Match-by-match results

INDIANOLA – Bolstered by 12 bonus-point victories, top-ranked Wartburg College gained three Iowa Conference dual wins at Simpson College’s Cowles Fieldhouse Jan. 29.

The Knights (18-1 overall, 8-0 IIAC) opened the day with a 49-0 win over the host Storm. Freshman 184-pounder Sam Upah (Marshalltown) and junior 197-pounder Byron Tate (Clinton) each had falls, while the trio of sophomore 133-pounder Thomas Mirocha (Davenport), sophomore 141-pounder Nathan Vaske (Manchester) and senior 157-pounder Carrington Banks (Stockbridge, Ga.), won by technical fall.

Coach Jim Miller’s team faced off in a much-anticipated clash with fifth-ranked Coe in its second dual. A fall from Mirocha and a major decision from Banks, sandwiched around key wins by senior 141-pounder Matt Kelly (Dubuque) and senior 149-pounder Jacob Groth (Marshalltown), sparked a 32-6 win.

In its final meeting, Wartburg upended No. 25-ranked University of Dubuque 33-9. Tate, with a major decision, and senior heavyweight John Helgerson (West Union), concluding his day with three bonus-point wins behind a technical fall, highlighted the dual.

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Four top-six finishes led the way for the Orange and Black in Des Moines. Sophomore 149-pounder Cameron Wagner (Belle Plaine) (sixth), freshman 174-pounder Noah Minikus (Denver) (sixth), senior 184-pounder Todd Becker of Gilbertville (fifth) and freshman heavyweight Ryan Fank (Independence) (fifth) earned the honors.

Wartburg closes its 2010-11 dual season with a trip to Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday, Feb. 4. The renewal of the “Battle of the Burgs” begins at 7 p.m. inside Si-Melby Hall on Augsburg’s campus.

NOTES – Tate’s three wins moved his recent roll to 42 victories in his last 43 matches. … Helgerson extended his personal win streak to 14. … Banks has won 20 of his last 21. … Over the course of its eight league duals in 2010-11, the Knights dropped only five individual matches.