LEBANON, Ill. | The Hett - McKendree University men's wrestling (12-3, 5-0 GLVC) made history on Tuesday night with the first-ever sporting event held at the Hettenhaus Center for the Arts, trampling Davenport by a 55 to -1 total team score. The Bearcats tallied five pin fall victories and two technical fall wins during the outing at the fine arts complex. McKendree earned a 10th-straight dual win as they head into the Great Lakes Valley Duals, which will determine the 2023 conference champion, facing off against William Jewell and Indianapolis. The Bearcats also celebrated senior night prior to the dual drubbing of the Panthers, as
Jordan Alcala,
Rozell Baker,
Tyler Delaware,
Joshua Jones, and
Christian Mejia were all honored.
BOX SCORE VERSUS DAVENPORT
|
Weight |
Summary |
MCK |
DAV |
|
125 |
Christian Mejia (McKendree) over Unknown (For.) |
6 |
0 |
|
133 |
Ryan Ripplinger (McKendree) over Manuel Leija (Davenport) (Dec 5-0) |
3 |
0 |
|
141 |
Joey Semerad (McKendree) over Tyson Emmons (Davenport) (Fall 4:07) |
6 |
0 |
|
149 |
Logan Rathjen (McKendree) over Lucas Nagle (Davenport) (TF 16-1 7:00) |
5 |
0 |
|
157 |
Jacob Bornemann (McKendree) over Deegan Herman (Davenport) (Fall 1:16) |
6 |
0 |
|
165 |
Jordan Alcala (McKendree) over Fernando Pena (Davenport) (Fall 2:48) |
6 |
0 |
|
174 |
Zeke Waltz (McKendree) over Travis Marsh (Davenport) (Fall 2:36) |
6 |
0 |
|
184 |
Joshua Jones (McKendree) over Unknown (For.) |
6 |
0 |
|
197 |
Rozell Baker (McKendree) over Crue Cooper (Davenport) (Fall 5:32) |
6 |
0 |
|
285 |
Dustin Olmstead (McKendree) over Zachary Painter (Davenport) (TF 21-6 7:00) |
5 |
0 |
| coach misconduct |
0 |
-1.0 |
| Team Score: |
55 |
-1 |
NOTES
McKendree totaled five pins and two technical falls in the win over the Panthers, nearly going for the max number of points in a match. McKendree won by 56 points with the Davenport negative misconduct point.
Redshirt freshman HWT
Dustin Olmstead (12-12) earned his first technical fall (7:00) of the season with his 21-6 victory over Zachary Painter. The win also brought him back to .500 in matches this season.
Redshirt junior 174/184/197/HWT
Rozell Baker (2-4) collected his first fall (5:32) win of the year with his show-out against Crue Cooper.
Redshirt senior 165
Jordan Alcala (6-6) went for his second pin of the year with a fall at 2:48 over Fernando Pena.
Freshman 149
Logan Rathjen added his first collegiate tech fall, beating Lucas Nagle, 16-1 (7:00).
Redshirt freshman
Jacob Bornemann went for his fourth fall victory, downing Deegan Herman at the 1:16 mark.
Redshirt freshman
Zeke Waltz collected his team-leading 25th win of the season and third pinfall victory. He owns 12 extra-point match wins on the year.
Sophomore
Joey Semerad grabbed his 10th win and second pinfall of the year with the 4:07 win against Tyson Emmons.
UP NEXT
McKendree men's wrestling heads to Springfield, Missouri for the GLVC Duals at Drury on February 12, facing off against William Jewell and Indianapolis for its fifth conference title in six years.
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