Massey clinched the victory for the Auggies with a 1:16 pin of Wartburg's Dylan Wrage (FY, Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock HS) at 197 pounds, giving the Auggies an insurmountable lead in the dual. Massey, now 17-1 on the season with nine pins, is ranked No. 2 nationally at 197.
Augsburg (9-2 in dual meets), the top-ranked team in Division III wrestling, completed a season sweep of the No. 2-ranked Knights (13-2 in dual meets). Augsburg topped Wartburg 21-20 in the finals of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III National Duals on Jan. 11. In that dual, Massey also had a first-period pin in the penultimate bout of the dual.
Augsburg is now 13-9 in the all-time series with Wartburg. Augsburg is now 236-21 against Divisions II and III teams since the 1989-90 season, losing just 16 matches to non-Division I opponents since the 1995-96 season. Against strictly Division III opponents, Augsburg is 241-23 since the 1979-80 season and 165-13 since the 1989-90 season.
Augsburg's Travis Lang (SR, Bismarck, N.D.), ranked No. 1 nationally at 133 pounds, remained unbeaten at 28-0 with his 25th bonus-point victory, a 1:43 pin of Wartburg's No. 2-ranked Matt Kelly (JR, Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead HS). Lang recorded his 17th pin of the season; he also has three technical falls, four major decisions and a forfeit.
At 125, No. 5-ranked Seth Flodeen (SR, Cannon Falls, Minn.) of Augsburg rallied to tie his match with No. 6-ranked Mark Kist (SO, Eagle Grove, Iowa) with exactly 1:00 of riding time. After a scoreless overtime, Flodeen gained a reversal and three-point near-fall in the second 30-second overtime period, then held on in the third overtime period to claim a 7-2 win.
Augsburg's Willy Holst (SR, Prescott, Wis.), ranked No. 1 at 149, took advantage of a reversal, two-point near-fall and 3:01 riding time to claim a 5-2 win over Wartburg's No. 2-ranked Jacob Naig (SR, Emmetsburg, Iowa). Holst is now 15-1 on the season.
At 174, Augsburg's Zach Molitor (SO, Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS), ranked No. 7 nationally, scored a key takedown with 43 seconds left in the third period to claim a 4-2 win over Wartburg's Grant Jenkins (SR, Manchester, Iowa/West Delaware HS).
Two Wartburg wrestlers extended long winning streaks with victories. Top-ranked Aaron Wernimont (SR, Pocahontas, Iowa) extended his winning streak to 71 straight matches with a 14-4, major-decision win over Augsburg's No. 5-ranked Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.), the lone bonus-point win of the evening for the Knights. Wernimont is now 34-0 on the season. And at 184, top-ranked Romeo Djoumessi (SR, Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock HS) improved to 6-0 on the year with his 35th straight win, a 6-4 triumph over Brad Baus (FY, Mukwonago, Wis.).
Also for the Knights, No. 2-ranked Zach McKray (SR, Iowa City, Iowa/City HS) scored a 5-3 win over Augsburg's No. 7-ranked Tony Valek (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West HS). Top-ranked Justin Hanson (SR, Dakota City, Iowa/Humboldt HS) at 165 improved to 29-1 with a 14-7 win over Brandon Bahr (FY, Bemidji, Minn.), and at heavyweight, Wartburg's No. 4-ranked John Helgerson (SO, West Union, Iowa/North Fayette HS) scored a 3-1 win over Augsburg's No. 7-ranked Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.).
Augsburg has a dual meet at Division II Minnesota State Moorhead on Sunday (2/1) at 2 p.m. Wartburg faces No. 3-ranked Delaware Valley (Pa.) on Saturday (1/31) at 7:30 p.m. in Waverly, Iowa.
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