{"id":181,"date":"2005-01-23T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2005-01-23T15:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/?p=181"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"nat-duals-augsburg-beats-wartburg-to-win-div-iii-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w181\/nat-duals-augsburg-beats-wartburg-to-win-div-iii-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Nat Duals: Augsburg Beats Wartburg To Win Div III Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Augsburg builds early lead, holds on for 18-15 win over Wartburg to win Division III National Duals title<\/a>
1\/22\/2005
John Fuller\/TheMat.com<\/p>\n

Cleveland, Ohio – Augsburg and Wartburg, two heated Division III rivals, split the matches in their Cliff Keen\/NWCA Division III National Duals final five to five, but it was Augsburg that came away with an 18-15 dual win on the strength of Marcus LeVesseur’s pin at 157 lbs.<\/p>\n

LeVesseur was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.<\/p>\n

Augsburg won five of the first six matches of the dual meet, and held off a late rally from the Knights for the win.<\/p>\n

Defending national champions Matt Shankey (125 lbs.), Mark Matzek (133) and LeVesseur all came away with victories for the Auggies.<\/p>\n

Shankey defeated All-American Justin McClintock 6-1 to start the dual meet off right for Augsburg.<\/p>\n

Matzek followed Shankey’s win with a 2-2 tiebreaker victory against Tyler Hubbard. The match went to three tiebreakers before Matzek eventually piled up enough riding time to earn a victory.<\/p>\n

Defending NCAA champion Dustin Hinschberger of Wartburg then got the Knights on the scoreboard, posting a 4-2 overtime victory at 141 lbs. over Jamell Tidwell, the wrestler Hinschberger defeated in last year’s NCAA finals.<\/p>\n

Augsburg then gained control of the dual as LeVesseur’s pin was preceded by a win from Jared Evans at 149 lbs., and followed by a 5-0 win from 165-pound All-American Ryan Valek.<\/p>\n

Wartburg closed the dual out with four straight victories, but all were by regular decision, giving Augsburg the win.<\/p>\n

One of those wins was from defending NCAA champion Akeem Carter at 197 lbs., as he recorded a 6-1 victory over fourth-ranked Justin Sorenson.<\/p>\n

Blake Gillis of Wartburg, last year’s NCAA runner-up, ended the dual meet with a 5-0 victory over All-American Mark Simmonds.<\/p>\n

In other placement duals, Wisconsin-LaCrosse downed Luther 25-17 for third place and Ithaca placed seventh after a 29-9 win over Wisconsin-Stevens Point.<\/p>\n

Delaware Valley College and The College of New Jersey shared fifth-place honors, as both teams went home with the arrival of a heavy snowstorm to the Midwest region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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