Grand View wins eighth straight NAIA team title, led by champions Hansen and Wenger
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Grand View team photo by Mark Lundy, Lutte Lens.
DES MOINES, Iowa - Led by individual champions Evan Hansen (197) and Josh Wenger (149) and 11 All-Americans, Grand View dominated the NAIA National Championships to win its eighth straight team title.
Hansen repeated as the 197-pound champion, stopping Isaac Bartel of MSU-Northern in the finals, 6-4.
Wenger, the No. 5 seed, pinned his teammate Devin Reynolds, the No. 2 seed, in 4:15 to win an all-Grand View finals bout.
Grand View finished with 219 points, an amazing 134 points ahead of runner-up Lindsey Wilson with 85 points. Rounding out the top five teams was third place Life with 82.5 points, fourth-place Indiana Tech with 81 points and fifth place Reinhardt with 71 points.
Runner-up Lindsey Wilson had a pair of champions Brett Bradford (165) and Brandon Reed (285).
Also with two champions was Indiana Tech, which took the two lightest weights with titles by Sawyer Miller (125) and Erique Early (133).
Defending his 157 pound title was top seed Nosomy Pozo of Life, who beat No. 2 Brandon Weber of MSU-Northern, 6-5. Another returning champion who repeated was Lucas Lovvorn of Baker, who needed to go to sudden victory overtime to beat Lucius Van Rensburg of Life, 8-6.
Other individual champions were David Berg of Midland (141) and Anthony Orozco of Menlo (184).
NAIA NATIONALS
At Des Moines, Iowa
125 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Sawyer Miller (Indiana Tech) won in sudden victory - 1 over 12 Randy McCray (Life) SV-1 4-2
3rd Place Match - 5 Trevor Murano (Grand View) won by fall over 3 Keegan Hessler (Morningside) Fall 0:27
5th Place Match - 1 Justin Portillo (Grand View) won by tech fall over 11 Koby Millner (Reinhardt) TF 19-0
7th Place Match - 9 Jordan Martinez (Campbellsvile) won by decision over 4 Alexander Nunez (Life Pacific) Dec 5-3
133 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Erique Early (Indiana Tech) won in tie breaker - 1 over 1 Shiquan Hall (Grand View) TB-1 4-2
3rd Place Match - 3 Gresh Jones (Dickinson State) won by decision over 12 Alberto Garcia (Concordia) Dec 9-6
5th Place Match - 10 D`earion Stokes (Briar Cliff) won by major decision over 8 Brady Moser (Lindsey Wilson) Maj 13-5
7th Place Match - 9 Blaysen Terukina (Menlo) won by major decision over Jacob Seto (Cumberlands) Maj 13-2
141 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 David Berg (Midland) won by decision over 2 Eric Clarke (Grand View) Dec 2-1
3rd Place Match - 7 Ethan Owen (Southeastern) won by decision over 6 Nick Henneman (Lourdes) Dec 5-3
5th Place Match - 4 Gaige Torres (Indiana Tech) won by decision over Dayton Marvel (Oklahoma Wesleyan) Dec 6-4
7th Place Match - 10 Jaedin Sklapsky (Campbellsvile) won by major decision over 5 Devin Poppen (Southern Oregon) Maj 15-4
149 pounds
1st Place Match - 5 Josh Wenger (Grand View) won by fall over 2 Devin Reynolds (Grand View) Fall 4:15
3rd Place Match - 1 Tres Leon (Cumberlands) won by fall over Anthony Maia (Cumberland) Fall 2:32
5th Place Match - 4 Terrill Sidner (Menlo) won by decision over 7 Justin Atkinson (Indiana Tech) Dec 5-3
7th Place Match - 6 Latrell Davis (Lindsey Wilson) won by major decision over 8 Robert Humphrey (Indiana Tech) Maj 15-4
157 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Nosomy Pozo (Life) won by decision over 2 Brandon Weber (MSU-Northern) Dec 6-5
3rd Place Match - 11 Justin George (Reinhardt) won by decision over 3 James Williams (Embry Riddle) Dec 10-4
5th Place Match - 4 Steven Lawrence (Grand View) won by medical forfeit over 5 Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (Grand View) MFF
7th Place Match - 9 Casey Dobson (Providence) won by decision over Mark Taijeron (Lindsey Wilson) Dec 5-1
165 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Brett Bradford (Lindsey Wilson) won by decision over 5 Ryan Niven (Grand View) Dec 6-5
