CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-- The No. 4 Wartburg men's wrestling team won the NCAA Regional VI Championship with 169 points. The Knights also qualified six for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.

Massoma Endene repeated as the Regional's Outstanding Wrestler and also won the most falls award at this regional.

Team Standings

1	Wartburg, IA	169.0
2	Loras, IA	162.5
3	Coe, IA	141.0
4	Luther, IA	118.0
5	Central, IA	117.5
6	University Of Dubuque, IA	115.0
7	Cornell College, IA	92.5
8	University Of The Ozarks, AR	69.0
9	Huntingdon, AL	47.0
10	Westminster, MO	31.0
11	Nebraska Wesleyan, NE	26.0
12	Eureka, IL	23.0
12	Schreiner, TX	23.0
14	Simpson, IA	15.5
15	Illinois Wesleyan, IL	9.0
16	Buena Vista, IA	2.5

  
Semifinals
125: #14 Brett Birchman (WB) won by 4-0 dec vs. Shelton Chastain (Ozarks)
133: #9 Bryce Parke (Coe) won by 12-8 dec vs #11 Josh Gervey (WB)
141: Tommy Thongseng (WB) won by 7-5 dec vs. Jared Gallub (Nebraska Wesleyan)
149: #7 Kyler Romero (WB) won by 7-5 dec vs Cade Siebrecht (Central)
157: Demetri Teddlie (Ozarks) won by 7-1 dec vs #6 Blain Christie (WB)
165: Carson Martinson (Central) won by 7-6 dec vs Aidan Brosinski (WB)
174: #4 LJ Richardson (Coe) won by 9-0 major decision vs #12 Matt Rogge (WB)
184: #2 Kasey Ross (WB) won by 4-0 dec vs #9 Samuel West (Central)
197: #1 Massoma Endene (WB) won by fall at 1:43 vs Ben Strehlow (Luther)
285: #8 Austin Cooley (Schreiner) won by 8-5 dec vs #5 Mitchell Williamson (WB)
 
Notes:

• Qualified for NCAA Championships in this round: Birchman, Thongseng, Romero, Ross, Endene
• This was Birchman's 15^th win of the season
• This was Thongseng's 20^th win of the season
• Thongseng and Romero moved their winning streaks to five
• Ross moved his winning streak to 22
• This was Endene's seventh fall of the season
• This was Endene's fourth-straight fall
• Endene remained undefeated (15-0)
• Endene moved his overall winning streak to 56
• This was Williamson's first loss of the season

Consolations
133: #10 Aiden Evans (Loras) won by 10-0 maj dec vs #11 Josh Gervey (WB)
157: Andrew Parrish (Cornell) won by 10-3 dec vs #6 Blain Christie (WB)
165: Aidan Brosinski (WB) won by 5-0 dec vs Bryce McDonough (Luther)
174: David Burgess (Huntingdon) won by 14-6 maj dec vs #12 Matt Rogge (WB)
285: #5 Mitchell Williamson (WB) won by 4-1 dec vs. #10 Justin Matson (Dubuque)
 
Finals, placing matches:
125: Brayden Parke (Coe) won by medical forfeit #14 Brett Birchman (WB)  
133: #11 Josh Gervey (WB) won by fall at 2:34 vs Eli Sneed (Cornell)
141: #3 Pierre Baldwin (Central) win by 14-2 major decision vs Tommy Thongseng (WB)
149: #7 Kyler Romero (WB) won by 2-1 dec vs. Chase Fiser (Loras)
157: #8 Carter Martinson (Central) won by forfeit vs #6 Blain Christie (WB)
165: Brian Petry (Cornell) win by 6-3 dec SV vs Aidan Brosinski (WB)
174: #12 Matt Rogge (WB) won by 17-0 tech fall vs Jason Hermann (Central)
184: #2 Kasey Ross (WB) won by 4-0 dec vs. #6 Jared Voss (Coe)
197: #1 Massoma Endene (WB) won by fall at 6:07 vs Pilo Perez (Dubuque)
285: #5 Mitchell Williamson (WB) won by 4-0 dec vs. Jonah Clark (Loras)
 
Notes:

• Qualified for NCAA Championships this round: Williamson
• Romero was the NCAA Regional Champion, for the first time at 149
• Ross was the Regional Champion at 184 for the second-straight year
• Endene was the Regional Champion at 197 for the third-straight year
• Romero moved his winning streak to six
• Birchman and Thongseng take second place
• Gervey and Rogge take fifth place
• This was Gervey's seventh fall of the year
• This was Gervey's 20^th win of the year
• Christie took sixth place
• Brosinski took fourth place
• This was Rogge's 15^th win of the year
• This was Rogge's sixth tech fall of the year
• Ross moved his winning streak to 23
• This was Endene's sixth fall of the season
• This was Endene's fifth-straight fall of the season
• Endene moved his overall winning streak to 57
• Williamosn took third place
• Wartburg won its 11^th NCAA Regional Championship
• This was Wartburg's fourth-straight Regional Championship

Next event
The Knights return to action at the NCAA Championships March 14-15 in Providence, Rhode Island.