Tanner Vassar faces his opponent during a 2019-20 Augsburg men's wrestling dual meet.
Kevin Healy

Auggies compete at UW-EC Don Parker Open

AUGSBURG INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
TOURNAMENT RESULTS/BRACKETS

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. -- The Augsburg University men's wrestling team returned to action with competition at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Don Parker Open, held on Saturday.

THE BASICS
TEAM SCORES:
No team scores
LOCATION: McPhee Physical Education Center, Eau Claire, Wis.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The No. 2-ranked Auggies sent 28 wrestlers to compete at Eau Claire, finishing with a 54-44 record, including 31 bonus-point victories -- 18 pins, eight technical falls and five major decisions.
• Tanner Vassar (SR, Maple Lake, Minn./Maple Lake HS) and David Flynn (SR, Jordan, Minn./Jordan HS (Scott West)) both recorded three wins without a loss each. Vassar, the top-ranked wrestler nationally at 184 pounds, improved to 25-0 on the season with three pins, while Flynn, ranked No. 5 nationally at 141, improved to 11-3 with two pins and a major decision. Both wrestlers finished second in their weight classes.
• Brady Gross (FY, Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS) finished fifth at 141 pounds, going 3-1 with a pin and major decision. Nick Rogge (SO, Eastman, Wis./Prairie du Chien HS) also finished fifth in his weight class, going 4-1 with two technical falls and a major decision at 174. Also finishing fifth was heavyweight Tyler Kim (FY, Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS), who went 3-1 with a pin.
• Moses Madimba (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS) finished sixth at 165 pounds, going 3-2 with a major decision.

UP NEXT
• Augsburg hosts Concordia-Moorhead in a dual meet on Thursday (2/13) at 7:30 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.
AUGSBURG RESULTS BY WEIGHT CLASS
• 141: David Flynn 3-0, second place; Brady Gross 3-1, fifth place; Caleb Benshoof 3-1; Azi Rankins 3-1; Adam Mickelson 2-2; Shawn Barth 1-2.
• 149: Tate Torgerson 3-2; Ian Laatsch 2-2; Jacob Forar 1-2; AJ Bethea 0-2.
• 157: Devin Roberts 3-1; Jack Vaselaar 1-2.
• 165: Moses Madimba 3-2, sixth place; Joshua Verbeten 2-2.
• 174: Nick Rogge 4-1, fifth place; Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann 2-2; Luke Wilson 2-2.
• 184: Tanner Vassar 3-0, second place.
• 197: Lorenzo Hernandez 3-1; Dylan Lentz 1-2; Jonathan Zarnke 1-2; Brent Chambers 1-2; Wyatt Richardson 0-2
• HWT: Tyler Kim 3-1, fifth place; Ethan Hofacker 4-1; Tim Mandyck 0-2; Chase Liestman 0-2; Luke Zaiser 0-2.
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