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)

Match Play-By-Play (Time indicated is time remaining in period):

 

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.