WAVERLY, Iowa— The No. 2 Wartburg men's wrestling team (14-2 overall, 8-0 American Rivers Conference) won its 42^nd conference championship Friday in the 20-15 win over No. 12 Loras (13-7, 5-3).
 
Complete results:
125: #13 Connor Fiser (LC) win by 5-3 dec vs. Brett Birchman (WB) Loras 3-0
133: #12 Aiden Evans (LC) win by 9-6 dec vs. #10 Josh Gervey (WB) LC 6-0
141: Tommy Thongseng (WB) win by 8-7 dec vs. Kolten Crawford (LC) LC 6-3
149: #7 Kyler Romero (WB) win by 6-1 dec vs. Chase Fiser (LC) Tied 6-6
157: #9 Eric Kinkaid (LC) win by 4-0 dec. vs. #5 Blain Christie (WB) LC 9-6
165: #6 Dustin Bohren (LC) win by 5-2 dec vs Nathan Fuller (WB) LC 12-6
174: #3 Zeb Gnida (LC) win by 4-1 dec vs. #14 Matt Rogge (WB) LC 15-6
184: #2 Kasey Ross (WB) win by 15-0 tech fall vs. Landry Barker (LC) LC 15-11
197: #1 Massoma Endene (WB) win by fall at 1:28 vs. Alex Watson (LC) WB 17-15
285: #5 Mitchell Williamson (WB) win by 1-0 dec vs Jonah Clark (LC) WB 20-15
 Official: Jason Wedgbury
 
Notes:

• This was the third-straight ranked wrestler Birchman has faced
• This was the sixth ranked DIII opponent Gervey has faced this season
• This was the seventh ranked DIII opponent Christie has faced this year
• These were the second ranked DIII opponents Fuller and Rogge have faced this season
• Ross moved his winning streak to 19
• This was Ross' eighth tech fall of the season
• This was Endene's fifth fall of the season
• Endene remained undefeated on the season (13-0)
• Endene moved his winning streak to 54
• Williamson remained undefeated on the season (14-0)
• Williamson moved his winning streak to 14
• Bench warning during 141 on Wartburg
• Bench warning during 184 on Loras
• This was the 266^th total conference championship for Wartburg (all sports)
• The Orange and Black finish the season undefeated in conference matches
• Wartburg owns the series at 59-8-3 and has won the last six-straight meetings and 36 of the last 37 duals
• This is the 42^nd conference championship in program history
• That total marks the most won for any sport in conference history
• This is the fifth-straight conference championship for the Knights

 
Next event
The Knights return to the mat at the NCAA Regionals Friday, Feb. 28.