QUINCY, Ill. - Upper Iowa men's wrestling (7-6) finished third at the GLVC Championships on Sunday. The Peacocks fell to Maryville (11-10) by a score of 25-17 in the semifinals, but responded with a 30-11 win over No. 25 UIndy (5-8) in the third-place match. 

Ethen Doty (149) and Nick Mueller (165) both went 2-0 for the Peacocks on the day. Doty, the No. 8-ranked wrestler at 149 pounds, won with a tech fall against Leo Buchheit of Maryville, 18-0. He also picked up a 1-0 decision win over NWCA No. 11 Gavin Garcia.

Mueller won in a major decision over Maryville's Mustafa Salimi, 11-1. He then picked up a 2-1 decision win over UIndy's Logan Farnell. 

Dawson Schmit (133), Tanner Arjes (141), Griffin Luke (174), Braxten Westendorf (184) and Matthew Marcum (197) all went 1-1 on the day. Collin Altensey (157) won his lone match of the day against Michael Ortega of UIndy with a 16-1 tech fall.

No. 8 McKendree (Ill.) (16-5) defeated Maryville, 20-18, in the championship match to take first place. This marked the Bearcats second-straight GLVC Tournament Championship. 

The Peacocks have two weeks off before the NCAA Super Region V Championships on Saturday, Feb. 28, hosted by Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minnesota. 

Semifinal: Maryville 25, Upper Iowa 17
Treyton Ackman fell to Elijah Almarinez, and Schmit came up just short in a 5-4 decision against JP Homfeld, putting the Peacocks down 9-0 early. Arjes responded with a 10-9 win against Caleb Carter to get UIU on the board. The redshirt freshman finished 2-0 against Carter this season. 

Doty picked up an 18-0 tech fall against Leo Buchheit, Preston Klostermann fell in a major decision to Nicolas Zamora and Mueller used three takedowns to pick up an 11-1 decision over Salimi. The Peacocks trailed 13-12 heading into the 174 match, a rematch between No. 14 Cole Ritter and Luke. 

Ritter avenged his upset loss in the previous matchup, defeating Luke in an 8-4 decision. Ritter tallied takedowns in the first and third periods to get the win. Westendorf responded in the 184 match, totaling four takedowns and a four-point nearfall to win, 17-2, in the second period. 

That put the Peacocks up 17-16 heading into the final two matches. Marcum battled against No. 15 Jeremiah Larson, but fell in a 6-3 decision. Larson got two takedowns in the match while staving off Marcum's late takedown attempts. Hunter Bye fell to Open Mat No. 8 Jonovan Smith in the final five seconds of the match, sealing the Saints' 25-17 win. 

Maryville 25, Upper Iowa 17
125 - Elijah Almarinez (Maryville) over Treyton Ackman (Upper Iowa) Fall 1:55
133 - JP Homfeld (Maryville) over Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) Dec 5-4
141 - Tanner Arjes (Upper Iowa) over Caleb Carter (Maryville) Dec 10-9
149 - Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Leo Buchheit (Maryville) TF 18-0
157 - Nicolas Zamora (Maryville) over Preston Klostermann (Upper Iowa) Maj 12-3
165 - Nick Mueller (Upper Iowa) over Mustafa Salimi (Maryville) Maj 11-1
174 - Cole Ritter (Maryville) over Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) Dec 8-4
184 - Braxten Westendorf (Upper Iowa) over Dalton Litzsinger (Maryville) TF 17-2
197 - Jeremiah Larson (Maryville) over Matthew Marcum (Upper Iowa) Dec 6-3
285 - Jonovan Smith (Maryville) over Hunter Bye (Upper Iowa) Fall 6:55

Third Place Match: Upper Iowa 30, UIndy 11
Ackman got a win by forfeit at 125. After a scoreless first period, Schmit recorded an escape and takedown in the second to take a 4-1 lead on Jadon Gyan. The Peacock redshirt sophomore added two more takedowns and a two-point nearfall in the third to get the 12-3 major decision. 

Arjes fell in a 6-3 decision to Zach Haughton at 141. Doty recorded a second-period escape and didn't allow Garcia to score in the third period to win, 1-0. Altensey recorded three takedowns and a four-point nearfall to win with a tech fall, 16-1, over Micheal Ortega at 157. 

At 165, Mueller trailed 1-0 to Luke Farnell entering the third period. After being held down for a minute, Mueller recorded a reversal and held his position for a 2-1 win. At 174 pounds, Luke came close to a tech fall against Luke Robards, but was a point short with a 17-3 major decision. Luke recorded five takedowns in the win that put UIU up 25-3 in the team score. 

UIndy's Christian Chavez, ranked No. 19 in The Open Mat, defeated Westendorf in an 8-4 decision. Chavez recorded a takedown and 3-point nearfall in the first period. 

Marcum shut out Armen Koltookian with a 15-0 tech fall, recording three four-point nearfalls in the second period. NWCA No. 11 Cale Gray defeated Jose Del Toro with an 18-2 second-period tech fall to wrap up the heavyweight match. 

Upper Iowa 30, No. 25 UIndy 11
125 - Treyton Ackman (Upper Iowa) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
133 - Dawson Schmit (Upper Iowa) over Jadon Gyan (Indianapolis) Maj 12-3
141 - Zach Haughton (Indianapolis) over Tanner Arjes (Upper Iowa) Dec 6-3
149 - Ethen Doty (Upper Iowa) over Gavin Garcia (Indianapolis) Dec 1-0
157 - Collin Altensey (Upper Iowa) over Michael Ortega (Indianapolis) TF 16-1
165 - Nick Mueller (Upper Iowa) over Logan Farnell (Indianapolis) Dec 2-1
174 - Griffin Luke (Upper Iowa) over Luke Robards (Indianapolis) Maj 17-3
184 - Christian Chavez (Indianapolis) over Braxten Westendorf (Upper Iowa) Dec 8-4
197 - Matthew Marcum (Upper Iowa) over Armen Koltookian (Indianapolis) TF 15-0
285 - Cale Gray (Indianapolis) over Jose Del Toro (Upper Iowa) TF 18-2