3rd Place Match - 6 Andrew Bartel (MSU-Northern) won by decision over 3 Drake Randall (Eastern Oregon) Dec 3-2
5th Place Match - 1 Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Providence) won by fall over 11 Matt Landgraff (Oklahoma City) Fall 0:47
7th Place Match - 4 Brennan Swafford (Graceland ) won by major decision over Cole Tenety (Reinhardt) Maj 17-6
174 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Lucas Lovvorn (Baker) won in sudden victory - 1 over 2 Lucius Van Rensburg (Life) SV-1 8-6
3rd Place Match - 5 Lawton Benna (Grand View) won by decision over 6 Chase Vincent (Oklahoma City) Dec 9-2
5th Place Match - 3 Michael Carew (Reinhardt) won by fall over 11 Daniel Butler (Embry Riddle) Fall 4:06
7th Place Match - 4 Nathan Walton (Cumberland) won by decision over 12 Dalton Tipton (Missouri Valley) Dec 8-3
184 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Anthony Orozco (Menlo) won by major decision over 4 Joseph Robinson (Lindenwood-Bellville) Maj 12-2
3rd Place Match - 1 Antonio Stewart (Reinhardt) won by decision over 3 Artie Bess (Grand View) Dec 3-1
5th Place Match - 7 Jacob Smith (Baker) won by decision over 8 Brooks Climmons (Brewton-Parker) Dec 7-4
7th Place Match - Tyler Hall (Embry Riddle) won by decision over Jason Davis (Southeastern) Dec 4-0
197 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Evan Hansen (Grand View) won by decision over 2 Isaac Bartel (MSU-Northern) Dec 6-4
3rd Place Match - 9 David Hamil (Brewton-Parker) won by decision over 3 David Dow (Baker) Dec 3-2
5th Place Match - 4 Eli Mason (Embry Riddle) won by decision over Harley Dilulo (Eastern Oregon) Dec 7-3
7th Place Match - 10 Tanner Fischer (Southern Oregon) won by decision over 5 Dialo Matsimela (Life) Dec 5-2
285 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Brandon Reed (Lindsey Wilson) won by decision over 3 Korey Walker (Oklahoma City) Dec 5-2
3rd Place Match - 5 Jesse Gomez (Missouri Valley) won by decision over 8 Shawn Beeson (Graceland ) Dec 2-1
5th Place Match - 4 Quandre Chisolm (Cumberlands) won by decision over Brandon Hill (Life) Dec 4-3
7th Place Match - 6 Bryson McGowan (Oklahoma City) won in sudden victory - 1 over 7 Aaron Johnson (Cumberlands) SV-1 3-1
Teams
1 Grand View 219.0
2 Lindsey Wilson 85.0
3 Life 82.5
4 Indiana Tech 81.0
5 Reinhardt 71.0
6 Oklahoma City 56.0
7 Cumberlands 5.0
8 Menlo 53.0
9 Baker 52.5
10 MSU-Northern 50.5
11 Embry Riddle 45.0
12 Providence 39.0
13 Midland 35.0
14 Missouri Valley 35.0
15 Brewton-Parker 30.0
16 Campbellsvile 29.5
17 Eastern Oregon 9.5
18 Graceland 28.0
19 Southeastern 26.0
20 Briar Cliff 24.5
DES MOINES, Iowa - Led by individual champions Evan Hansen (197) and Josh Wenger (149) and 11 All-Americans, Grand View dominated the NAIA National Championships to win its eighth straight team title.
Hansen repeated as the 197-pound champion, stopping Isaac Bartel of MSU-Northern in the finals, 6-4.
Wenger, the No. 5 seed, pinned his teammate Devin Reynolds, the No. 2 seed, in 4:15 to win an all-Grand View finals bout.
Grand View finished with 219 points, an amazing 134 points ahead of runner-up Lindsey Wilson with 85 points. Rounding out the top five teams was third place Life with 82.5 points, fourth-place Indiana Tech with 81 points and fifth place Reinhardt with 71 points.
Runner-up Lindsey Wilson had a pair of champions Brett Bradford (165) and Brandon Reed (285).
Also with two champions was Indiana Tech, which took the two lightest weights with titles by Sawyer Miller (125) and Erique Early (133).
Defending his 157 pound title was top seed Nosomy Pozo of Life, who beat No. 2 Brandon Weber of MSU-Northern, 6-5. Another returning champion who repeated was Lucas Lovvorn of Baker, who needed to go to sudden victory overtime to beat Lucius Van Rensburg of Life, 8-6.
Other individual champions were David Berg of Midland (141) and Anthony Orozco of Menlo (184).
