WAVERLY, Iowa -- The No. 1/2-ranked Wartburg College men's wrestling team improved to 14-1 overall and 7-0 in American Rivers Conference action with a 33-6 victory over Coe College (8-5, 4-3 A-R-C) on Takedown MITO/Senior night inside Levick Arena.
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The win extended Wartburg's conference dual winning streak to 49 and marked the Knights' 41st consecutive victory over the Kohawks. Wartburg leads the all-time series, 59-9.
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Coe took an early 3-0 lead at 125 pounds as No. 8 Brayden Parke (17-4) defeated
Brett Birchman (12-6), 4-3, with the riding-time point proving decisive.
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Wartburg responded at 133 pounds when No. 5
Patrick Mullen (19-4) earned a 6-0 decision over No. 15 Brody Neighbor (18-6) to even the team score. At 141, No. 3
Kade Blume followed with a 14-4 major decision, giving the Knights their first lead of the night.
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The Knights extended the advantage at 149 as
Anthony Ulaszek (22-4) recorded his 16th pin of the season, stopping Ty Koedam (16-4) in 1:02 to make the score 13-3.
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Top-ranked
Charlie Dojan (23-0) added a 16-0 technical fall at 157, his 14th of the season. Coe answered with a decision at 165 to cut the margin to 18-6.
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Wartburg closed out the dual by winning the final four bouts. No. 12
Mike Slade (20-7) posted a 12-2 major decision at 174, followed by No. 2
Kasey Ross (20-0) with a 16-0 technical fall at 184. No. 6
Cal Dorota (19-4) added a 3-0 decision at 197, before No. 1 Mitch Williamson (18-0) secured the final result with a 4-0 decision at heavyweight.
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The Knights earned their 77th all-time dual victory inside Levick Arena and completed a 3-0 home record this season, improving to 77-3 all-time on their home mat.
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2007-08 4-0
2008-09 3-0
2009-10 7-1
2010-11 2-0
2011-12 4-0
2012-13 4-0
2013-14 4-0
2014-15 6-0
2015-16 3-0
2016-17 4-0
2017-18 3-0
2018-19 7-0
2019-20 2-1
2020-21 5-0
2021-22 5-0
2022-23 3-0
2023-24 6-0
2024-25 2-1
2025-26 3-0
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UP NEXT
Wartburg will travel to Dubuque, Iowa, for a 7 p.m. dual at No. 7 Loras on Thursday. Both teams enter the matchup unbeaten in conference action, with the A-R-C regular-season title at stake.
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RESULTS
125: Brayden Parke (COE) over
Brett Birchman (WART) (Dec 4-3)
133:
Patrick Mullen (WART) over Brody Neighbor (COE) (Dec 6-0)
141:
Kade Blume (WART) over Dresden Grimm (COE) (MD 14-4)
149:
Anthony Ulaszek (WART) over Ty Koedam (COE) (Fall 1:02)
157:
Charlie Dojan (WART) over Zachary Montez (COE) (TF 16-0 2:59)
165: Bo Koedam (COE) over
Aiden Brosinski (WART) (Dec 4-1)
174:
Mike Slade (WART) over Austin Gomez (COE) (MD 12-2)
184:
Kasey Ross (WART) over Justin Wirtz (COE) (TF 16-0 3:00)
197:
Cal Dorota (WART) over Jean Ngoma (COE) (Dec 3-0)
285:
Mitch Williamson (WART) over Wyatt Smith (COE) (Dec 4-0)
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