Lamoni, Iowa. — Spire Wrestling brought home top finishes last night as the men's and women's squads traveled to Lamoni, Iowa, to face off against the Graceland University Yellowjackets. The Spire men's team currently holds a spot among the NAIA's nationally receiving votes, while the USM women's team continues to make their mark as the No. 19-ranked team in the nation.
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The USM women will get right back to action on
Saturday, November 7th with the short trek to Ottawa University to compete in the Hinderliter Invite slated to begin at 9 a.m. in Wilson Field House.
The Spire men will travel to the campus of the Benedictine College Ravens on
Thursday, November 12th to dual the Ravens with matches set to begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium.
Final Men's Team Score: W, 30-23
Final Women's Team Score: W, 30-8
Women's Results:
The first three weight classes would be open for GU, earning
Destiny Jones (103lb.),
Alexsys Jacquez (110lb.), and
Ka'aulani Hew-Len (117lb.) wins by forfeit to put their squad up quick 15-0.
Madison Kalamau (124lb.) would see the first action of the evening, matched against Hernandez-Jimenez of the Yellowjackets. Kalamau would make quick work of her bout and earn a win by tech fall (10-0) to go up 19-0 as a team.
Kalli Hamilton would fall to Graceland's Kenny by fall in the 131lb. weight class, and the 138lb. weight class would be open for the Spires to make the evening's competition a little tighter at 19-10.
There would be no more action for the Spire women, as
Amelia Frounfelter would win her match in the 160lb. weight class by forfeit and the next match (180lb.) would go to the Yellowjackets by forfeit.
Men's Results:
The Spire men would see action in nearly every weight class yesterday, making an exciting night on the road for USM.
Aljohn Morales would start the Spires off with a TF win (20-2) in the 12lb. weight class, putting his team up to open the night.
Caden Gallet would have a tough battle against Serrano and would subsequently fall in the 133lb. weight class.
Jeremy Welch (141lb.) would suffer an injury default, putting the Yellowjackets up 12-5.
Ryan Buccat (149lb.) and
Ben Smith (157lb.) would battle to put their team up on the next rounds. Buccat won by fall over Wilson while Smith would win by decision (8-7) over GU's Hampton.
Lleyton Hoover would fall in the 165lb. weight class to Riggs of GU, bringing the overall score to 18-14 GU.
Graham Kilpper (174lb.) brought his team back in it with a 2-minute win by fall over Salter of Graceland.
Luke Hancock (184lb.) would add to Graham's momentum, defeating Johnston of GU by fall.
In the 197lb. weight class,
Orinn Hubbard would be defeated by tech fall (19-4) by Fry, moving the overall team tally to 23-26, setting up
Devon Lolar for the deciding bout.
Devon would deliver big for his team in the heavyweight match, defeating Varela by major decision (8-0) to bring it home for his team with a final score of 30-23.
