Augsburg Secures 5 All-Americans

LA CROSSE, Wis. — For the 29th time in school history, the Augsburg College wrestling team claimed five or more All-Americans, as the Auggies have five individuals still in the field after the first day of the NCAA Division III National Championships on Friday.

After the second session of the tournament, Augsburg stands in second place with 47 points, while defending national champion Wartburg (Iowa) leads with 83 points. Johnson & Wales (R.I.) is in third with 41 points, and Wabash (Ind.) is in fourth place with 34 points. Augsburg has five wrestlers still alive in the tournament — three in championship contention and two in wrestlebacks.

Augsburg now has earned 237 All-Americans in school history (since 1969; 201 in NCAA competition, 36 in NAIA competition). Augsburg has had at least one All-American in national wrestling competition (NAIA and NCAA) every season since 1977.

No. 3-seeded heavyweight Donny Longendyke (SR, Vadnais Heights, Minn./White Bear Lake HS) became the 42nd Auggie wrestler to ever earn three All-American honors, as he claimed a 2:23 pin over Zac Rieger of Adrian (Mich.) in his opening match and a 4-2 win over Adarios Jones of Augustana (Ill.) in the quarterfinals. He will have a chance to become the 12th Augsburg wrestler, and third heavyweight, to earn multiple national championships in Saturday’s final day of competition.

The 2015 Division III heavyweight national champion and 2016 national runner-up, Longendyke reached a career milestone with his 150th collegiate victor on Friday. Now 26-3 on the season with 19 bonus-point wins (16 pins, three major decisions), he is now 150-29 in his collegiate career with 112 bonus-point wins (85 pins, four technical falls, 23 major decisions), including a 109-8 record with 82 bonus-point wins (62 pins, four technical falls, 16 major decisions) in three seasons at Augsburg.

Top-seeded 184-pounder Owen Webster (FY, Shakopee, Minn.) continued his dominant collegiate debut season, extending his winning streak to 28 straight matches with a 1:58 pin of Derek Beitz of Messiah (Pa.) in his opening match and a 6-4 win over Patrick Rooney of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.). Now 31-1 on the season, Webster now has 23 bonus-point victories (10 major decisions, four technical falls, nine pins). Webster is now 22-0 against NCAA Division III opponents.

No. 5-seeded 141-pounder David Flynn (FY, Jordan, Minn./Scott West) earned his first All-American honor on Friday, claiming with a 4-2 victory over Gregory Warner of York (Pa.) in his opening match and a 2:15 pin of Kody Azarian of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the quarterfinals. A mid-season transfer from Division I North Dakota State, Flynn is now 32-7 on the season (23-4 at Augsburg) wth 18 bonus-point wins (13 pins, two technical falls, three major decisions), and is 51-18 in his collegiate career.

Victor Gliva (FY, Farmington, Minn.) opened his tournament run with a 4:48 pin of Brenden Velez of Delaware Valley (Pa.) in his opening match, but saw his 22-match winning streak end with an 8-3 loss to Arnulfo Olea of Wartburg — Olea’s first win in three matches against Gliva. Gliva responded with a 13-5, major-decision victory over Chris Doyle of Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) in the wrestlebacks to earn his first All-America honors.

Now 32-5 on the season with 17 bonus-point wins (seven major decisions, four technical falls, six pins), Gliva helped make Augsburg wrestling history for his family. Along with his father Steve Gliva ’85, a five-time Augsburg wrestling All-American, the Glivas are the second father-son combo in Augsburg wrestling history to both earn All-American honors, joining the Adams’ father and son — father Bob ’83 and son Jason ’10 — as the only duos to accomplish the feat.

Lucas Jeske (FY, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) scored a 9-3 win over No. 8-seed Andrew Steiert of Wartburg in his opening match, but was pinned by defending national champion Logan Hermsen of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the quarterfinals. Jeske rallied in the wrestlebacks, using a takedown and reversal in the third period to claim a 7-4 win over Colin Navickas of Stevens Tech (N.J.) to secure All-American honors. Jeske improved to 23-8 on the season.

Sam Bennyhoff (SO, Mound, Minn./Mound-Westonka HS) opened with an 8-6 pigtail victory at 133 pounds over Owen Doster of Wabash (Ind.), but dropped to the wrestlebacks in his next match, suffering a third-period pin to fifth-seeded Jay Albis of Johnson & Wales (R.I.). In the evening session, he scored a 9-4 win over Connor Campo of Wartburg, but lost 10-8 to Maverick Passaro of Cortland State (N.Y.) to end his tournament run. A two-time national tournament qualifier, Bennyhoff finished this season 30-9 and is 58-16 in his collegiate career.

Ryan Epps (FY, Cannon Falls, Minn.) opened his first national tournament with a 4:25 pin of Dallas O’Green of Heidelberg (Ohio) in a 149-pound pigtail match, but dropped an 8-3 decision to Carter Armendarez of Wesleyan (Conn.) in his second match of the day. In the wrestlebacks, he scored a 3-0 win over Ty Johnson of Concordia-Moorhead, but was edged 7-6 by Sam Schneider of Ithaca to close his run. Epps finished his initial college season at 34-7.

