Men's wrestling traveled to Marshall, Minn. to the Mustang Duals on the campus of Southwest Minnesota State and challenged three opponents.
The Peacocks faced two Super Region Five teams, Minot State and Southwest Minnesota State, and won 18 out of those 20 matches. UIU wrestled new faces in their lineup against UW-Eau Claire in between those contests.
In the round-robin event, Upper Iowa led the field in the most tech falls and the fastest time, recording six tech falls in 25:08. The team was second in pins with six and first in match points with 271.
Upper Iowa first handled Minot State in a near shut-out, posting a 39-3 victory. The team gardened a large chunk of points behind four wins by tech fall (
Jackson Heaston,
Ryan Wehner,
Ethen Doty,
Colter Bye) and one win by forfeit (
Clayton Ours).
Additionally,
Dalton Schams trumped his opponent by major decision, while three Peacocks came out on top by decision (
Collin Altensey,
Lawson Losee and
Geoffery Freeman).
UIU saw some new faces in the lineup against UW Eau Claire and fell in a 27-11 decision. The Peacocks came out on top in three bouts;
Colby Lopez (141) won in an 8-5 decision,
Kale Hansen (157) was victorious by major decision (12-3) and
Joshua Gaye (285) was successful by major decision (13-4).
The Peacocks defeated Southwest Minnesota State 36-2 after the Mustangs had a point removed for unsportsmanlike conduct. UIU posted two wins by tech fall (Doty, Losee), five wins by major decision (
Treyton Ackman,
Dawson Schmit, Altensey, Freeman, Ours), and two wins by decision (Wehner, Bye).
Men's wrestling is back on the mat Friday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. against McKendree in Fayette.
UIU 39, MINOT 3
UIU 36, SMSU 2
| 125 |
Treyton Ackman (Upper Iowa) over Preston Xayachak (Southwest Minnesota State) Maj 11-2 |
| 133 |
Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) over Chase Hanson (Southwest Minnesota State) Maj 11-2 |
| 141 |
Ryan Wehner (Upper Iowa) over Dylan Louwagie (Southwest Minnesota State) Dec 7-6 |
| 149 |
Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Jacob Messner (Southwest Minnesota State) TF 15-0 |
| 157 |
Sean Howk (Southwest Minnesota State) over Dalton Schams (Upper Iowa) Dec 6-5 |
| 165 |
Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) over Caden Young (Southwest Minnesota State) Maj 14-3 |
| 174 |
Lawson Losee (Upper Iowa) over noah jensen (Southwest Minnesota State) TF 20-5 |
| 184 |
Colter Bye (Upper Iowa) over Adam Sylvester (Southwest Minnesota State) Dec 9-2 |
| 197 |
Geoffery Freeman (Upper Iowa) over Kody Marschner (Southwest Minnesota State) Maj 22-10 |
| 285 |
Clayton Ours (Upper Iowa) over Evan Thompson (Southwest Minnesota State) Maj 11-0 |
| SMSU Unsportsmanlike -1 |
