Peacock men's wrestling competed at the NWCA National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, finishing with a 1-2 record on Friday after facing three Top 12 teams ranked by the NWCA. In a standout performance, Upper Iowa pulled off the only first-round upset, defeating the second-ranked team in the nation and the #4 seed in the tournament, Glenville State, with a 20-14 victory.
 
UIU recorded wins in six of the bouts against the Pioneers with three ranked triumphs: Ethen Doty defeated #5 Gabe Onoroto, Lawson Losee beat #1 Hayden Pummel, and Geoffery Freeman trumped #7 Nick Johnson. 
 
#24 Upper Iowa faced #6 McKendree in the second round and was edged out by the Bearcats in a narrow 21-18 decision. Notable victories included Treyton Ackman's pin over the #14 Jason Strope (1:10) and Colter Bye's defeat over #11 Zeke Waltz. The Peacocks fought tough throughout the match and came out on the wrong side of two sudden victory losses. 
 
The Peacocks versed #12 Grand Valley State in the last match of the day and came up short, 21-15. Upper Iowa was down 15-3 after the 149 bout, but rattled off four straight wins by decision, including Losee's victory over #4 Josh Kenny and Bye's triumph over #9 Brayden Mirjavadi. With the score tied up at 15 apiece, the Peacocks dropped the 197 match by decision (14-13) to #15 Wyatt Miller and the 285 bout to #5 Cater Blough by decision (2-0).
 
Peacock men's wrestling is back on the mat tomorrow against Tiffin at 11 a.m.
 
Below are the results from the three duals today.
 
Upper Iowa 20, Glenville State 14

125	Colton Drousias (Glenville State) over Jackson Heaston (Upper Iowa) TF 18-2
133	Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) over Hunter Ross (Glenville State) Maj 16-5
141	Caleb Brooks (Glenville State) over Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) Dec 4-2
149	Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Gabriel Onorato (Glenville State) Dec 4-3
157	Guy Deleonardis (Glenville State) over Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) Dec 10-5
165	Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) over Loranzo Rajaonarivelo (Glenville State) Maj 10-2
174	Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) over Hayden Pummel (Glenville State) Dec 6-5
184	Kyle Homet (Glenville State) over Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) Dec 7-3
197	Geoffery Freeman (Upper Iowa) over Nicholas Johnson (Glenville State) Dec 13-7
285	Clayton Ours (Upper Iowa) over Isaiha Casto (Glenville State) Dec 15-11

 
Upper Iowa 18, McKendree 21

125	Treyton Ackman (Upper Iowa) over Jason Strope (McKendree) Fall 1:10
133	Anthony Bernardo (McKendree) over Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) Dec 9-7
141	Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) over Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) Maj 13-1
149	Joey Semerad (McKendree) over Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) Dec 6-3
157	Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) over James Hoskinson (McKendree) Dec 8-5
165	Cory Peterson (McKendree) over Reily Dolan (Upper Iowa) TF 22-7
174	Matt Ortiz (McKendree) over Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) SV-1 4-1
184	Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) over Zeke Waltz (McKendree) Dec 7-2
197	Logan Kvien (McKendree) over Geoffery Freeman (Upper Iowa) SV-1 4-1
285	Joshua Gaye (Upper Iowa) over Ridge Schutte (McKendree) Fall 5:35

 
Upper Iowa 15, Grand Valley State 21

125	Orion Wilson (Grand Valley State) over Treyton Ackman (Upper Iowa) Dec 10-4
133	Jak Keller (Grand Valley State) over Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) Fall 6:51
141	Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) over Eran Marx (Grand Valley State) Dec 4-0
149	Chris Donathan (Grand Valley State) over Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) Fall 0:48
157	Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) over Maddox Simcoe (Grand Valley State) Dec 5-3
165	Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) over Bradley Mayse (Grand Valley State) Dec 8-7
174	Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) over Joshua Kenny (Grand Valley State) Dec 5-4
184	Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) over Brayden Mirjavadi (Grand Valley State) Dec 5-4
197	Wyatt Miller (Grand Valley State) over Geoffery Freeman (Upper Iowa) Dec 14-13
285	Carter Blough (Grand Valley State) over Joshua Gaye (Upper Iowa) Dec 2-0