WPU Drops Pair on First Day at NWCA National Duals

Cedar Falls--The William Penn men's wrestling team started its post-holiday schedule with a pair of tough dual meets as it competed at the NWCA National Duals Friday.

The Statesmen (3-7) opened with a 49-0 setback to #1 seed Grand View, and were then eliminated from competition by#8 seed Providence (Mont.), 44-6.

Despite not putting any points on the board against the top-ranked Vikings, three individuals did go the distance in their matchups, including 133-pounder Lane Scorpil (So., Columbus Junction, Iowa, Industrial Technology), 165-pounder Cameron Hargrove (Jr., Bolingbrook, Ill., Sports Management), and 174-pounder Branson Bottorff (Sr., Mackinaw, Ill., Industrial Technology) who all fell by decision.

WPU dug itself an early hole against the Argonauts as well and could not make up the difference.  141-pounder Sabri Sino (So., Franklin, Wis., Sports Management) finally scored for the navy and gold as he slipped past Aidan Go 14-11 in overtime.

Hargrove then defeated Bridger Hall 11-7 to finish off his team's scoring for the day.  Bottorff also once again reached the final whistle in his bout, but fell shy of the victory.

Next Up: William Penn will again be in action Saturday at the NWCA National Duals.

Grand View 49, WPU 0

125--Lucas Rodriguez (G) won by fall over Brendan Nantz, 2:02 (0-6)
133--Korey Mendoza (G) won by decision over Lane Scorpil, 8-3 (0-9)
141--Kyle Rice (G) won by fall over Hector Diaz, 0:52 (0-15)
149--Blake Haney (G) won by fall over Trent Evans, 1:15 (0-21)
157--Cole Ferguson (G) won by forfeit (0-27)
165--Jack Ervien (G) won by decision over Cameron Hargrove, 11-9 (0-30)
174--Caleb Swalla (G) won by decision over Branson Bottorff, 8-2 (0-33)
184--Isaiah Luellen (G) won by technical fall over Kaden Kaiser, 21-4 (0-38)
197--Trayvonne Jackson (G) won by technical fall over Anthony Hackman, 17-2 (0-43)
285--Greg Hagan (G) won by forfeit (0-49)

Providence (Mont.) 44, WPU 6

125--Deandre Coles (P) won by fall over Brendan Nantz, 1:21 (0-6)
133--Tristan Bremer (P) won by fall over Lane Scorpil, 1:21 (0-12)
141--Sabri Sino (W) won by decision over Aidan Go, 14-11 (OT) (3-12)
149--Jalen Vladic (P) won by technical fall over Trent Evans, 15-0 (3-17)
157--Aden Graves (P) won by forfeit (3-23)
165--Cameron Hargrove (W) won by decision over Bridger Hall, 11-7 (6-23)
174--Jordan Komac (P) won by major decision over Branson Bottorff, 14-4 (6-27)
184--Alan Badley (P) won by technical fall over Kaden Kaiser, 18-3 (6-32)
197--Caleb Werner (P) won by fall over Jesse Schwery, 5:55 (6-38)
285--KC Buday (P) won by forfeit (6-44)