Augsburg, ranked No. 7 in the latest NCAA Division III national rankings, collected 149.5 team points to win the title, ahead of second-place Dickinson State (N.D.), the No. 4-ranked team in the latest NAIA national rankings, with 76.5 points. Chadron State (Neb.), ranked No. 11 in the latest NCAA Division II national rankings, was third with 70.0 points, and the University of Great Falls (Mont.), ranked No. 3 in the NAIA, was fourthy with 65.5 points. Concordia-Moorhead, ranked No. 21 in Division III, was fifth with 60.0 points.
Augsburg's Travis Lang (SR, Bismarck, N.D.), the top-ranked wrestler in Division III at 133 pounds, continued his dominant start to the season with two first-period pins to share the title at 133 with teammate Alex Johnson (FY, Foxhome, Minn./Breckenridge HS). Lang, now 20-0 on the season, has recorded 18 bonus-point triumphs -- 14 pins, two major decisions and two technical falls.
Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.), ranked No. 3 at heavyweight, improved to 19-1 on the season with three wins, including two pins, to share his weight class title with teammate Tyson Barrett (JR, Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS). Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.), ranked No. 9 nationally at 157, collected three wins, including a 15-0, technical-fall win in his opening match and a 57-second pin in the finals, to win his weight class crown.
Zach Molitor scored the 174-pound title for the Auggies with three wins, including a 5-0 win over Chadron State's Brett Hunter, currently ranked No. 5 in Division II, in the finals.
Brandon Bahr (FY, Bemidji, Minn.) placed second for the Auggies at 165, while three Auggies placed third in their weight classes -- Zach Hansen (JR, Albert Lea, Minn.) at 149, Orlando Ponce at 157 and Beau Hansen (SO, Albert Lea, Minn.) at 165. Placing fourth for Augsburg were Tony Valek (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West) at 141, Brett Landrum (SO, Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata HS) at 165, Matt Curtis (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) at 174 and Brad Baus (FY, Mukwonago, Wis.) at 184. Placing fifth for Augsburg were Garrett Long (JR, Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) at 184 and Andy Peterson (JR, Grand Marais, Minn./Milaca HS) at 197, and Freddie Vigil (JR, Bakersfield, Calif./South HS) placed sixth at 125, as did Trenton Larrieu (FY, Spring Valley, Wis.) at 174.
Augsburg returns to action next Saturday and Sunday (1/10-11) at the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III National Duals at the University of Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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