CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (1/15/06) -- For the third time in the last five years, Wartburg College (Iowa) topped Augsburg College in the championship match of the National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen Division III National Duals, winning eight of 10 individual bouts to claim a 29-6 victory on Sunday at the University of Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome.

Augsburg, ranked No. 3 in the latest Division III national rankings, topped No. 2-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse 21-15 in Sunday's semifinal match, winning six matches, including one by pin, to advance to face top-ranked Wartburg in the championship.

Augsburg and Wartburg have met in the championship match of the NWCA Division III National Duals in each of the five years of the current format, where teams from all collegiate divisions meet in separate tournaments at one site. Augsburg won the event in 2002 and 2005, while Wartburg won the event in 2003, 2004 and now 2006.

Augsburg, the defending NCAA Division III national champions, is now 6-1 in dual meets this season, while Wartburg, the defending Division III national runner-up, is now 18-0. In the third-place match on Sunday, No. 5-ranked Luther (Iowa) topped Wisconsin-La Crosse 23-18. Wartburg beat Luther 35-5 in the other semifinal on Sunday morning.

Against teams from Divisions II and III, Augsburg is now 205-14 since the 1989-90 season, losing just nine matches to non-Division I opponents since the 1995-96 season. Against teams from Division III, Augsburg is 221-18 since the 1979-80 season and 145-8 since 1989-90.

Against Wartburg, Augsburg's lone victories came from 157-pounder Jeremy Anderson (So., Thief River Falls, Minn.) and 165-pounder Ryan Valek * (Sr., Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West). Anderson, ranked No. 5 nationally, remained unbeaten at 26-0 with a 7-4 win over Justin Hanson, and Valek, the top-ranked wrestler nationally at 165, improved to 25-2 with an 8-6 decision over Dustin Bliven.

Wartburg won the first four matches of the dual before Anderson and Valek claimed wins in consecutive matches. In the only meeting of ranked wrestlers in the first four matches, Wartburg's Jacob Naig, ranked No. 3 at 149, scored a 3-0 win over Augsburg's Jared Evans (Jr., Blue Earth, Minn./Blue Earth Area HS), ranked No. 4.

Wartburg wrestlers claimed the final four matches, including three with meetings of ranked wrestlers. At 174, Wartburg's No. 2 Scott Kaufmann scored a major-decision, 17-5 win over Augsburg's Robbie Gotreau (So., Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS), ranked No. 5. At 184, Wartburg's No. 4-ranked Akeem Carter edged Augsburg's No. 3-ranked Brad Tupa * (Sr., Dundas, Minn./Faribault HS) 6-3. At 197, T.J. Miller, the top-ranked Wartburg wrestler, scored a 13-0, major-decision win over Augsburg's No. 3-ranked Wally O'Connor (So., Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West HS).

In the Augsburg match over Wisconsin-La Crosse, the Auggies lost the first bout, but scored six straight victories to score the match triumph. Josh Hansen (Jr., Albert Lea, Minn.) scored a third-period pin over Wisconsin-La Crosse's Mike Rohowetz at 141 pounds. Anderson scored a 4-0 win over Wisconsin-La Crosse's Ross Needham, ranked No. 6 at 157.

Valek scored a 4-2 win at 165 over Wisconsin-La Crosse's No. 7-ranked Scott Dorn, and Gotreau claimed a 4-2, overtime win in his match at 174. Tupa fell 6-3 to Wisconsin-La Crosse's No. 2-ranked Jason Lulloff at 184.

Augsburg returns to action on Wednesday (1/18) at 7 p.m., with a dual meet at No. 20-ranked St. John's in Collegeville, Minn.

College Wrestling -- No. 3 Augsburg (6-0) 21, No. 2 Wisconsin-La Crosse (5-2) 15
January 15, 2006 -- UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Action begins at 125 pounds.

125 -- Pat Parrillo (UWL) pinned Seth Flodeen (AUG, 17-10) 0:40 (Wisconsin-La Crosse 6-0).
133 -- Jafari Vanier (AUG, 2-0) dec. Kevin Barker (UWL) 13-10 (Wisconsin-La Crosse 6-3).
141 -- Josh Hansen (AUG, 21-2) pinned Mike Rohowetz (UWL) 5:58 (Augsburg 9-6).
149 -- No. 4 Jared Evans (AUG, 20-3) dec. Adam Kuchnia (UWL) 5-3 (Augsburg 12-6).
157 -- No. 5 Jeremy Anderson (AUG, 25-0) dec. No. 6 Ross Needham (UWL) 4-0 (Augsburg 15-6).
165 -- No. 1 Ryan Valek * (AUG, 24-2) dec. No. 7 Scott Dorn (UWL) 4-2 (Augsburg 18-6).
174 -- No. 5 Robbie Gotreau (AUG, 24-2) dec. Josh Zabel (UWL) 4-2 (SV-OT) (Augsburg 21-6).
184 -- No. 2 Jason Lulloff (UWL) dec. No. 3 Brad Tupa * (AUG, 14-1) 6-3 (Augsburg 21-9).
197 -- Tim Winker (UWL) dec. No. 3 Wally O'Connor (AUG, 17-8) 4-3 (Augsburg 21-12).
HWT -- No. 2 Ryan Allen (UWL) dec. Andrew Neumann (AUG, 19-5) 8-2 (Augsburg 21-15).

College Wrestling -- No. 1 Wartburg (Iowa, 18-0) 29, No. 3 Augsburg (6-1) 6
January 15, 2006 -- UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Action begins at 125 pounds.

125 -- No. 2 Tyler Hubbard (WAR) dec. Seth Flodeen (AUG, 17-11) 12-5 (Wartburg 3-0).
133 -- No. 8 Zach McKray (WAR) dec. Ben Moss (AUG, 8-3) 8-1 (Wartburg 6-0).
141 -- No. 1 Dustin Hinschberger (WAR) maj. dec. Josh Hansen (AUG, 21-3) 12-2  (Wartburg 10-0).
149 -- No. 3 Jacob Naig (WAR) dec. No. 4 Jared Evans (AUG, 20-4) 3-0 (Wartburg 13-0).
157 -- No. 5 Jeremy Anderson (AUG, 26-0) dec. Justin Hanson (WAR) 7-4 (Wartburg 13-3).
165 -- No. 1 Ryan Valek * (AUG, 25-2) dec. Dustin Bliven (WAR) 8-6 (Wartburg 13-6).
174 -- No. 2 Scott Kaufmann (WAR) maj. dec. No. 5 Robbie Gotreau (AUG, 24-3) 17-5 (Wartburg 17-6).
184 -- No. 4 Akeem Carter (WAR) dec. No. 3 Brad Tupa * (AUG, 14-2) 6-3 (Wartburg 20-6).
197 -- No. 1 T.J. Miller (WAR) maj. dec. No. 3 Wally O'Connor (AUG, 17-9) 13-0 (Wartburg 24-6).
HWT -- No. 1 Blake Gillis (WAR) tech. fall. Andrew Neumann (AUG, 19-6) 16-0 at 5:00 (Wartburg 29-6).