DUBUQUE, Iowa— The No. 2 Wartburg men's wrestling team (15-1 overall, 8-0 American Rivers) won its 41^st American Rivers Conference Championship in the 38-3 win over No. 17 Loras (11-8, 6-2) Friday night. This total marks the most among any conference sports for any conference team.
 
Complete results:
125: #7 Brett Birchman (WB) win by 20-3 tech fall vs. Carter Anderson (LC) 
133: #3 Joe Pins (WB) win by 17-2 tech fall vs. Aiden Evans (LC) 
141: #7 Kyler Romero (WB) win by 6-4 dec vs. #14 Jalen Schropp (LC) 
149: #5 Charlie Dojan (WB) win by 7-6 dec vs. #12 Eric Kinkaid (LC)
157: Gabe Fiser (LC) win by 8-5 dec vs. #7 Daniel Meeker (WB) 
165: #12 Nathan Fuller (WB) win by 4-3 dec vs. #10 Dustin Bohren (LC) 
174: #1 Zane Mulder (WB) win by 8-2 dec vs. #7 Zeb Gnida (LC) 
184: Matt Rogge (WB) win by 8-0 maj dec vs. Kam Royster (LC) 
197: #1 Massoma Endene (WB) win by fall at 2:44 vs. Alex Watson (LC) 
285: Mitchell Williamson (WB) win by fall at 3:06 vs. Aiden Rice (LC) 
Official: Eric Eckenrod
 
Notes:

• This was Birchman's third tech fall of the year
• 133, 157, 165, 174 was a rematch of the dual at the NWCA National Duals
• Same winner at 133, 157, 174
• Different winner at 165
• Pins remains undefeated on the season (20-0)
• This was Pins' 20^th victory of the year
• This was Pins' 16^th tech fall of the season
• This was Pins' ninth-straight tech fall
• Pins continues to add to his lead as the career leader in tech falls with 41 to date
• All of Pins' and Rogge's wins have been by bonus points
• Pins has appeared in every varsity dual this season
• Romero moved his winning streak to 12
• Mulder and Endene remain undefeated on the season (19-0)
• Mulder increased his winning streak to 35, which dates back to last season
• This was Rogge's first major of the year
• This was Endene's ninth fall of the year
• Endene increased his winning streak to 33, which dates back to last season
• This was Williamson's first fall of the year
• Wartburg holds the all-time series lead at 56-8-3
• The Knights have won the last four-straight meetings

 

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— Wartburg Athletics (@WartburgKnights) February 10, 2024

Next event
The Knights return to the mat Thursday, Feb. 29-Friday, March 1 at the NCAA Regionals in Cedar Rapids.