William Penn Upended by Dutch
William Penn University Athletics
by Wade Steinlage
Pella–The Statesmen wrestling team picked up a pair of upper-weight victories, but struggled the remainder of the night in a 42-6 non-conference dual meet loss to Central Tuesday.
WPU (2-9) fell in the first seven matches of the evening to the Dutch (4-4), finally getting on the board at 184 pounds when Jay Fresh (Grad., Knoxville, Iowa, MBL) slipped by Wayne Sommer 3-2.
After another setback at 197 pounds, the navy and gold closed out the meet with a 4-2 victory by Max Lewis (So., Duchesne, Utah, Biology) over Steven Candley.
Next Up: William Penn travels to Marshall, Mo. Saturday to compete in the Missouri Valley Open. Action begins at 9 a.m.
125–CJ Pestano (C) won by major decision over John Altieri, 13-2 (0-4)
133–Isaac Figueroa (C) won by fall over Darquell Pierre, 5:46 (0-10)
141–Tristan Clark (C) won by fall over Tyshon Cannon, 5:37 (0-16)
149–Jordan Challen (C) won by major decision over Kionte Crocker, 10-2 (0-20)
157–Collin Groleau (C) won by technical fall over Dennis Simmons, 19-2 (0-25)
165–Jeremy Vester (C) won by technical fall over Dylan Comstock, 18-2 (0-30)
174–Nathan Fritz (C) won by fall over Jason Beebe, 4:57 (0-36)
184–Jay Fresh (W) won by decision over Wayne Sommerlot, 3-2 (3-36)
197–Duncan Lee (C) won by fall over Cody Jones, 2:58 (3-42)
285–Max Lewis (W) won by decision over Steven Candley, 4-2 (6-42)
