STEVENS POINT, Wis. (2/9/07) -- Claiming wins in nine of 10 matches,
Augsburg College claimed a 38-6 victory over the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point in a wrestling dual meet on Friday night at
UWSP's Berg Gym.
Augsburg, now 11-1 in dual meets, entered the match ranked No. 1 in the
NCAA Division III national poll (National Wrestling Coaches
Association), while Wisconsin-Stevens Point (11-8-1 overall) was ranked
No. 21. Augsburg leads the all-time series with Wisconsin-Stevens Point
14-1, in a series that dates to the 1992-93 season.
Against teams from Divisions II and III, Augsburg is now 218-17 since
the 1989-90 season, losing just 12 matches to non-Division I opponents
since the 1995-96 season. Against teams from Division III, Augsburg is
now 229-20 since the 1979-80 season and 153-10 since 1989-90. Augsburg
has won nine Division III national titles in the last 16 seasons.
Augsburg claimed one pin, a technical fall and three major decisions
among its nine victories. Augsburg's Quincy Osborn (Jr., Grand Rapids,
Minn.), ranked No. 1 in the country at 141, notched his 20th pin of the
season with a 6:52 match-ender over Kyle Mueller, improving to 37-2 on
the season.
Marcus LeVesseur (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS),
ranked No. 1 nationally at 165, maintained his unbeaten collegiate
record with a 21-6, technical fall victory over Chris Karl in the final
bout of the evening. LeVesseur, who won Division III national titles at
157 pounds three times (2003, 2004, 2005), improved to 23-0 on the
season and improved his collegiate career record to 147-0, the
second-longest winning streak in college wrestling history, behind the
159 of Cael Sanderson at Iowa State (1998-2002).
Augsburg's George Lynaugh (Jr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS),
currently unranked at 184 pounds, claimed a 10-3 victory over the
Pointers' Craig Bollig, ranked No. 5 in the latest national poll.
Augsburg's Jafari Vanier (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy
HS), ranked No. 1 nationally at 133, improved to 15-1 on the season
with a 19-8, major-decision win over Jered Kern. Seth Flodeen (So.,
Cannon Falls, Minn.), ranked No. 3 at 125, scored a 9-0, major-decision
win over Jake Calhoun. Also claiming a major-decision win was Jared
Evans (Sr., Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area HS), ranked No. 4 at 149,
with a 9-1 triumph over Fred Lane.
Augsburg's Jeremy Anderson (Jr., Thief River Falls, Minn.), top-ranked
at 157, collected a 5-1 win over Chris Brown, and Andrew Neumann (Sr.,
Somerset, Wis.), ranked No. 7 at heavyweight, topped Mitch Szwet 4-2.
Augsburg's Robbie Gotreau (Jr., Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS),
ranked No. 3 nationally at 174, scored an injury-default win.
The Pointers' only win came at 197, where Dustin Robinson pinned
Augsburg's Wally O'Connor (Jr., Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West HS).
Augsburg will attempt to qualify wrestlers to the national
championships next Saturday (2/17) at the NCAA Division III Great Lakes
Regional at Elmhurst (Ill.) College. Wisconsin-Stevens Point wraps up
its dual-meet season this Saturday (2/10) at 11 a.m., hosting
Wisconsin-Eau Claire.