INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. | Ruth Lilly Fitness Center - No.4 McKendree University men's wrestling (2-1, 1-0 GLVC) picked up a strong true road victory to kick off its Great Lakes Valley Conference season, defeating the 11th-ranked Indianapolis Greyhounds, 30-11 on Friday evening. The Bearcats collected eight weight class victories with four bonus-point wins over UIndy, helping drive home the win for McKendree. The Bearcats head right back to Indianapolis for their next outing, taking on the country's biggest Division II tournament of the season at the Midwest Classic on December 14-15.

 

	Weight	Summary	No.11 UINDY	No.4 McK
	125	Jason Strope (McKendree) over Nathan Smith (Indianapolis) (Dec 3-1)	0	3
	133	Gunnar LeGrand (McKendree) over Aiden Dallinger (Indianapolis) (MD 11-1)	0	4
	141	#4 Ronan Schuelke (McKendree) over Zach Haughton (Indianapolis) (MD 13-2)	0	4
	149	#11 Joey Semerad (McKendree) over Gavin Garcia (Indianapolis) (Dec 6-3)	0	3
	157	Cale Hoskinson (McKendree) over Luke Robards (Indianapolis) (Dec 8-4)	0	3
	165	#2 Cory Peterson (McKendree) over Shane Bates (Indianapolis) (Dec 7-2)	0	3
	174	#5 Matt Ortiz (McKendree) over Kaden Lone (Indianapolis) (TF 15-0 4:53)	0	5
	184	#12 Zeke Waltz (McKendree) over Aidan Petersen (Indianapolis) (TF 18-3 7:00)	0	5
	197	#1 Derek Blubaugh (Indianapolis) over Shamon Handegan (McKendree) (TF 18-1 2:28)	5	0
	285	#15 Cale Gray (Indianapolis) over Dustin Olmstead (McKendree) (Fall 3:35)	6	0
Team Score:			11	30

NOTES
With the win, the Bearcats moved to 16-3 all-time over the Greyhounds while also marking back-to-back wins over UIndy and 12 of the last 13 matchups. 

McKendree led 30-0 over Indianapolis going into the 197 and 285 matches. 

The Bearcats tallied bonus-point wins in the 133 (LeGrand, major), 141 (Schuelke, major), 174 (Ortiz, tech), and 184 (Waltz, tech) classes.

165 Cory Peterson remained undefeated on the season with his 7-2 decision victory over Bates, moving to 7-0 while ranking #2 in his weight class. 

174 Matt Ortiz and 184 Zeke Waltz continued to stack bonus point wins on the year, each adding one with their results. Ortiz totals two wins by technical superiority while Waltz owns three on the campaign. 

UP NEXT
December 14-15 | 45th Midwest Classic | Indianapolis, Indiana - Nicoson Hall / Ruth Lilly Fitness Center

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