2009-10 College Results
Auggies dominate at Northwestern Open
January 16, 2010
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Claiming six individual champions, the Augsburg
College wrestling team dominated in winning the Northwestern College
(Iowa) Paul Bartlett/Red Raider Open on Saturday.
Twelve of the 13 Augsburg wrestlers who competed in the tournament
placed among the top four in their weight classes, as the Auggies
scored 178.0 points to win the eight-team open tournament. Augsburg is
the top-ranked team in the NCAA Division III standings. Host
Northwestern (Iowa), ranked No. 15 in the NAIA national poll, finished
second with 114.0 points.
At 157 pounds, No. 5-ranked Jason Adams
(SR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) won all four of his matches by bonus-point
margins to claim his title, with three major decisions and a pin to
improve to 28-2 on the season. At 133 pounds, No. 6-ranked Paul Bjorkstrand
(SR, Burnsville, Minn.) won each of his three matches by bonus-point
margins for his title, with two pins and a technical fall. Bjorkstrand
is now 22-5 on the season.
At 141, No. 5-ranked Jafari Vanier
(SR, Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) improved to 6-2 on the
season with his weight class title, with two major decisions among his
four victories. Andy Witzel
(SR, Fulda, Minn.), ranked No. 7 nationally at heavyweight, had two
pins of under a minute in length among his three victories en route to
the championship. He scored a 42-second pin in the title match.
At 125, Josh Roberts (SO, Grand Forks, N.D./Central HS) went 3-0 to score his title, while Beau Hansen (JR, Albert Lea, Minn.) went 3-0 with two first-period pins to claim the championship.
Cody Hansen (FY, Albert Lea, Minn.) earned runner-up honors at 141, while Lucas Murray (JR, Anoka, Minn.) placed third at 149, as did Jake Grygelko (SR, Loretto, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) at 165 and Brad Baus (SO, Mukwonago, Wis.) at 184. Jamie Rocha (SR, Santa Maria, Calif./Righetti HS) placed fourth at 125, as did #Jake Saatzer (JR, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) at 141.
Augsburg returns to action next Friday (1/22) at 7 p.m., hosting Division II power Nebraska-Omaha at Si Melby Hall.
January 16, 2010 at Orange City, IA
Northwestern College Paul Bartlett/Red Raider Open
1 Augsburg 178.0
2 Northwestern 114.0
3 Waldorf College 99.5
4 Baker University 94.0
5 St. John's 67.5
6 Morningside College 49.5
7 Dakota Wesleyan 38.0
8 Winona State 14.5
9 Unattached 5.5
Results/Brackets (pdf)
