College Wrestling (1/10/99) -- Augsburg 18, Wartburg 15

Top-ranked Augsburg tops No. 2 Wartburg 18-15 in Division III wrestling showdown!

WAVERLY, Iowa (1/10/99) -- The top-ranked Augsburg College wrestling team scored its third straight victory over Wartburg College in a dual meet on Sunday afternoon, claiming an 18-15 win before 1,500 fans at Wartburg's Knights Gymnasium.

Augsburg, which has won five NCAA Division III national championships, including the last two in a row, has been the No. 1-rated team in the NCAA Division III national poll for three straight seasons. Wartburg is currently rated second in Division III. Augsburg also won dual-meets over the Knights in 1998 (24-10) and 1997 (17-15), each time when Augsburg was rated No. 1 nationally and Wartburg No. 2.

Augsburg is now 4-0 in dual meets this season, while Wartburg falls to 9-1 on the season.

Each team won five individual matches in the contest, with the difference coming on Brad Fisher's (So., Austin, Minn.) third-period pin of Wartburg's Stanislav Khaitlin (So., Padres-Hanna, Israel/Kiev, Ukraine) at 133 pounds. All the other victories in the match came on three-team-point decisions.

Nik Lewandowski (So., Hastings, Minn.), the No. 1-rated wrestler nationally at 184 pounds, improved to 16-3 overall with a 4-2 overtime victory over Wartburg's Brandon Holmberg (So., Buffalo, Minn.), rated fourth nationally.

Ben Bauer (So., Faribault, Minn.), the top-rated wrestler nationally at heavyweight, remained unbeaten on the season, improving to 20-0 with a 9-6 win over Kris O'Rear (Jr., Hixson, Tenn.).

Two Auggies scored big victories over Wartburg wrestlers rated No. 1 in the nation in their respective weight classes. Darin Bertram (Fr., Herman, Minn./Herman-Norcross HS) scored a 7-4 win over Wartburg's Zac Weiglein (Jr., New Hampton, Iowa) at 125 pounds. Bertram entered the match rated fourth in the country at 125.
Josh Cagle (Jr., Faribault, Minn.), rated third nationally at 149, improved to 20-1 with a 5-3 victory over top-rated Ben Shane (Sr., Iowa Falls, Iowa), the defending national champion at 142 pounds. Cagle, who finished fourth at 142 last season, is now 2-1 against Shane in his career.

Augsburg, which topped defending Division II national champion North Dakota 23-13 on Friday night, next competes at the Cliff Keen/NWCA National Duals this weekend in Iowa City, Iowa. Wartburg competes this weekend at the Cornell College (Iowa) Invitational.

AUGSBURG 18, WARTBURG 15
174 -- Ben Jobjen (W, 20-5) dec. Jim Peterson (A, 17-4) 9-3 (Wartburg 3-0)
184 -- Nik Lewandowski (A, 16-3) dec. Brandon Holmberg (W, 15-5) 4-2 in overtime (Tied 3-3)
197 -- Josh Dodd (W, 16-4) dec. Josh Clausen (A 15-1) 6-5 (Wartburg 6-3)
HWT -- Ben Bauer (A, 20-0) dec. Kris O'Rear (W, 9-3) 9-6 (Tied 6-6)
125 -- Darin Bertram (A, 17-4) dec. Zac Weiglein (W, 13-1) 7-4 (Augsburg 9-6)
133 -- Brad Fisher (A, 12-1) pinned Stanislav Khaitlin (W, 12-2) 6:07 (Augsburg 15-6)
141 -- Nick Mitchell (W, 15-5) dec. Kyle Wheaton (A, 10-8) 5-4 (Augsburg 15-9)
149 -- Josh Cagle (A, 20-1) dec. Ben Shane (W, 9-6) 5-3 (Augsburg 18-9)
157 -- Ryan Hess (W, 15-3) dec. Justin Baker (A, 12-7) 2-1 (Augsburg 18-12)
165 -- Chris Smith (W, 21-5) dec. Nick Slack (A, 18-5) 10-5 (Augsburg 18-15)

174 -- Jim Peterson (A) vs. Ben Jobjen (W)
174 First period -- 2:15 Peterson takedown (2-0 A), 0:15 Jobjen escape (2-1 A).
174 Second period (A defers, W down) - 1:37 Peterson stall warning, 1:16 Jobjen escape (2-2), 0:36 Jobjen takedown (4-2 W), 0:00 Jobjen 3 Near Fall (7-2W).
174 Third period (A down) - 1:27 Peterson escape (7-3 W), 0:43 Jobjen takedown (9-3 W) FINAL Jobjen 9-3.

