CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The top-ranked Wartburg wrestling team remained undefeated with an American Rivers Conference road dual win over No. 5 Coe College, taking down the Kohawks 24-12 Thursday, Jan. 30.

The Knights improve to 15-0 overall and 7-0 in the league, while Coe drops to 12-3 overall and 5-2 in the A-R-C.

After earning decisions in the first three bouts to claim a 9-0 lead, the Kohawks responded with a pin at 149 to trim the Wartburg lead to 9-6. 

Wartburg's Sandoval and Forsyth answered with wins to further extend the visitors' lead, but a Coe decision at 174 kept the Kohawks in the match. However, a Kyle Briggs pin, his 10th of the season, sealed the victory for the Knights. 

#1 Wartburg 24, #5 Coe 12
125: Brady Kyner (WAR) over Alex Friddle (COE) (Dec 6-5) 
133: Kris Rumph (WAR) over Amier Khamis (COE) (Dec 4-2) 
141: Joe Pins (WAR) over Riley Wright (COE) (Dec 9-8) 
149: Josh Gerke (COE) over Zayren Terukina (WAR) (Fall 5:18) 
157: Martine Sandoval (WAR) over Cole Erickson (COE) (Dec 11-8) 
165: Max Forsyth (WAR) over Luke Silva (COE) (SV-1 4-2) 
174: Tristin Westphal (COE) over Paul Calo (WAR) (Dec 3-2) 
184: Kyle Briggs (WAR) over Josh Edel (COE) (Fall 3:24) 
197: Taylor Mehmen (COE) over Kobe Woods (WAR) (Dec 3-1) 
285: Jordon Brandon (WAR) over Kaleb Reeves (COE) (Dec 7-4)

Up next, Wartburg prepares to host Augsburg University next Thursday, Feb. 6 inside Levick Arena in the annual "Battle of the Burgs." The contest is set to begin at 7 p.m.