CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – No. 2 Wartburg men's wrestling (8-0 overall) won both matches Friday at the NWCA National Duals. The Knights have advanced to the semifinals and will face No. 3 UW-La Crosse Saturday at 11 a.m. The Orange and Black defeated Loras 29-18 in the first round and No. 15 Wabash 54-0 in the quarterfinals.
Complete results:
#2 Wartburg vs. Loras, Wartburg won 29-18
125: #7
James Levy (WB) win by 6-0 dec. vs. Carter Anderson (LC) WB 3-0
133: #3
Joe Pins (WB) win by fall at 2:57 vs. Aiden Evans (LC) WB 9-0
141: #15
Kyler Romero (WB) win by fall at 4:52 vs. Nosa Egbon (LC) WB 15-0
149: #10 Eric Kinkaid (LC) win by injury default vs. Phil Sims (WB) WB 15-6
157: Gabe Fiser (LC) win by 4-2 dec vs.
Daniel Meeker (WB) WB 15-9
165: #9 Dustin Bohren (LC) win by 8-3 dec vs. #11
Nathan Fuller (WB) WB 15-12
174: #1
Zane Mulder (WB) win by 13-4 maj dec vs. #15 Zeb Gnida (LC) WB 19-12
184:
Matthew Doyle (WB) win by 16-3 maj dec vs. Drew Venteicher (LC) WB 23-12
197: #1
Massoma Endene (WB) win by fall at 3:59 vs. Jake LaMonto (LC) WB 29-12
285: Sage Walker (LC) win by fall at 4:41 vs.
Darius Mynar (WB) WB 29-18
Notes:
- This was Levy's 10th win of the season
- Levy moved his winning streak to six
- All but two of Levy's and Mulder's wins have been by bonus points
- This was Pins' fourth fall of the season
- Pins and Mulder remain undefeated on the year (11-0)
- All of Pins' and Endene's wins have been by bonus points
- Pins and Endene have appeared in every varsity dual this season
- This was Romero's first fall of the year
- Sims made his debut in a varsity dual
- Mulder increased his winning streak to 26, which dates back to last season
- All but one of Doyle's wins have been by bonus points this year
- Doyle moved his winning streak to five
- This was Endene's seventh fall of the year
- Endene remains undefeated on the season (12-0)
- Endene increased his winning streak to 26, which dates back to last season
Complete results:
#2 Wartburg vs. #15 Wabash, Wartburg won 54-0
125:
Brett Birchman (WB) win by injury default vs. James Day (Wabash). WB leads 6-0
133: #3
Joe Pins (WB) win by 17-1 tech fall vs. Arlie Benson (Wabash) WB leads 11-0
141: #15
Kyler Romero (WB) win by injury default vs. Blake McGee (Wabash) WB 17-0
149: #7
Charlie Dojan (WB) win by 8-1 dec vs. #9 Daniel Uribe (Wabash) WB 20-0
157: #13
Blain Christie (WB) win by fall at 4:24 vs. Tim Smith (Wabash) WB 26-0
165: #11
Nathan Fuller (WB) win by fall at 2:18 vs. Jesse Herrera (Wabash) WB 32-0
174: #1
Zane Mulder (WB) win by fall at 2:45 vs. Elorm Nevis (Wabash) WB 38-0
184: #9
Kasey Ross (WB) win by fall at 2:21 vs. Sammy Saunders (Wabash) WB 44-0
197: #1
Massoma Endene (WB) win by 15-0 tech fall at vs. Neil Johnson (Wabash) WB 49-0
285: Mitch Williamson (WB) win by 17-2 tech fall vs. Tim Stohl (Wabash) WB 54-0
Notes:
- Birchman remains undefeated on the season (9-0)
- All but two of Birchman's wins have been by bonus points
- Pins and Endene have appeared in every varsity dual this season
- Pins and Mulder remain undefeated on the year (12-0)
- All of Pins' and Endene's wins have been by bonus points
- This was Pins' 33rd career tech fall, which ranks second on the career leader list
- Romero moved his winning streak to five
- This was Dojan's 15th win of the season
- Dojan moved his winning streak to 11
- Christie moved his winning streak to 10
- This was Christie's and Fuller's second fall of the season
- All but one of Fuller's wins have been by bonus points this year
- Mulder increased his winning streak to 27, which dates back to last season
- This was Mulder's sixth fall of the season
- Mulder has 35 career falls, which is tied for sixth on the career leader list, with current assistant coach Landon Williams
- This was Ross' first fall of the season
- Ross moved his winning streak to four
- This was Endene's sixth tech fall of the season
- Endene remains undefeated on the season (13-0)
- Endene increased his winning streak to 27, which dates back to last season
- Williamson made his Wartburg debut
- This was Wartburg's fourth shutout of the season
