Wrestling 1/28/07 -- Augsburg 47, St. Cloud State 0

MINNEAPOLIS (1/28/07) -- Winning all 10 matches, including three by pin and two technical falls, the Augsburg College wrestling team claimed a 47-0 victory over St. Cloud State in a nonconference dual meet Sunday afternoon at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall.

The Auggies, ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA Division III national poll (National Wrestling Coaches Association), improved to 10-0 in dual meets on the season. Augsburg has won 85 of 100 individual matches in its 10 team victories this season. Sunday's win marked Augsburg's third shutout of the season; the Auggies topped St. John's 43-0 on Nov. 22 and Simpson (Iowa) 50-0 on Jan. 13.

Against teams from Divisions II and III, Augsburg is now 217-16 since the 1989-90 season, losing just 11 matches to non-Division I opponents since the 1995-96 season. Augsburg has won nine Division III national titles in the last 16 seasons.

Augsburg is now 15-4 in the all-time series against St. Cloud State, a series dating to the 1980-81 season. Augsburg has won the last 13 duals in a row in the series with the Huskies. St. Cloud State, an NCAA Division II program, is now 3-4 in dual meets this season.

Augsburg opened the match with three straight pins. Seth Flodeen (So., Cannon Falls, Minn.), ranked No. 3 nationally at 125 pounds, claimed a second-period pin of Westy Hanson (Fr., Crookston, Minn.), improving to 15-3 in the process. Jamie Rocha (Fr., Santa Maria, Minn./Righetti HS) scored a pin over Nick Wasche (So., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) in the first period at 133.

Quincy Osborn (Jr., Grand Rapids, Minn.), ranked No. 1 in the country at 141, ended his match with Tim Whitely (Fr., Wenatchee, Wash.) with a pin in just 19 seconds. The pin was Osborn's team-high 15th of the season, as he improved to 31-2 overall.

Augsburg's Marcus LeVesseur (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS), ranked No. 1 nationally at 165, maintained his unbeaten collegiate record with a third-period technical fall of Matt Steffenson (Jr., Onamia, Minn.). LeVesseur, who won Division III national titles at 157 pounds three times (2003, 2004, 2005), improved to 18-0 on the season and improved his collegiate career record to 142-0, the second-longest winning streak in college wrestling history, behind the 159 of Cael Sanderson at Iowa State (1998-2002). LeVesseur has yet to lose a college wrestling match.

Robbie Gotreau (Jr., Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS), ranked No. 3 nationally at 174, needed just 3:15 to claim a 15-0, technical fall victory over Neil Russell (So., St. Cloud, Minn./Apollo HS). Gotreau is now 29-4 on the season.

Jeremy Anderson (Jr., Thief River Falls, Minn.), ranked No. 1 in the country at 157, improved to 27-1 on the season with a 16-4, major-decision win over Adam Minnette (Jr., New Prague, Minn.).

Jason Adams (Fr., Coon Rapids, Minn.) scored a 8-5 win over Grant Johnson (Fr., Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori HS) at 149. George Lynaugh (Jr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Simley HS) claimed a 6-4 triumph over Nick Wilkes (Jr., Onamia, Minn.) at 184, while Wally O'Connor (Jr., Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West HS) scored a 6-1 win over Jairo Sandoval (Jr., Miami, Fla./Miami Senior HS). Augsburg's Andrew Neumann (Sr., Somerset, Wis.), ranked No. 7 nationally at heavyweight, received a forfeit to end the match.

Augsburg returns to action with a dual meet against Wartburg College (Iowa) on Thursday (2/1) at 7 p.m. at Si Melby Hall. Wartburg, the defending Division III national champions, is currently ranked No. 2 in the Division III national poll. St. Cloud State returns to action on Friday (2/2) at 7 p.m. with a dual meet at Upper Iowa University.

College Wrestling -- No. 1 in D-III Augsburg (10-0) 47, St. Cloud State (3-4) 0
Sunday, January 28, 2007 – Si Melby Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
Action begins at 125 pounds -- Time of match: 1:07 -- Attendance: 186 -- Official: Scott Erickson.

125 -- No. 3 Seth Flodeen (AUG, 15-3) pinned Westy Hanson (SCSU, 10-13) 3:17 (Augsburg 6-0).
133 -- Jamie Rocha (AUG, 21-5) pinned Nick Wasche (SCSU, 7-10) 1:56 (Augsburg 12-0).
141 -- No. 1 Quincy Osborn (AUG, 31-2) pinned Tim Whitely (SCSU, 17-9) 0:19 (Augsburg 18-0).
149 -- Jason Adams (AUG, 18-3) dec. Grant Johnson (SCSU, 10-11) 8-5 (Augsburg 21-0).
157 -- No. 1 Jeremy Anderson (AUG, 27-1) maj. dec. Adam Minnette (SCSU, 3-4) 16-4 (Augsburg 25-0).
165 -- No. 1 Marcus LeVesseur (AUG, 18-0) tech. fall Matt Steffenson (SCSU, 12-12) 20-5 at 6:03 (Augsburg 30-0).
174 -- No. 3 Robbie Gotreau (AUG, 29-4) tech. fall Neil Russell (SCSU, 7-10) 15-0 at 3:15 (Augsburg 35-0).
184 -- George Lynaugh (AUG, 23-4) dec. Nick Wilkes (SCSU, 9-3) 6-4 (Augsburg 38-0).
197 -- Wally O'Connor (AUG, 14-11) dec. Jairo Sandoval (SCSU, 13-14) 6-1 (Augsburg 41-0).
HWT -- No. 7 Andrew Neumann (AUG, 25-5) wins by forfeit (Augsburg 47-0).