No. 1 Wartburg Wrestling Wins 2015 Matman Invite

The No. 1 Wartburg wrestling team won the Cornell Matman Invite on Saturday, January 17, 2015. The Knights had five wrestlers win championships.

Wartburg scored 149.5 points and 22 pins to secure the win.

Wartburg Individual Champions:
Eric Clarke (141#) won his championship match-up by decision (3-2) over Nathaniel Behnke (UW Eau Claire). Nicholas Michael (165#) scored a decision (14-8) over Javier Reyes (Luther College) for his crown. Nick Fuller (174#) shut out Sean O`Neil (UW La Crosse) for his 4-0 decision. Devin Peterson (184#) won by decision (9-4) over Brendan Schott (Wartburg College) to stand on top of the podium. It went to a tie breaker decision to award Gerard Roman (197#) the championship over Matthew Hechsel (Augsburg) (TB-1 4-3).

Cornell Matman Invitational
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Small Multi-Sport Center Arena
Mount Vernon, Iowa

Final Team Standings:
1. Wartburg 149.5; 2. Augsburg 128; 3. Augustana 96.5; 4. Stevens Institute of Technology 78.5; 5. Simpson 68; 6. Cornell 58; 7. Luther 56.5; 8. UW-La Crosse 47.5; 9. UW-Eau Claire 39; 10. Central 26; 11. Coe 21; 12. Lakeland 18; 13. Loras 13.5; 14. Grand View 0.

Individual Matman Champions: