LACROSSE, Wis.-- The top-ranked Wartburg wrestling team made NCAA Division III history with its 13th National Championship Saturday night. The Knights tallied 129.5 pts to stand atop the team leaderboard. This broke the tie between the Orange and Black and Augsburg as each school previously had 12 wrestling National Titles prior to this weekend.

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Trophy Presentation


125 Lucas Malberg (Messiah) won by 9-3 dec vs. Arnulfo Olea (WB)
125: Jonathan Haas (Brockport) won by 8-4 dec vs Arnulfo Olea (WB)
125: Zac Denny (UW-Whitewater) won by 7-5 dec vs. Arnulfo Olea (WB)
141: Cross Cannone (WB) won by 3-1 dec OT vs. Devin Broukal (Wabash)
149: Dan Del Gallo (Southern Maine) won by 7-5 dec vs. Kenny Martin (WB)
149: Kenny Martin (WB) win by fall at 7:19 vs Sam Schneieder (Ithaca)
149: Kenny Martin (WB) win by 6-2 dec vs Seth Lansberry (Lycoming)
157: Logan Thomsen (WB) won by 7-1 dec vs. Mark Choinski (UW-Oshkosh)
165: Nolan Barger (Lycoming) won by 9-8 dec vs Andrew Steiert (WB)
165: Andrew Steiert (WB) won by 11-3 maj dec vs. Davon Jackson (Olivet)
174: Eric DeVos (WB) won by 8-1 dec vs. Richard Carlson (UW-LaCrosse)
184: Bryan Levsen (WB) won by 7-5 dec vs. Christos Giatras (Augustana)
184: Owen Webster (Augsburg) won dec 6-2 vs. Bryan Levsen (WB)
184: Bryan Levsen (WB) won by medical forfeit vs B Benderoth
197: Carlos Toribio (Ithaca) won by 4-3 dec vs. Kyle Fank (WB)
197: Guy Patron (Loras) won by 7-6 dec vs. Kyle Fank (WB)
197: Kyle Fank (WB won by medical forfeit over
285: Donny Longendyke (Augsburg) won by 10-1 maj dec vs. Lance Evans (WB)
285: Lance Evans (WB) won by 6-3 dec vs. Donny Ralston (UW-Stevens Point)
285: Adarious Jones (Augustana) won by 9-1 maj dec vs. Lance Evans (WB)
 
Notes:
-Cannone, Thomsen and DeVos will wrestle for a National Championship this evening.
-Cannone earned his 30^th victory of the season.
-Olea takes sixth to earn All-American honors. He is a two-time All-American.
-Martin takes third to earn All-American honors. He is a three-time All-American.
-Thomsen moved his winning streak to eight.
-Thomsen has 33 wins on the season.
-Steiert takes seventh for All-American honors. He is a two-time All-American.
-Levsen takes fifth for All-American honors
-Fank takes fifth for All-American honors.
-Evans takes fourth for All-American honors. He is a two-time All-American.



Waterloo Courier recap

Session Four
141: #1 Dustin Weinmann (UW-LaCrosse) win by 4-0 dec vs. #3 Cross Cannone (WB)
157: #1 Robert Dierna (Cortland State) win by 8-7 dec vs. #3 Logan Thomsen (WB)
174: #2 Eric DeVos (WB) won by 10-1 maj dec vs. #1 Ben Swarr (Messiah)
 
Notes:
-Wartburg won its 13^th NCAA National Championship with 129.5 points.
-Wartburg made NCAA Division III history as the 13 team titles are the most in DIII wrestling.
-This is the 21^st NCAA National Championship for Wartburg Athletics.
-Wartburg was tied with Augsburg's 12 NCAA titles coming into this weekend.
-Cannone is the National Runner-Up and an All-American.       
-Thomsen is the National Runner-Up and an All-American.
-Dierna was the defending National Champion and was 20-0 entering tonight
-Swarr was the defending National Champion and this is a rematch from last year's finals.
-DeVos moved his winning streak to 18 and finishes the season undefeated at 18-0.
-All but two of DeVos' wins this season have been by bonus points.
-DeVos becomes Wartburg's 104^th individual National Champion (all sports)
-DeVos becomes the 43^rd individual National Champion in wrestling
-DeVos is now a two-time All-American.
-Wartburg finished with nine All-Americans.
-The National Championship has been won by either Augsburg or Wartburg every year since 1995.

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