Maxwell was second (1:38.61). Gutnecht, Nikolaus Thomas, Zeljko Karaman and Blake Schaeffer swam the 800-freestyle relay in 7:15.57 to finished second.

The 400-freestyle relay team recorded another second place finish with a time of 3:13.05. Members of that squad included Maxwell, Gutnecht, Magliaro, and Thomas.

Notre Dame QB takes it on the chin

Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen was sporting a black eye behind the tinted visor he wore to practice Tuesday.

According to a university official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the matter, Clausen was punched outside a South Bend bar early Sunday morning. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Clausen was the “victim of a sucker punch.”

He made the comments during a taping of his radio show for WLS Radio 890 in Chicago.