NORTHWESTERN-IOWA OPEN BRACKET RESULTS
MINNESOTA WEST CTC-WORTHINGTON OPEN RESULTS

ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Claiming six individual champions, the Augsburg College wrestling team dominated in winning the Northwestern College (Iowa) Paul Bartlett/Red Raider Open on Saturday.

Twelve of the 13 Augsburg wrestlers who competed in the tournament placed among the top four in their weight classes, as the Auggies scored 178.0 points to win the eight-team open tournament. Augsburg is the top-ranked team in the NCAA Division III standings. Host Northwestern (Iowa), ranked No. 15 in the NAIA national poll, finished second with 114.0 points.

At 157 pounds, No. 5-ranked Jason Adams (SR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) won all four of his matches by bonus-point margins to claim his title, with three major decisions and a pin to improve to 28-2 on the season. At 133 pounds, No. 6-ranked Paul Bjorkstrand (SR, Burnsville, Minn.) won each of his three matches by bonus-point margins for his title, with two pins and a technical fall. Bjorkstrand is now 22-5 on the season.

At 141, No. 5-ranked Jafari Vanier (SR, Minneapolis, Minn./Bloomington Kennedy HS) improved to 6-2 on the season with his weight class title, with two major decisions among his four victories. Andy Witzel (SR, Fulda, Minn.), ranked No. 7 nationally at heavyweight, had two pins of under a minute in length among his three victories en route to the championship. He scored a 42-second pin in the title match.

At 125, Josh Roberts (SO, Grand Forks, N.D./Central HS) went 3-0 to score his title, while Beau Hansen (JR, Albert Lea, Minn.) went 3-0 with two first-period pins to claim the championship.

Cody Hansen (FY, Albert Lea, Minn.) earned runner-up honors at 141, while Lucas Murray (JR, Anoka, Minn.) placed third at 149, as did Jake Grygelko (SR, Loretto, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) at 165 and Brad Baus (SO, Mukwonago, Wis.) at 184. Jamie Rocha (SR, Santa Maria, Calif./Righetti HS) placed fourth at 125, as did #Jake Saatzer (JR, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) at 141.

The Augsburg White Team (junior varsity) competed at the Minnesota West Community and Technical College-Worthington Open on Saturday. Click here for results.

Augsburg returns to action next Friday (1/22) at 7 p.m., hosting Division II power Nebraska-Omaha at Si Melby Hall.

Team results:
1. Augsburg 178.0; 2. Northwestern-Iowa 114.0; 3. Waldorf (Iowa) 99.5; 4. Baker (Kan.) 94.0; 5. St. John's 67.5; 6. Morningside (Iowa) 49.5; 7. Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 38.0; 8. Winona State (club) 14.5.

Augsburg individual results:
125 -- Josh Roberts 3-0, champion; Jamie Rocha 2-2, 4th place.
133 -- Paul Bjorkstrand 3-0, champion.
141 -- Jafari Vanier 4-0, champion; Cody Hansen 3-1, 2nd place; Jake Saatzer 3-2, 4th place.
149 -- Lucas Murray 3-1, 3rd place.
157 -- Jason Adams 4-0, champion.
165 -- Beau Hansen 3-0, champion; Jake Grygelko 3-1, 3rd place.
184 -- Brad Baus 4-1, 3rd place; Caleb Lines 1-2.
HWT -- Andy Witzel 3-0, champion.