CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Upper Iowa men's wrestling (1-3) battled hard but fell to No. 6 Tiffin (Ohio) (3-1) and No. 8 McKendree (Ill.) (5-3) at the NWCA National Duals on Friday. The Dragons won by a score of 21-16, and the Bearcats won, 24-19 in the UNI-Dome. 

No. 5 Ethen Doty (149) and Braxten Westendorf (184) went undefeated on the day for the Peacocks. Doty picked up wins via fall and technical fall and improved his record to 14-3 on the season. 

Westendorf won in a major decision and by technical fall. He upset No. 12 David Davis of Tiffin, 9-1. The redshirt freshman has now won six of his last seven matches and has a 17-4 record this season. 

Going 1-1 for the Peacocks were Dawson Schmit (133), Griffin Luke (174) and Matthew Marcum (197/285). Treyton Ackman (125) and Tanner Arjes (141) won their only matches of the day. 

Upper Iowa will compete in the 13-16 place bracket on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. on Mat 11 against No. 25 King (Tenn.) (6-6). The Peacocks will either face West Liberty (W.V.) (5-5) or GLVC foe Maryville (Mo.) (3-6) at 1 p.m. to wrap up the duals. 

No. 6 Tiffin 22, No. 21 Upper Iowa 16
Schmit (133) picked up the first win for the Peacocks, defeating Cael Woods in an 8-4 decision. After trailing 4-0 heading into the final period, Schmit tallied an escape, a three-point takedown and a four-point nearfall to win. 

Doty (149) then picked up a quick fall in 1:06 over Maddox Simcoe. Westendorf (184) upset No. 12 David Davis in a 9-1 major decision, scoring six points in the final period. 

At 197, Marcum won a thriller over Max Milian in a sudden victory. Millin picked up a point in the second period with a one-point penalty, while Marcum tied it up at the end with riding time. Marcum recorded a takedown at 1:04 to get the overtime win. 

The match of the dual was between Preston Klostermann and No. 5 Casey Barnett at 157. Klostermann went up 7-0 early, but then Barnett scored nine straight points to lead 9-7. In the third period, Klostermann recorded a takedown, but Barnett kept it even at 11-11. Riding time gave Barnett the 12-11 victory.  

No. 4 Anthony Anciete (125), Bret Minnick (141), No. 1 Nolan Gessler (165), No. 15 Emilio Arellano (174) and No. 6 Jake Powell (285) also picked up wins for the Dragons. Tiffin had four wins by major decision. 

Results
125 - Anthony Aniciete (Tiffin) over Jackson Heaston (Upper Iowa) Maj 10-2
133 - Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) over Cael Woods (Tiffin) Dec 8-4
141 - Bret Minnick (Tiffin) over Cael Bridgewater (Upper Iowa) Maj 15-1
149 - Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Maddox Simcoe (Tiffin) Fall 1:06
157 - Casey Barnett (Tiffin) over Preston Klostermann (Upper Iowa) Dec 12-11
165 - Nolan Gessler (Tiffin) over Nick Mueller (Upper Iowa) Dec 9-3
174 - Emilio Arellano (Tiffin) over Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) Maj 14-6
184 - Braxten Westendorf (Upper Iowa) over David Davis (Tiffin) Maj 9-1
197 - Matthew Marcum (Upper Iowa) over Max Millin (Tiffin) SV-1 4-1
285 - Jake Powell (Tiffin) over Hunter Bye (Upper Iowa) Maj 16-5

No. 8 McKendree 24, No. 21 Upper Iowa 19
Ackman (125) opened the matchup with a 2-0 decision victory over Giovanni Diaz. Both wrestlers were tied 0-0 entering the final period. Ackman scored on an escape seven seconds into the third period, and earned his second point on riding time. 

Arjes (141) won in a major decision against Bradley Ruckman after picking up takedowns in each of the first two periods. He also added a two-point nearfall in the third period. 

Doty (149) added to his impressive day with a 15-0 tech fall victory. He started with a takedown 10 seconds into the match and added two four-point nearfalls in the opening period. A second-period takedown earned the tech fall. 

At 157, Klostermann battled once again with a nationally ranked wrestler, No. 14 Cale Hoskinson. Trailing 2-0 in the third period, Klostermann picked up a takedown with 37 seconds left. Hoskinson then escaped and won on riding time, 4-3. 

Luke (174) scored a two-point reversal and added riding time for a 7-5 victory against Shamon Handegan. Westendorf outscored Ridge Schutte 9-2 in the third period with two takedowns and a three-point nearfall to secure the tech fall win. This gave the Peacocks a 19-15 advantage entering the last two matches. 

No. 5 Logan Kvien picked up a tech fall win for McKendree at 197 to take a 20-19 lead. At 285, Casey Olszowka won in a major decision to secure the Bearcat victory. 

Results
125 - Treyton Ackman (Upper Iowa) over Giovanni Diaz (McKendree) Dec 2-0
133 - Thaddeus Long (McKendree) over Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) Fall 6:54
141 - Tanner Arjes (Upper Iowa) over Bradley Ruckman (McKendree) Maj 12-2
149 - Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Caleb Lavine (McKendree) TF 15-0
157 - Cale Hoskinson (McKendree) over Preston Klostermann (Upper Iowa) Dec 4-3
165 - Sam Richardson (McKendree) over Reily Dolan (Upper Iowa) Fall 2:19
174 - Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) over Shamon Handegan (McKendree) Dec 7-5
184 - Braxten Westendorf (Upper Iowa) over Ridge Schutte (McKendree) TF 21-6
197 - Logan Kvien (McKendree) over Hunter Bye (Upper Iowa) TF 15-0
285 - Casey Olszowka (McKendree) over Matthew Marcum (Upper Iowa) Maj 12-4
Upper Iowa's team score was adjusted by -1.0 for Stepping in circle