Four Win Individual Titles for Men's Wrestling
Doane Men's Wrestling competed in the Friends (Kan.) Open on Saturday and walked away with 54 individual victories, eight Top 4 finishes, and four individual champions.
The Tigers picked up championships from Baagii Boldmaa (SR/Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) at 141, Nate Lendt (FR/Des Moines, Iowa) at 149, Bradley Antesberger (SO/North Pole, Alaska) at 197, and Brandon Antesberger (JR/North Pole, Alaska) at 285. Boldmaa, for his efforts, was named the Wrestler of the Meet.
Breaking down the Tigers by weight class, Doane had two wrestlers at 125. Russell Nickerson (SO/Quincy, Calif.) went 6-1 as he placed third and Hunter Bennett (SO/Tilden, Neb.) went 3-2 on the day.
In the 133 division, Devin Avedissian (FR/Temecula, Calif.) placed 4th with a 6-1 day as he was unable to wrestle the final match due to the single-day match limit. Daniel Vargas (SR/San Diego, Calif.) went 4-1 on the day.
Boldmaa was 5-0, capping his day with a 24-9 tech fall victory over NAIA No. 14 Hartwell Taylor (Saint Mary, KS). In the semifinals, he needed 25 seconds to pick up a pin which broke the Doane record for the weight class. Ben Miller tied for 3rd after going 5-1 as both competitors had reached their match limit.
Lendt was 5-0 as he picked up a pin in the championship match over NAIA No. 9 Cameron Hargrove. Quentyn Frank (FR/Kearney, Neb.) went 1-2 on the day.
In the 157 division, Gabe Keith went 4-2 on the day. In his second match, he won by pin in 19 seconds to break the Doane division record for fastest pin.
Benjamin Dobler (SO/Torokszentmiklos, Hungary) went 3-1 and took runner-up honors at 165. His semifinal match came against NCAA Division II wrestler Jace Fisher (Newman) and Dobler hung on for a 10-9 victory. Cooper Spaulding (FR/Martell, Neb.) went 1-2 in the division.
Garrett Cornwell (SR/Albion, Neb.) picked up the lone wins at 184 as he went 3-2 on the day. He won his first two matches of the day by tech fall while both losses came to ranked wrestlers.
Bradley Antesberger was 3-0 as he took care of business in workmanlike fashion. He won by pin in his first match, battled to a 5-0 win in the semifinals, and won 11-3 in the championship.
Brandon Antesberger was 5-0 on the day, winning four of his matches by pin fall. In the championship match, he needed just 41 seconds to record a takedown and pin for the title.