184 -- Nik Lewandowski (A) vs. Brandon Holmberg (W)
184 First Period -- No scoring.
184 Second Period (W defers, A down) -- 1:45 Lewandowski reversal (2-0 A), 1:25 Holmberg escape (2-1 A), 0:14 Holmberg stall warning.
184 Third Period (W down) -- 1:50 Holmberg escape (2-2).
184 Overtime (neutral) -- 0:24 Lewandowski takedown (4-2 A) FINAL Lewandowski 4-2.

197 -- Josh Clausen (A) vs. Josh Dodd (W)
197 First Period -- 1:47 Dodd takedown (W 2-0), 1:39 Clausen escape (W 2-1).
197 Second Period (A down) -- 1:47 Clausen escape (2-2), 0:51 Dodd takedown (W 4-2), 0:37 Clausen escape (W 4-3).
197 Third Period (W down) -- 1:47 Dodd escape (W 5-3), 1:10 Clausen stall warning, 0:15 Clausen takedown (5-5), 0:10 Dodd escape (W 6-5) FINAL Dodd 6-5.

HWT -- Ben Bauer (A) vs. Kris O'Rear (W)
HWT First Period -- 1:47 Bauer takedown (A 2-0), 1:08 O'Rear escape (A 2-1) 0:23 Bauer takedown (A 4-1), 0:10 O'Rear escape (A 4-2).
HWT Second Period (W defers, A down) -- 1:22 Bauer escape (A 5-2).
HWT Third Period (W down) -- 1:33 O'Rear stall warning, 1:31 O'Rear escape (A 5-3), 1:09 Bauer technical point (O'Rear pulling back on a finger) (A 6-3), 0:49 Bauer takedown (A 8-3), 0:16 O'Rear escape (A 8-4), 0:05 O'Rear takedown (A 8-6), point for 1:10 riding time for Bauer, FINAL Bauer 9-6.

125 -- Darin Bertram (A) vs. Zach Weiglein (W)
125 First Period -- 2:28 Weiglein takedown (W 2-0).
125 Second Period (A defers, W down) -- 0:35 Weiglein reversal (W 4-0), 0:21 Bertram reversal (W 4-2), 0:00 Bertram 3 Near Fall (A 5-4).
125 Third Period (A down) -- 1:42 Bertram reversal (A 7-4) FINAL Bertram 7-4.

133 -- Brad Fisher (A) vs. Stanislav Khaitlin (W)
133 First Period -- 2:29 Khaitlin takedown (W 2-0), 2:00 Fisher escape (W 2-1), 1:47 Khaitlin takedown (W 4-1), 1:05 Fisher escape (W 4-2), 0:51 Khaitlin takedown (W 6-2), 0:42 Fisher escape (W 6-3).
133 Second Period (W defers, A down) -- 1:58 Fisher escape (W 6-4).
133 Third Period (W neutral) -- 1:36 Khaitlin stall warning, 0:57 Fisher takedown (Tied 6-6), 0:53 Fisher pin. FINAL - Fisher pin 6:07.

141 -- Kyle Wheaton (A) vs. Nick Mitchell (W)
141 First Period -- 1:16 Wheaton takedown (A 2-0), 1:08 Mitchell reversal (2-2).
141 Second Period (A defers, W down) -- 1:26 Mitchell reversal (W 4-2), 0:52 Wheaton stall warning.
141 Third Period (A down) -- 1:04 Wheaton reversal (4-4), 0:10 Mitchell escape (W 5-4) FINAL Mitchell 5-4.

149 -- Brian Jones (A) vs. Ben Shane (W)
149 First Period -- 0:53 Cagle takedown (A 2-0).
149 Second Period (W defers, A down) -- 1:20 Cagle escape (A 3-0), 0:29 Cagle takedown (A 5-0), 0:08 Shane stall warning.
149 Third Period (W down) -- 1:21 Shane escape (A 5-1), 0:41 Shane takedown (A 5-3). FINAL Cagle 5-3.

157 -- Justin Baker (A) vs. Ryan Hess (W)
157 First Period -- 0:37 Hess takedown (W 2-0), 0:00 Baker point for technical violation (Hess illegal hold) (W 2-1).
157 Second Period (A defers, W neutral) -- No scoring.
157 Third Period (A down) -- No scoring. FINAL Hess 2-1.

165 -- Nick Slack (A) vs. Chris Smith (W)
165 First Period -- 1:56 Smith takedown (W 2-0), 1:18 Slack escape (W 2-1), 0:27 Smith takedown (W 4-1).
165 Second Period (W defers, A down) -- 1:28 Slack escape (W 4-2), 0:57 Smith takedown (W 6-2), 0:54 Slack escape (W 6-3), 0:13 Smith takedown (W 8-3).
165 Third Period (W neutral) -- 0:19 Smith point for technical violation (W 9-3), 0:03 Slack takedown (W 9-5).Smith riding time advantage of 1:47. FINAL Smith 10-5.