FORT WAYNE, Ind.--The No. 1 Wartburg wrestling team advanced to the NWCA National Duals finals with a 32-15 win over No. 4 Ithaca.  

During the finals match, the Orange and Black fell to No. 3 Augsburg, 21-17. 

Des Moines Register recap

Match Summary vs. No. 4 Ithaca - WB wins, 32-15
125 - Ferdinand Mase (Ithaca) over Connor Cleveland (Wartburg) Dec 6-0
133 - Brock Rathbun (Wartburg) over Tito Colom (Ithaca) TF 18-2
141 - Ben Brisman (Ithaca) over Martine Sandoval (Wartburg) Fall 4:13
149 - #1 Cross Cannone (Wartburg) over #4 Sam Schneider (Ithaca) Inj 4:45
157 - #1 Logan Thomsen (Wartburg) over Austin Whitney (Ithaca) Maj 12-3
165 - Mike Ross (Wartburg) over #2 Nick Velez (Ithaca) Dec 6-2
174 - #1 Eric DeVos (Wartburg) over Jaison White (Ithaca) Fall 1:14
184 - #4  Jake Ashcraft (Ithaca) over #3 Tyler Lutes (Wartburg) Fall 7:23
197 - #2 Kyle Fank (Wartburg) over Dalton Elias (Ithaca) TF 17-0
285 - #2 Lance Evans (Wartburg) over #5 Jake O`Brien (Ithaca) Dec 2-1

Notes
-All but one of Rathbun's, Cannone's, Ross', and Evans victories this season have been by bonus points
-Rathbun's third tech fall of the year
-Rathbun moves winning streak to five
-Cannone remains undefeated (18-0)
-Thomsen remains undefeated (19-0)
-Ross remains undefeated (13-0)
-DeVos' second fall
-DeVos moves overall winning streak to 22, which dates back to the national championship match of 2016
-Lutes suffers first loss of the season, is now 15-1
-Fank moves winning streak to seven
-Fank's ninth tech fall of the season
-Fank has 25 career tech falls, which ranks third-best in program history.
-Evans remains undefeated (14-0)
-Wartburg seeks its 12^th overall and eighth-straight National Duals
-This will be the 12th time and second-straight Wartburg and Augsburg have met in the National Duals Championship.
-From 2002 (when the NWCA National Duals was created) until 2012, it had only been Wartburg and Augsburg in the finals each year. This did not happen in the 2013 Duals due to both programs being on the same side of the bracket. The 2014 finals was between Wartburg and Concordia-Moorhead, 2015 was between Wartburg and UW-Whitewater and 2016 was Wartburg vs. Wabash.

Match Summary vs. No. 3 Augsburg - Augsburg wins 21-17
125 - Victor Gliva (Augsburg) over Brennen Doebel (Wartburg) Dec 11-8
133 - #5 Sam Bennyhoff (Augsburg) over Brock Rathbun (Wartburg) Dec 7-5
141 - #3 David Flynn (Augsburg) over Martine Sandoval (Wartburg) Fall 6:56
149 - #1 Cross Cannone (Wartburg) over #6 Alex Wilson (Augsburg) Dec 9-2
157 - #1 Logan Thomsen (Wartburg) over Ryan Epps (Augsburg) Dec 7-4
165 - #1 Lucas Jeske (Augsburg) over #8 Derek Lee Loy (Wartburg) Fall 4:56
174 - #1 Eric DeVos (Wartburg) over #7 Tanner Vassar (Augsburg) Dec 11-5
184 - Sebastian Larson (Augsburg) over Kyle Briggs (Wartburg) Dec 6-4
197 - #2 Kyle Fank (Wartburg) over Jonathan Zarnke (Augsburg) TF 17-1
285 - Bowen Wileman (Wartburg) over Ethan Hofacker (Augsburg) Maj 11-0
Wartburg's team score was adjusted by -1.000 for unsportsmanlike conduct

Notes
-Lost 1 team point after 141 match
-Thomsen remains undefeated (20-0)
-DeVos moves overall winning streak to 23, which dates back to the national championship match of 2016
-Fank moves winning streak to eight
-Fank's 10 tech fall of the season
-Fank has 26 career tech falls, which ties for second-best in program history. He is tied with Gerard Roman.
-This was the 12th time and second-straight Wartburg and Augsburg have met in the National Duals Championship.
-Augsburg halted Wartburg's nine-dual winning streak in the series.
-Wartburg narrowly holds the all-time series lead at 17-16, with today's loss included.
-Wartburg has been in the finals all 17 years (since the competition's inception).
-The two teams will meet again Feb. 1 in the annual Battle of the 'Burgs. This year's dual will be in Waverly.