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Don Stoner

Auggie wrestlers score 4 titles, team victory at Citrus Open

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Scoring four individual champions and 19 placewinners, Augsburg College won the team championship at the Citrus Open wrestling tournament, held Tuesday and Wednesday.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The tournament featured five teams ranked in the top 30 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III national rankings -- No. 3 Augsburg won with 169.0 pounds, No. 15 Williams (Mass.) placed second with 148.5 points, No. 8 Cornell (Iowa) was third with 141.0 points, No. 29 John Carroll (Ohio) was fourth with 112.0 points, and No. 25 New York University was fifth with 104.0 points.
• Four Auggies earned weight-class titles: top-ranked heavyweight Donny Longendyke (JR, Vadnais Heights, Minn./White Bear Lake HS), No. 3-ranked 165-pounder Eric Hensel (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South HS), No. 8-ranked 133-pounder Sam Bennyhoff (FY, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) and 197-pounder Logan Hortop (JR, Faribault, Minn.).
• Longendyke claimed pins in all three of his matches, including a 58-second pin in his opening match and a 1:45 pin in the finals over Eric Tucker of Cornell, to claim the heavyweight title. Now 13-2 on the season and 97-25 in his college career, Longendyke has 10 pins on the year and 55 in his college career.
• Hensel claimed four victories, with two by first-period pin, to score the title at 165, improving to 11-1 on the season with nine pins. He is now 49-27 with 25 pins in his collegiate career. Hensel recorded an 8-4 win over Dylan Knisley of Millikin (Ill.) in the finals.
• Bennyhoff continued his impressive initial season as an Auggie, improving to 10-0 on the season with his title at 133, opening with a 15-3, major-decision win, following it up with a third-period pin in the semifinals and capping the meet with a 7-3 win over Pat Sockler of Muhlenberg (Pa.) in the finals.
• Hortop opened his competition at 197 with three pins, then finished with a 5-3 win over Myron Hamilton of Millikin in the finals to claim the crown, improving to 10-6 on the season in the process.
• Niko Anderson (FY, Lanesboro, Minn.) claimed his best individual finish of the season, going 3-1 to place second at 184, with his lone loss coming to No. 2-ranked Christopher Chorzepa of Williams in the finals. Anderson is now 10-5 on the year.
• Marcus Hamer (JR, Kimball, Minn.) and Austin Boniface (JR, Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake HS) each placed third for the Auggies, with Hamer going 4-1 at 149 and Boniface going 5-1 at 174.
• Jackson Graham (SO, Apple Valley, Minn.) placed fourth at 174, while Sebastian Larson (SO, River Falls, Wis.) finished fifth at 184.
• Five Auggies placed sixth at the tournament: James Goman (JR, Lakeville, Minn./Trinity-River Ridge HS) at 125, Aaron Wilson (FY, Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) at 141, Bryce Zdanovec (SO, Little Chute, Wis.) at 149, Brady McFarland (FY, Windlake, Wis./Muskego HS) at 165 and Mitch Nelson (FY, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) at 197.
• Grant Parker (JR, Onalaska, Wis.) placed eighth at 157, Alex Wilson (FY, Oak Grove, Minn./St. Francis HS) placed ninth at 149, Tone Fuenffinger (SO, Hibbing, Minn.) placed ninth at 157, Ronny Ponick (FY, Stanley, Wis./Stanley-Boyd HS) placed ninth at 174, and Gavin Baade (FY, Brodhead, Wis.) placed 10th at 184. 
 
TEAM RESULTS
1. Augsburg 169.0; 2. Williams (Mass.) 148.5; 3. Cornell (Iowa) 141.0; 4. John Carroll (Ohio) 112.0; 5. New York University 104.0; 6. Millikin (Ill.) 99.5; 7. Waynesburg (Pa.) 82.5; 8. Liberty (Va., club) 45.0; 9. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 20; 10. Florida (club) 19.0; 11. Ursinus (Pa.) 14.0. 

AUGSBURG RESULTS BY WEIGHT CLASS
• 125: James Goman 2-3, 6th place.
• 133: Sam Bennyhoff 3-0, 1st place.
• 141: Aaron Wilson 2-2, 6th place; Mike Hayes 0-3; Dylan Lesar 0-3.
• 149: Marcus Hamer 4-1, 3rd place; Bryce Zdanovec 2-3, 6th place; Alex Wilson 6-2, 9th place; A.J. Riley 2-2; Blake Miller 0-1.
• 157: Grant Parker 3-3, 8th place; Tone Fuenffinger 5-2, 9th place; Boone Young 1-3; Nikolaus Borchert 1-3; Dwayne Williams 0-3.
• 165: Eric Hensel 4-0, 1st place; Brady McFarland 2-2, 6th place.
• 174: Austin Boniface 5-1, 3rd place; Jackson Graham 4-2, 4th place; Ronny Ponick 3-2, 9th place.
• 184: Niko Anderson 3-1, 2nd place; Sebastian Larson 3-2, 5th place; Gavin Baade 2-3, 10th place; Cole Durbin 0-3. 
• 197: Logan Hortop 4-0, 1st place; Mitch Nelson 2-3, 6th place.
• HWT: Donny Longendyke 3-0, 1st place; Robert Caudillo 1-3.
 
UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Augustana (S.D.), the No. 11-ranked team in Division II, in a dual meet on Sunday (1/3) at 2 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
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