Cobbers Grind Through Minnesota Duals
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (1/28/12)—No.18-ranked
Concordia went 1-2 at the Minnesota Duals Meet held at Augsburg on
Saturday. The Cobbers beat St. Olaf but lost close matches to
No.2-ranked Augsburg and No.8-ranked St. John's.
The Cobbers, who won the inaugural Minnesota Duals last season,
opened the day by falling 23-18 to the Johnnies. CC was then edged
18-13 by the Auggies before cruising past the Oles 29-12.
Concordia freshman Jake Kostik had the most
impressive day of any CC wrestler. Kostik went 2-0 at 133 with a
major decion over No.7-ranked Tom Kuehn of Augsburg and a pin fall
against Ian Peppel of St. Olaf.
Kostik was one of four Cobber athletes to record two wins for the
meet. Kyle LeDuc, Josten Coleman
and Christian Harrison also had a pair of wins on
the day.
The Cobbers started the day by falling to St. John's. Concordia
opened up a 6-0 lead with decisions by Jacoby
Bergeron and Daron Hohbein. After a loss
at 141, LeDuc scored a pin fall at 149 to put CC up 12-3. SJU would
then win five straight matches to take an insurmountable 23-12.
Cody Kasprick then had a pin fall at 285 to close
the final margin to 23-18.
A slow start cost Concordia against perennial power Augsburg.
The Cobbers dropped four of the first five matches and trailed 12-4
before they rallied to win three of the next four to cut the lead
to 15-13 heading into the match at 285. Kasprick then fell 9-2 to
No.1-ranked Chad Johnson in a solid match at 285.
Kostik's win was followed by Coleman at 165, Harrison at 174 and
No.5-ranked Nathan Schmitz at 197. Schmitz' win was the most
impressive as he edged No.4-ranked Brad Baus 2-1.
Concordia fell behind St. Olaf 7-6 after the first three matches.
CC then won five of the final seven to earn the 17-point win. LeDuc
started the rally by pinning his opponent at 149. Jake
Long then earned a 9-7 decision at 157 and Coleman
recorded an 8-3 win at 165. Harrison pinned his opponent at 184 and
finally Tom Bouressa claimed a 16-0 technical fall
at 285. It was Bouressa's first match of the season after earning
All-American honors last year.
The Cobbers will head back to multi-team invitational wrestling
when they compete at the Jamestown Invite on Saturday, Feb. 4.
No. 8 St. John's (7-5) 23, No. 18 Concordia-Moorhead (4-8)
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Official: Byron Olson
125 – Jacoby Bergeron (CON, 12-12) dec.
Brian Waldron (SJU, 6-10) 4-1 (Concordia 3-0)
133 – No. 5 Daron Hohbein (CON, 12-5) dec. Chad
Henle (SJU, 14-8) 6-4 (Concordia 6-0).
141 – Alex Peck (SJU, 8-10) dec. Tim Ruter (CON,
7-15) 14-8 (Concordia 6-3).
149 – Kyle LeDuc (CON, 15-17) pinned Ochirbat
Bayanjargal (SJU, 3-10) 2:45 (Concordia 12-3).
157 – Chris Stevermer (SJU, 16-8) dec. Kevin Fynboh
(CON, 10-9) 4-1 (Concordia 12-6)
165 – Nick Schuler (SJU, 18-6) pinned Josten
Coleman (CON, 8-10) 4:06 (TIED 12-12)
174 – No. 8 Matt Pfarr (SJU, 13-6) maj. dec.
Sebastian Gardner (CON, 10-13) 13-5 (St. John's 16-12)
184 – No. 5 Mitch Hagen (SJU, 15-4) maj. dec.
Christian Harrison (CON, 12-12) 15-5 (St. John's 20-12)
197 – No. 2 Dustin Baxter (SJU, 20-0) dec. No. 5
Nathan Schmitz (STO, 22-7) 8-3 (St. John's 23-12)
HWT -- Cody Kasprick (CON, 18-12) pinned John Scepaniak
(SJU, 7-13) 0:52 (St. John's 23-18)