MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE DUA LDAY - F E B R UA RY 5, 2 02 1
MUSTANG WRESTLING All eyes are on Allee Gymnasium and the Rosen-Verdoorn Sports Center tonight. Morningside College and Doane University square off with the regular-season Great Plains Athletic Conference championship on the line in a top 20 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ dual battle. Head coach Jake Stevenson’s Mustangs, sporting a 12-3 overall and 7-0 league mark, have won four in a row. The visiting Tigers, coached by Dana Vote, stand 14-2 overall and are also 7-0 in loop action and have claimed their last nine duals. DU was ranked in a tie for No. 9, while Mside was tied for the No. 18 spot on the most recent National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics poll, released Jan 21.
THE MATCH- UP The Maroon has captured each of the previous seven meetings in the all-time series. They won 35-9 a year ago in Crete. Two of those clashes were decided by only two points, as Morningside captured narrow 19-17 and 24-22 decisions in 2016-17 and 2015-16. Both sides have several ranked individuals coming in. The Mustangs are led by sophomore 133-pounder Taylor Vasquez (No. 14), sophomore 149-pounder John Diener (No. 12), freshman 165-pounder Caleb Connor (No. 13), senior 174-pounder Jonah Egli (No. 9), and freshman Kasten Grape (No. 14). Doane has 125-pounder Daniel Vargas (No. 11), 141-pounder Baterdene Boldmaa (No. 1), 149-pounder Tristan Zampila (No. 15), 174-pounder Michael Scarponi (No. 14), 197-pounder Bradley Antesberger (No. 12), and heavyweight Brandon Antesberger (No. 8). There are few previous individual meetings this season among any potential match-ups, as Brandon Antesberger defeated both Jakob Jerabek and Derrell Zagurski in nip-and-tuck finishes
earlier (4-2 vs. Jerbaek and 3-0 vs. Zagurski). At the same time, Kaimana McCreadie and Grape have both faced Bradley Antesberger. McCreadie felled him 8-0 for his first win of the season, while Grape dropped an 8-6 nailbiter. Sophomore 141-pounder Noah Styskal and Diener share Morningside’s wrestling room wins lead with 17 each. Styskal harbors a nine-match victory string, while Diener has claimed 14 straight. Egli, with a 13-1 mark, has an impressive 12-match triumph skein in process. He’s done so without any doubt, either, as 10 of the run have been bonus-point efforts, including seven pins. Twenty-nine victories in 32 individual matches gave Stevenson’s squad three more dual positives Jan 30. Moving to 13-1 in its last 14 conference match-ups, the team rampaged through Northwestern College’s Bultman Center with a 38-9 win over the league dual tourney section host Red Raiders and blanked Midland University and Dakota Wesleyan University by 57-0 and 54-0 scores. A quartet of individuals led the way. Styskal captured a technical fall, decision, and forfeit. Diener picked up two forfeit triumphs and a thrilling triple overtime decision against NWC’s Chase Peterson. In his first varsity full-meet starting opportunity, freshman 157-pounder Kory Van Oort made the most of it, picking up a technical fall, fall, and decision, which included a 1-0 whiteknuckler against Northwestern’s Blake Pomajzl. Grape registered a decision, forfeit, and technical fall to add his name to the threewin group, too. His decision was a back and forth effort against NWC veteran Bennett Sikkink that wound up 7-4. Doane posted a monumental day on the mat on Jan 30, as they went 4-0 at the GPAC Duals University of Jamestown section. With the wins, the Tigers broke the school record for victories in a season. For the day, DU received 4-0 marks from Boldmaa, Scarponi, 184-pounder Garrett Cornwell and Bradley Antesberger. Zampila and Vargas were also unbeaten, going 3-0. Morningside and Doane take a brief trip up the hill to the Hindman-Hobbs Center Saturday, Feb 6. They’re both among the field for the Dave Edmonds/Sioux City Open. The meet begins at 9 a.m.
MORNINGSIDE MUSTANGS 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT or
Evan Shell Taylor Vasquez Noah Styskal John Diener Kory VanOort Caleb Connor Jonah Egli Kaimana McCreadie Kasten Grape Derrell Zagurski Jakob Jarabek
So. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr.
Fort Collins, Colo. Fountain, Colo. David City, Neb. Kaukauna, Wis. Ireton, Iowa Papillion, Neb. Fort Dodge, Iowa Irvine, Calif. Columbus, Neb. Winnebago, Neb. Arcadia, Neb.
Probable starters
12-5 13-5 17-4 17-2 7-4 11-4 13-1 8-5 14-5 12-6 9-6
Head coach: Jake Stevenson Assistant coaches: Colton McCrystal, Keegan Hessler, Brody Kacmarynski
DOANE UNIVERSITY 125 OR 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT
Daniel Vargas Luke Davis Baagii Boldmaa Tristan Zamilpa Sam Dunwell Benjamin Dobler Michael Scarponi Garrett Cornwell Bradley Antesberger Brandon Antesberger
Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. So. Jr. So. So.
Probable starters
San Diego, Calif./Iowa Central CC St. Johns, Fla./Clay H.S. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Madera, Calif./Midland University Lana’i City, Hawaii/Midland University Torokszentmiklos, Hungary/Brody Imre Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley Albion, Neb./Boone Central North Pole, Alaska/Dixie State North Pole, Alaska / North Pole
17-4 5-12 16-0 16-3 9-10 7-3 18-4 16-5 18-1 16-3
Head coach: Dana Vote Assistant coaches: Buka Tserendavga, Zack Wilcox, David Berg
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