WAVERLY, Iowa-- The No. 1 Wartburg wrestling team (18-2 overall, 8-0 IIAC) won its 26th straight and 36th overall Iowa Conference Championship Friday in the 35-3 win over No. 5 Loras (17-1, 7-1).

Results:
125: Brennen Doebel (WB) win by fall at 6:06 vs. Matt Randone (LC) WB 6-0
133: #3 Brock Rathbun (WB) win by 15-2 maj dec vs. Michael Triplett (LC) WB 10-0
141: Kevin Kelly (LC) win by 8-5 dec vs. Brenden Baker (WB) WB 10-3
149: #1 Cross Cannone (WB) win by 8-2 dec vs. #5 Jimmy Davis (LC) WB 13-3
157: #2 Logan Thomsen (WB) win by 19-2 tech fall vs. Merrick Purcell (LC) WB 18-3
165: #1 Mike Ross (WB) win by 5-3 dec vs. Eddie Smith (LC) WB 21-3
174: #1 Eric DeVos (WB) win by 21-7 tech fall vs. Sam Schuler (LC) WB 26-3
184: #2 Tyler Lutes (WB) win by 12-5 dec vs. Awais Arain (LC) WB 29-3
197: #2 Kyle Fank (WB) win by 8-5 dec vs. #3 Guy Patron Jr (LC) WB 32-3
285: Bowen Wileman (WB) win by 11-8 dec vs. #5 Quin Gilliam (LC) WB 35-3


 
Notes:
-Match started at 125
-Official: Curt Frost
-Attendance 1950
-Doebel's 10^th fall of the season
-Doebel's 15^th win of the season
-Rathbun's second major decision
-Rathbun increases his winning streak to seven
-Cannone remains undefeated (26-0)
-Thomsen's 25^th win of the season
-Thomsen's seventh tech fall of the season
-Ross remains undefeated (18-0)
-DeVos remains undefeated (10-0)
-DeVos moves his overall winning streak to 28, which dates back to the National Championship match in 2016.
-This was Lutes' 20^th win of the season
-Lutes moved his winning streak to five
-197 was a rematch of last year's dual with same victor
-Fank increased his winning streak to 15
-This was Fank's 25^th victory of the season
-Wartburg has won the last 29-straight in the series.
-Wartburg moved its home winning streak to 30. This dates back to the Battle of the Burgs in 2010.
-Wartburg won its 26^th straight and 36^th overall Iowa Conference Championship.
-Wartburg has won 205 consecutive duals against Iowa Conference opponents.

Conference Win Streaks:
Wartburg joined the ranks of the few Division III schools that have won 25 or more consecutive conference championships. Those include:
-Grove City College women's tennis: 25 straight Presidents' Athletic Conference (1987-2011)
-Wartburg College wrestling: 26 straight Iowa Conference (1993-present)
-Grove City College women's cross country: 27 straight Presidents' Athletic Conference (1989-2015)
-UW-LaCrosse men's outdoor track and field: 27 straight WIAC titles (1991-2017).
-North Central College, Men's Cross Country, 44 consecutive CCIW Championships (1974-present)
-Kalamazoo College, Men's Tennis, 74 straight MIAA (1936-2012)

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