Upper Iowa men's wrestling hosted Sioux Falls and Newman in Fayette for the team's first duals of the season. The Peacocks versed the Cougars first and downed them 32-12 before nearly grabbing a shutout over the Jets as they powered through to a 44-3 victory. UIU improved to 2-0 on the season with its first GLVC dual on deck for Friday, Dec. 6 against Quincy at 6 p.m.

Dawson Schmit (133), Ethen Doty (149), Dalton Schams (157), Geoffery Freeman (197), Colter Bye (184) and Clayton Ours (285) each picked up two wins on the evening. Jackson Heaston (125), Ryan Wehner (141), Lawson Losee (174) and Griffin Luke (174) each grabbed one win across the duals.

Against Sioux Falls, the Peacocks led 6-3 after the first two bouts. In the first action of the day, Heaston fell in a narrow 5-4 decision, but Schmit followed it up with a win by forfeit. Wehner was edged out in his first dual of the evening after putting up a tough battle. He notched a last-second escape to force sudden victory, but a takedown from the Cougars as time expired gave them the three points and tied the match 6-6.

Doty breezed to a tech fall victory over his opponent to put the Peacocks up 11-6. Schams was up next and grabbed a win by major decision.

Collin Altensey was trumped by fall, but Upper Iowa rattled off the next four bouts to glide to its first win of the season. Losee posted a come-back win in a 12-8 decision. After being down 8-4, he recorded a takedown to trail 8-7. He chose down in the next round, and pulled off an escape followed by takedown, combined with a ride time point.

Bye earned six team points by forfeit, Freeman put down his opponent by tech fall and managed to score 8 points in the first 20 seconds of the match. Ours concluded the dual with a win in an 8-3 decision. 6
 
UIU-32, USF-12

125	Jaxton Packer (Sioux Falls) over Jackson Heaston (Upper Iowa) (Dec 5-4)
133	Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) over Unknown (For.)
141	Jordon Oehme (Sioux Falls) over Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) (SV-1 8-5)
149	Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Lane Fink (Sioux Falls) (TF 17-1 5:34)
157	Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) over Lincoln Fink (Sioux Falls) (MD 15-6)
165	Cooper Sanders (Sioux Falls) over Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) (Fall 3:12)
174	Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) over Grant Moraski (Sioux Falls) (Dec 12-8)
184	Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) over Unknown (For.)
197	Geoffery Freeman (Upper Iowa) over Stetson Davis (Sioux Falls) (TF 20-3 3:19)
285	Clayton Ours (Upper Iowa) over Isaiah Laguna (Sioux Falls) (Dec 8-3)

 
 
The Peacocks rattled off wins in the first five bouts against the Jets. Heaston and Schmit each notched wins by decision to start off with the 6-0 advantage. Wehner won by tech fall in a chippy match, followed by a fall by Doty (4:20). Schams' major decision victory put the Peacocks ahead 21-0 before Newman won its only bout at 165 by decision.

Griffin Luke picked up the team's second fall of the match in 2:10 after starting the bout ahead 7-0. Bye defeated his opponent by tech fall (18-3) in 6:20. Freeman and Ours ended the competition on a high note as they each trumped their opponents by fall. Ours started his bout down 7-0 before coming back with a takedown followed by a pin.
 
UIU-44, NEW-3

125	Jackson Heaston (Upper Iowa) over Dylan Sheler (Newman) (Dec 10-7)
133	Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) over Jevin Foust (Newman) (Dec 15-9)
141	Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) over Trent Moses (Newman) (TF 23-8 7:00)
149	Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Colby Schreiner (Newman) (Fall 4:20)
157	Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) over Hunter Dietrich (Newman) (MD 16-8)
165	Jace Fisher (Newman) over Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) (Dec 7-2)
174	Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) over Skyler Geer (Newman) (Fall 2:10)
184	Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) over Dane Donigian (Newman) (TF 18-3 6:20)
197	Geoffery Freeman (Upper Iowa) over Erik Tomanek (Newman) (Fall 2:09)
285	Clayton Ours (Upper Iowa) over Caleb Wunsch (Newman) (Fall 1:50)