Wrestling taken down in duals, 0-3 on season

This coming week the Eagle wrestling team will travel to Kearney to compete in the University of Nebraska-Kearney Holiday Inn Open. The Eagles are going into this tournament 0-3.

The Eagle wrestlers made the seven-hour trek to Sioux Falls, S.D., last week, where they competed against the Air Force Academy Falcons of Colorado Springs, and the Augustana College Vikings of Sioux Falls, S.D. The Air Force Academy wrestling team currently has a 3-2 record, while the Augustana Viking wrestling team is sitting at 2-1 overall.

The Eagles were leading the dual after Taylor Summers, redshirt freshman of Plymouth, 125-pounds, and Dustin Stodola, senior of Clarkson, 133-pounds, won their matches against their Falcon counterparts. Both Summers and Stodola won their matches by decisions. However, the Falcons came back to win the next eight matches and take the dual title with a score of 28-6. The Eagles were forced to forfeit the 157-pound match to the Falcons due to an injury sustained by CJ Clark, junior of Rapid City, S.D.

Summers was unsuccessful in keeping his winning streak when he competed against Viking T.J. North, who defeated Summers 10-1 by major decision. However, Stodola continued his winning streak by pinning Viking Blake Jans in 1:46. Chadron State’s other winners against the Vikings were twin brothers Dylan and Devan Fors, juniors of Roseburg, Ore., at 174- and 197-pounds, respectively. Rulon Taylor, freshman of Curtis, heavyweight, also scored a win. Dylan Fors defeated Drake Fanslau 3-1 by decision and Devan Fors conquered Jeff Nielsen 5-2 by decision as well. Taylor won his match by injury default over Viking Michael Lowman.

By the end of the dual, the Eagles were behind the Augustana Vikings, who took the dual title with a final score of 30-18.

Both the Vikings and the Falcons will compete at the UNK Holiday Inn Open this coming week, giving the Eagles another shot at these teams.