January 11, 2025
Cobbers Close Out National Duals With Two Wins
It took Concordia a full day to get acclimated to the competition at the NWCA National Duals and they responded by finishing off the tournament with two straight wins. The Cobbers rallied in their opener on Day 2, won five of the last six individual bouts and beat Centenary (N.J.) 25-17. Concordia capped the 2-day wrestling extravaganza by holding off RIT to claim a 21-20 victory.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (1/11/25)---It took Concordia a full day to get acclimated to the competition at the NWCA National Duals and they responded by finishing off the tournament with two straight wins.
The Cobbers rallied in their opener on Day 2, won five of the last six individual bouts and beat Centenary (N.J.) 25-17. Concordia capped the 2-day wrestling extravaganza by holding off RIT to claim a 21-20 victory.
The two wins were the first two dual-meet victories of the year for the Cobbers who are now 2-3 on the season.
Seniors Ty Bisek and Elijah Hunt were the only two Cobbers to record wins in all four of their matches on the weekend. Bisek had three bonus-point victories while Hunt posted three wins by decision.
Concordia 25, Centenary (N.J.) 17
The opener on Saturday started similarly to the opener on Friday with Centenary claiming the first two wins and Bisek getting Concordia back on track with a win. CC trailed 9-0 before Bisek claimed his only non-bonus point win of the tournament. He ground out a 5-4 decision at 141 to get the Cobbers within six at 9-3.
Senior Alex McPhee kickstarted the Concordia comeback when he recorded a pin at 3:14 of his bout at 157. His fourth pin of the year got the Cobbers within five points at 14-9.
Hunt cut the margin down to two points when he posted a 4-1 decision at 165. Zach Pribyl then gave CC its first lead of the morning as he claimed a 12-3 major decision at 174. His bonus point victory gave CC a 16-14 lead.
The Cyclones stopped the Concordia win train at 184 but a 2-1 decision by Will Freking and a forfeit win at 285 by Mason Swanson gave the Cobbers the 25-17 victory.
Individual Match Results:
125 - Jack Thode (CU) pin Jeison Ingram (CC); 1:49 (Centenary leads 6-0)
133 - Daniel Haws (CU) dec. Kie Anderson (CC); 6-1 (Centenary leads 9-0)
141 - #11 Ty Bisek (CC) dec. Joseph Innamorado (CU); 5-4 (Centenary leads 9-3)
149 - Xavier Pena (CU) tech. fall Jack Major (CC); 17-0 (Centenary leads 14-3)
157 - Alex McPhee (CC) pin Sean Callan (CU); 3:14 (Centenary leads 14-9)
165 - Elijah Hunt (CC) dec. Reece Smith (CU); 4-1 (Centenary leads 14-12)
174 - Zach Pribyl (CC) maj. dec. Mark Venson (CU); 12-3 (Concordia leads 16-14)
184 - Tim Pawlicki (CU) dec. Brody Duke (CC); 12-6 (Centenary leads 17-16)
197 - Will Freking (CC) dec. Aaron Llanas (CU); 2-1 (Concordia leads 19-17)
285 - Mason Swanson (CC) wins by forfeit (Concordia wins 25-17)
Concordia 21, RIT 20
Concordia never trailed after the fourth match in the tournament finale. The Cobbers won five of the first seven matches and then hung on after the Tigers ran off three straight victories to close out the 1-point decision.
Kie Anderson won his 11th match of the year with a 6-1 decision at 133. Bisek capped his tourney with a pin at 2:35 which gave Concordia a 9-5 lead.
The Tigers earned a tech. fall win at 149 but then victories by McPhee, Hunt, and Pribyl gave CC a 21-10 lead with three bouts left. The big win of the back-to-back-to-back victories was Pribyl's pin at 174. That turned out to be the match-winning point total.
RIT recorded a pair of wins by decision and another major decision victory but it wasn't enough to surpass the Cobbers' 21-point total.
Bisek's four wins for the weekend push his record to 14-1 on the season. His 14 wins lead Concordia.
Hunt is 13-4 on the year with Anderson, McPhee and Pribyl also getting into the double-digit win total with their victories over the two days.
Concordia will head back to multi-team invitationals when they compete at the SJU North Country Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 12 p.m.
Individual Match Results:
125 - Lee Rubin (RIT) tech. fall Jason Ingram (CC); 24-5 (RIT leads 5-0)
133 - Kie Anderson (CC) dec. Gabe Scalise (RIT); 6-1 (RIT leads 5-3)
141 - #11 Ty Bisek (CC) pins Josh Post (RIT); 2:35 (Concordia leads 9-5)
149 - Mike Glynn (RIT) tech. fall Jack Major (CC); 19-3 (RIT leads 10-9)
157 - Alex McPhee (CC) dec. Jared Lee (RIT); TB-1 2-1 (Concordia leads 12-10)
165 - Elijah Hunt (CC) dec. Jack Lamson (RIT); 12-10 (Concordia leads 15-10)
174 - Zach Pribyl (CC) pin Tyler Balent (RIT); 6:21 (Concordia leads 21-10)
184 - Kyle Jacobs (RIT ) dec. Brody Duke (CC); 2-1 (Concordia leads 21-13)
197 - Nicholas Smith maj. dec. Will Freking (CC); 11-3 (Concordia leads 21-17)
285 - Josh Harkless (RIT) dec. Sam Dioszeghy (CC); 5-2 (Concordia wins 21-20)