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Men's Wrestling KatieJo Kuhens

No. 2 Wartburg Travels to Face Luther

WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 2 Wartburg wrestling team (11-2 overall, 2-0 IIAC) travels to face Luther (5-3, 0-0) Thursday at 7 p.m.

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The Series
Wartburg owns the all-time series lead at 46-17, which includes the last 33-straight meetings, which dates back to 1989.

Luther Lineup:
125  Zyrik Rincon
    or Connor Murphy
133  Sammy Camacho
141  Tyler Menegay
149  Gilbert Valadez
157  OPEN
165  Billy Poray 
     or Michael Suarez
174  Billy Poray
    or Michael Suarez
184  Ira Kuehn
197  Hunter Weaver
285 Keenan Feldpausch

Wartburg Lineup:
125: Brennan Doebel
    or Brady Kyner
133: #9 Brock Rathbun
141: Martine Sandoval
    or Nick Mehling
149: #1 Cross Cannone
157:#1  Logan Thomsen
165: #2 Mike Ross
    or Derek Lee Loy
174: #1 Eric DeVos
184: #4 Tyler Lutes
197: #2 Kyle Fank
285:#2 Lance Evans
    or Bowen Wileman

Notes:
-Doebel has seven falls.
-Rathbun has five falls.
-Cannone has 11 tech falls this season.
-Cannone is undefeated (19-0).
-Thomsen remains undefeated (20-0).
-Ross has seven tech falls and four falls.
-DeVos has an overall winning streak to 23, which dates back to the national championship match of 2016
-Lutes has six falls.
-Fank has an eight-match winning streak.
-Fank has 10 tech falls.
-Fank has 26 career tech falls, which ties for second-best in program history. He is currently tied with Gerard Roman.
-Evans has a team-best nine falls.
-Evans is undefeated (14-0).

National Stat Rankings
Cannone is first and Fank is fourth among all Division III wrestlers in tech falls, the NCAA announced Wednesday. For tech falls to be counted, they must come against opponents in the same division. Ties are settled by time of tech falls.
Division III
Rank Name School Weight Tech Falls Time
1 Cross Cannone Wartburg 149 10 45:42
2 Kyle Koser Messiah 197 9 44:18
3 Jimmy Davis Loras 149 8 31:44
4 Kyle Fank Wartburg 197 8 35:25
5 Stephen Maloney Messiah 149 7 31:58
6 Trevor Corl Lycoming 149 6 18:43
7 Bradan Birt Millikin 149 6 24:35
8 Ben Swarr Messiah 174 6 27:48
9 Kevin Edwards Messiah 157 5 19:35
10 Austin Shorey Southern Me. 141 5 20:19
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