Grant Parker (SR, Onalaska, Wis.) suffered two losses in the first session at 157 pounds — an 11-2 major-decision loss to No. 4-seed Derek Arnold of Ursinus (Pa.) and a 6-3 loss to Erik Beshada of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.). An All-American with a seventh-place national finish last year, Parker finished his senior season 22-12 and his career at 88-61 in his career with 30 bonus-point wins (15 pins, one technical fall, 14 major decisions).

Top 10 Team Scores After Friday’s Action:
1. Wartburg (Iowa) 83.0, 2. Augsburg (Minn.) 47.0, 3. Johnson & Wales (R.I.) 41.0, 4. Wabash (Ind.) 34.0, 5. Messiah (Pa.) 32.5, 6t. Cortland State (N.Y.) 26.0, 6t. Stevens Tech (N.J.) 26.0, 8. Loras (Iowa) 22.5, 9. Ithaca (N.Y.) 21.0, 10. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 20.5. Other Minnesota schools: 34t. Concordia-Moorhead 5.5, 58t. Saint John’s 0.0.

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Friday’s Results From Augsburg & Minnesota College Wrestlers:

125 — Victor Gliva (Augsburg) pinned Brenden Velez (Delaware Valley) 4:48; Aaron Dick (Concordia-Moorhead) pinned Carlos Fuentez (Wheaton) 5:33; James Kashian (Ithaca) pinned Dick 2:35; Arnulfo Olea (Wartburg) dec. Gliva 8-3; Zckary Sirny (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) dec. Dick 12-6 (Dick eliminated); Gliva maj. dec. Chris Doyle (Baldwin-Wallace) 13-5.

133 — Sam Bennyhoff (Augsburg) dec. Owen Doster (Wabash) 8-6; Jay Albis (Johnson & Wales) pinned Bennyhoff 5:46; Nathan Pike (New York Univ.) tech. fall Noah Becker (Saint John’s) 18-2 at 6:41; Bennyhoff dec. Connor Campo (Wartburg) 9-4; Doster dec. Becker 11-9 (Becker eliminated); Maverick Passaro (Cortland State) dec. Bennyhoff 10-8 (Bennyhoff eliminated).

141 — David Flynn (Augsburg) dec. Gregory Warner (York) 3-2; Devin Broukal (Wabash) dec. Adam Presler (Concordia-Moorhead) 5-4; Presler dec. Zak Hale (Castleton) 6-1; Joseph Ferinde (Johnson & Wales) maj. dec. Presler 13-4 (Presler eliminated); Flynn pinned Kody Azarian (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) 2:15.

149 — Ryan Epps (Augsburg) pinned Dallas O’Green (Heidelberg) 4:25; Dan Del Gallo (Southern Maine) maj. dec. Ty Johnson (Concordia-Moorhead) 13-1; Carter Armendarez (Wesleyan) dec. Epps 8-3; Epps dec. Johnson 3-0 (Johnson eliminated); Sam Schneider (Ithaca) dec. Epps 7-6 (Epps eliminated).

157 — Derek Arnold (Ursinus) maj. dec. Grant Parker (Augsburg) 11-2; Cole Sladek (Concordia-Moorhead) dec. Nicholas Racanelli (Wilkes) 9-4; Sladek dec. Keone Derain (Elmhurst) 5-4; Erik Beshada (U.S. Merchant Marine) dec. Parker 6-3 (Parker eliminated); Mark Choinski (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) maj. dec. Sladek 13-4; Jimmy Davis (Loras) tech. fall Sladek 16-0 at 4:04 (Sladek eliminated).

165 — Lucas Jeske (Augsburg) dec. Andrew Steiert (Wartburg) 9-3; Nick Herring (College of New Jersey) dec. Teddy Erickson (Saint John’s) 7-6; Steiert maj. dec. Erickson 16-5 (Erickson eliminated); Logan Hermsen (Wisconsin-Stevens Point) pinned Jeske 2:18; Jeske dec. Colin Navickas (Stevens Tech) 7-4.

174 — Benjamin Schweiger (Delaware Valley) dec. Jake Johnson (Concordia-Moorhead) 6-0; Dan Kilroy (College of New Jersey) tech. fall Johnson 20-0 at 5:34 (Johnson eliminated).

184 — Owen Webster (Augsburg) pinned Derek Beitz (Messiah) 1:58; Ryan Shank (Waynesburg) dec. Luke Dodd (Saint John’s) 11-10; Deuly Espinal (Cortland State) maj. dec. Dodd 13-5 (Dodd eliminated); Webster dec. Patrick Rooney (U.S. Merchant Marine) 6-4.

197 — Riley Lefever (Wabash) pinned Robert Tait (Saint John’s) 0:36; Devin Mahnke (Milwaukee SOE) tech. fall Tait 15-0 at 6:06 (Tait eliminated).

HWT — Donny Longendyke (Augsburg) pinned Zac Rieger (Adrian) 2:23; Jacob Evans (Waynesburg) dec. Justice Davis (Concordia-Moorhead) 10-5; Quin Gilliam (Loras) maj. dec. Davis 13-1 (Davis eliminated); Longendyke dec. Adarios Jones (Augustana) 4-2.

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