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No. 6 Augsburg upsets No. 3 Concordia

MINNEAPOLIS -- Winning seven of 10 bouts, the No. 6-ranked Augsburg College wrestling team claimed a 26-12 upset victory over No. 3-ranked Concordia College-Moorhead in a dual meet on Friday night at Si Melby Hall. With the win, the Auggies move to 8-3 on the season, while the Cobbers fall to 10-5.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg (8-3 overall), ranked No. 6 in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national poll, claimed a convincing 26-12 victory over No. 3 ranked Concordia-College Moorhead (10-5 overall).
• Defending 125-pound national champion Mike Fuenffinger (SR, Hibbing, Minn.), ranked No. 1 nationally in the Division III national rankings at 125, earned a key 8-0 major decision to start the match for the Auggies. Fuenffinger scored a crucial near-fall in the final 20 seconds to seal the major decision.
• No, 9-ranked Chad Bartschenfeld (SR, Amery, Wis.) improved to 19-7 on the season at 133 pounds with a convincing 7-3 victory.
• No. 10-ranked Will Keeter (SR, Twin Falls, Idaho) picked up a key victory for the Auggies at 149 pounds with a sudden-victory overtime decision over Yonas Gebreab.
• Eric Hensel (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS) scored a key victory for the Auggies at 174 upsetting No. 7-ranked Sebastian Gardner with a 12-10 decision.
• Tommy Teigen (SR, Ham Lake, Minn./Meadow Creek Christian HS) picked up the big pin of the night, claiming a fall over Brandon Larson in 4:08. 
• No. 7-ranked 197-pounder Matt Hechsel (SR, Apple Valley, Minn.) picked up a key bonus point win for the Auggies with an 8-0 major decision over Danny Pike. The major decision was the fifth of the season for Hechsel and 18th of his career.
• Donny Longendyke (SO, Vadnais Heights, Minn./White Bear Lake HS), ranked No. 7 at heavyweight, claimed a 3-1 sudden-victory overtime decision over Justice Davis. With the win, Longendyke moves to 27-2 on the season.

FOR THE FOES
• The Cobbers picked up decisions at 141 and 157 and a pin at 165.
• Two of the Cobbers' ranked wrestlers picked up wins, as No. 5 Jacoby Bergeron scored an 2-0 decision at 141, and No. 3 Jake Krogstad scored a 4:40 pin at 165.
• Ben Cousins scored the other Cobber victory at 157 with a 3-1, sudden-victory overtime decision.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg returns to action on Sunday (1/25) when it hosts St. John's University in a dual at Si Melby Hall.
• Concordia returns to action on Wednesday (1/28) when it travels to take on Dickinson State.
No. 6 Augsburg (8-3) 26, No. 3 Concordia (10-5) 12
Friday, January 23, 2015 - Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
125 -- No. 1 Mike Fuenffinger (AUG, 21-1) maj. dec. Jakob Stageberg (CON, 21-10) 8-0 (Augsburg 4-0)
133 -- No. 9 Chad Bartschenfeld (AUG, 19-7) dec. Will McCarthy (CON, 13-11) 7-3 (Augsburg 7-0)
141 -- No. 5 Jacoby Bergeron (CON, 28-6) dec. Marcus Hamer (AUG, 16-9) 2-0 (Augsburg 7-3)
149 -- No. 10 Will Keeter (AUG, 21-8) dec. Yonas Gebreab (CON, 14-17) 4-2 (OT-SV1) (Augsburg 10-3)
157 -- Ben Cousins (CON, 15-18) dec. Gable Frandsen (AUG, 9-6) 3-1 (OT-SV1) (Augsburg 10-6)
165 -- No. 3 Jake Krogstad (CON, 14-8) pinned Austin Boniface (AUG, 7-4) 4:40 (Concordia 12-10)
174 -- Eric Hensel (AUG, 14-5) dec. No. 7 Sebastian Gardner (CON, 18-6) 12-10 (Augsburg, 13-12)
184 -- Tommy Teigen (AUG, 16-7) pinned Brandon Larson (CON, 9-4) 4:08 (Augsburg 19-12)
197 -- No. 7 Matt Hechsel (AUG, 19-7) maj. dec. Danny Pike (CON, 3-7) 8-0 (Augsburg 23-12)
HWT -- No. 7 Donny Longendyke (AUG, 22-2) dec. Justice Davis (CON, 21-8) 3-1 (OT-SV1) (Augsburg 26-12)
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