NAIA NATIONALS
At Des Moines, Iowa
125 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Sawyer Miller (Indiana Tech) won in sudden victory - 1 over 12 Randy McCray (Life) SV-1 4-2
3rd Place Match - 5 Trevor Murano (Grand View) won by fall over 3 Keegan Hessler (Morningside) Fall 0:27
5th Place Match - 1 Justin Portillo (Grand View) won by tech fall over 11 Koby Millner (Reinhardt) TF 19-0
7th Place Match - 9 Jordan Martinez (Campbellsvile) won by decision over 4 Alexander Nunez (Life Pacific) Dec 5-3
133 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Erique Early (Indiana Tech) won in tie breaker - 1 over 1 Shiquan Hall (Grand View) TB-1 4-2
3rd Place Match - 3 Gresh Jones (Dickinson State) won by decision over 12 Alberto Garcia (Concordia) Dec 9-6
5th Place Match - 10 D`earion Stokes (Briar Cliff) won by major decision over 8 Brady Moser (Lindsey Wilson) Maj 13-5
7th Place Match - 9 Blaysen Terukina (Menlo) won by major decision over Jacob Seto (Cumberlands) Maj 13-2
141 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 David Berg (Midland) won by decision over 2 Eric Clarke (Grand View) Dec 2-1
3rd Place Match - 7 Ethan Owen (Southeastern) won by decision over 6 Nick Henneman (Lourdes) Dec 5-3
5th Place Match - 4 Gaige Torres (Indiana Tech) won by decision over Dayton Marvel (Oklahoma Wesleyan) Dec 6-4
7th Place Match - 10 Jaedin Sklapsky (Campbellsvile) won by major decision over 5 Devin Poppen (Southern Oregon) Maj 15-4
149 pounds
1st Place Match - 5 Josh Wenger (Grand View) won by fall over 2 Devin Reynolds (Grand View) Fall 4:15
3rd Place Match - 1 Tres Leon (Cumberlands) won by fall over Anthony Maia (Cumberland) Fall 2:32
5th Place Match - 4 Terrill Sidner (Menlo) won by decision over 7 Justin Atkinson (Indiana Tech) Dec 5-3
7th Place Match - 6 Latrell Davis (Lindsey Wilson) won by major decision over 8 Robert Humphrey (Indiana Tech) Maj 15-4
157 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Nosomy Pozo (Life) won by decision over 2 Brandon Weber (MSU-Northern) Dec 6-5
3rd Place Match - 11 Justin George (Reinhardt) won by decision over 3 James Williams (Embry Riddle) Dec 10-4
5th Place Match - 4 Steven Lawrence (Grand View) won by medical forfeit over 5 Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (Grand View) MFF
7th Place Match - 9 Casey Dobson (Providence) won by decision over Mark Taijeron (Lindsey Wilson) Dec 5-1
165 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Brett Bradford (Lindsey Wilson) won by decision over 5 Ryan Niven (Grand View) Dec 6-5
3rd Place Match - 6 Andrew Bartel (MSU-Northern) won by decision over 3 Drake Randall (Eastern Oregon) Dec 3-2
5th Place Match - 1 Adrian Lyons-Lopez (Providence) won by fall over 11 Matt Landgraff (Oklahoma City) Fall 0:47
7th Place Match - 4 Brennan Swafford (Graceland ) won by major decision over Cole Tenety (Reinhardt) Maj 17-6
174 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Lucas Lovvorn (Baker) won in sudden victory - 1 over 2 Lucius Van Rensburg (Life) SV-1 8-6
3rd Place Match - 5 Lawton Benna (Grand View) won by decision over 6 Chase Vincent (Oklahoma City) Dec 9-2
5th Place Match - 3 Michael Carew (Reinhardt) won by fall over 11 Daniel Butler (Embry Riddle) Fall 4:06
7th Place Match - 4 Nathan Walton (Cumberland) won by decision over 12 Dalton Tipton (Missouri Valley) Dec 8-3
184 pounds
1st Place Match - 2 Anthony Orozco (Menlo) won by major decision over 4 Joseph Robinson (Lindenwood-Bellville) Maj 12-2
3rd Place Match - 1 Antonio Stewart (Reinhardt) won by decision over 3 Artie Bess (Grand View) Dec 3-1
5th Place Match - 7 Jacob Smith (Baker) won by decision over 8 Brooks Climmons (Brewton-Parker) Dec 7-4
7th Place Match - Tyler Hall (Embry Riddle) won by decision over Jason Davis (Southeastern) Dec 4-0
197 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Evan Hansen (Grand View) won by decision over 2 Isaac Bartel (MSU-Northern) Dec 6-4
3rd Place Match - 9 David Hamil (Brewton-Parker) won by decision over 3 David Dow (Baker) Dec 3-2
5th Place Match - 4 Eli Mason (Embry Riddle) won by decision over Harley Dilulo (Eastern Oregon) Dec 7-3
7th Place Match - 10 Tanner Fischer (Southern Oregon) won by decision over 5 Dialo Matsimela (Life) Dec 5-2
285 pounds
1st Place Match - 1 Brandon Reed (Lindsey Wilson) won by decision over 3 Korey Walker (Oklahoma City) Dec 5-2
3rd Place Match - 5 Jesse Gomez (Missouri Valley) won by decision over 8 Shawn Beeson (Graceland ) Dec 2-1
5th Place Match - 4 Quandre Chisolm (Cumberlands) won by decision over Brandon Hill (Life) Dec 4-3
7th Place Match - 6 Bryson McGowan (Oklahoma City) won in sudden victory - 1 over 7 Aaron Johnson (Cumberlands) SV-1 3-1
Teams
1 Grand View 219.0
2 Lindsey Wilson 85.0
3 Life 82.5
4 Indiana Tech 81.0
5 Reinhardt 71.0
6 Oklahoma City 56.0
7 Cumberlands 5.0
8 Menlo 53.0
9 Baker 52.5
10 MSU-Northern 50.5
11 Embry Riddle 45.0
12 Providence 39.0
13 Midland 35.0
14 Missouri Valley 35.0
15 Brewton-Parker 30.0
16 Campbellsvile 29.5
17 Eastern Oregon 9.5
18 Graceland 28.0
19 Southeastern 26.0
20 Briar Cliff 24.5
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