DES MOINES, Iowa – Senior Alton Allen, sophomore Evan Fuchs and sophomore Dante Rigal picked up wins as the Briar Cliff University wrestling team (Receiving Votes) (0-2) competed in a double-dual, Thursday night at Dave Sisam Arena.
The Chargers lost 38-6 to #21 Central Methodist (2-1) and 43-9 to #1 Grand View (2-0)
Against Central Methodist, Fuchs picked up a win at 134-lbs. The Chargers lost by three points or less at 157-lbs and 285-lbs.
Against Grand View, Allen had a dominating 11-1 major decision over Carter Smuck. Rigal started the dual meet off with a win by injury to Braden Graff.
Central Methodist 38 Briar Cliff 6
125 – #9 Colton King (CMU) over #18 Dante Rigal (BCU) Pin (4:46)
134 – Evan Fuchs (BCU) by forfeit
141 - #23 Arojae Hart (CMU) over Dariuz Black (BCU) MD (15-3)
149 – Nevertesonne Lahens (CMU) over Tyler Fouts (BCU) TF (17-1)
157 – Drake Jenkins (CMU) over Brandon Harris (BCU) 6-3
165 – Jace Brownlow (CMU) over Jackson Balmer (BCU) MD (10-0)
174 - #6 Roman Garcia over Erik Lessears (BCU) Pin (2:15)
184 - #22 Sincere Hall-Osbourne (CMU) over Ethan Gregg (BCU) MD (17-4)
197 – Jacob Ruff (CMU) over Nathan Adras (BCU) 4-0
285 - #14 Austin Foye (CMU) over #9 Alton Allen (BCU) SV (5-2)
Grand View 43 Briar Cliff 9
125 – #18 Dante Rigal (BCU) over Braden Graff (GV) Injury (4:01)
134 – #3 Jackson Cockrell (GV) over Dariuz Black (BCU) TF (20-4)
141 - #5 Carson Taylor (GV) over Evan Fuchs (BCU) Pin (0:35)
149 – #3 Cole Ferguson (GV) over Tyler Fouts (BCU) TF (17-1)
157 – #9 Easton Larson (GV) over Brandon Harris (BCU) TF (19-4)
165 – #4 Dylan Whitt (GV) over Jackson Balmer (BCU) TF (19-4)
174 – Alex Reynolds (GV) over Erik Lessears (BCU) TF (18-3)
184 – Lucas Hageman (GV) over Ethan Gregg (BCU) Pin (4:40)
197 – #1 Garavous Kouekabakilaho (GV) over Nathan Adras (BCU) Pin (2:41)
285 - #9 Alton Allen (BCU) over Carter Smuck (GV) MD (11-1)
MD – Major Decision
SV – Sudden Victory
TF – Tech Fall
Wrestling head coach Donaco Watts
"Overall, I'm pretty underwhelmed with our performance against Central Methodist. We were flat and seemed to think we could just ease into matches or that the other guy would just lay down for us. We left a minimum of four winnable matches out there. We will take this as a learning lesson for sure.
Against Grand View, even though the margin was wider, our effort and intensity rose. I wanted to wrestle the #1 team in the country for one reason, compete against the absolute best and see what that level feels like. That goal was definitely achieved tonight. I honestly feel that if we would've wrestled CMU with the same intensity, that dual would've looked much different on the scoreboard."
Briar Cliff stays on the road, Wednesday, Nov. 13 taking on NCAA Division II Southwest Minnesota State. The dual meet is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.
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