Takedown Report

NCAA Division III Championships – 2024

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! Auggies win 15th men’s wrestling title
LIVE RESULTS/BRACKETS (TRACKWRESTLING.COM)
AUGSBURG NATIONAL TOURNAMENT PAGE
LA CROSSE, Wis. — With two individuals winning national titles and six earning All-American honors, the Augsburg University men’s wrestling team claimed its record-tying 15th NCAA Division III national title, and second in a row, at the national tournament at the La Crosse Center on Saturday.
THE BASICS
TOP 10 TEAM SCORES: 1. Augsburg (Minn.) 95.0; 2. Wartburg (Iowa) 87.5; 3. Wisconsin-La Crosse 82.5; 4. Johnson & Wales (R.I.) 76.0; 5. Wisconsin-Eau Claire 69.0; 6. Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) 61.5; 7. U.S. Coast Guard Academy (Conn.) 52.5; 8. North Central (Ill.) 42.5; 9. The College of New Jersey 37.0; 10. Loras (Iowa) 34.0. 
LOCATION: La Crosse Center, La Crosse, Wis.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Augsburg won the national title with 95.0 points, bettering second-place Wartburg (Iowa) with 87.5 points and third-place Wisconsin-La Crosse with 82.5 points. The lead shifted back and forth between the three schools throughout the day on Saturday, with the Auggies clinching the crown after the first of its two individual titles in the evening session.
• With its 15th national title, Augsburg has now tied Wartburg for the most NCAA Division III men’s wrestling team titles in tournament history. It’s the first time Augsburg has claimed back-to-back national titles since the 2000-02 championships and 1997 and 1998 championships.
• Top-seeded 184-pounder Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann (SR, Loyal, Wis./Marshfield HS) claimed his first national title in dramatic fashion, with his third technical fall win of the tournament, … story at … Augsburg.edu/news/2024/3/16/mwr021624
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Men’s Wrestling takes second at NCAA Championships
LA CROSSE, Wis.– The Wartburg men’s wrestling team placed second at the NCAA Championships with 87.5 points.
Semifinals
133: Jaden Hinton (Baldwin Wallace) win by 9-6 dec vs. Joe Pins (WB)
149: Tyler Goebel (UW-La Crosse) win by 4-1 dec vs. Charlie Dojan (WB)
174: Zane Mulder (WB) win by 7-0 dec vs. Zeb Gnida (Loras)
197: Massoma Endene (WB) win by 9-4 dec vs. Montgomery Mills (Westminster) … story and notes at … GOknights.net/Wrestling-at-ncaa-championships-saturday
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UWL Places Third at NCAA III Championships; Hertel Wins Title; Four Other All-Americas
Team Scores
Brackets
La Crosse, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse wrestling team placed third at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championships Saturday night at the La Crosse Center.  The Eagles finished with 82.5 team points while Augsburg University (Minn.) won the team title with 95.0. Wartburg College (Iowa) was second with 87.5 and Johnson & Wales University (R.I.) fourth with 76.0.   UW-Eau Claire was fifth (69.0) and Baldwin-Wallace University (Ohio) sixth with 61.5. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy was seventh (52.5) followed by North Central College (Ill.) eighth (42.5), The College of New Jersey ninth (37.0) and Loras College (Iowa) 10th (34.0). A total of 55 teams scored points.  UWL now has 24 top-10 finishes at the NCAA III Championships since joining the NCAA III in 1992, … story at … UWLathletics.com/2024/3/16/wrestling
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JWU Wildcats place fourth at National Championship
Fry captures second-straight crown at 125 lbs.
LA CROSSE, Wis. – The JWU (Providence) wrestling team placed fourth at the 2024 NCAA Division III Wrestling National Championship Saturday night at the La Crosse Center in Wisconsin.
The Wildcats finished the event with 76 points, which was behind national champion Augsburg (91.0 points), Wartburg (87.5), and Wis.-La Crosse (82.5). As a result, they will bring home a trophy for the third time in program history (2017 – fourth place; 2019 – third-place) and remain the only program in New England to have carried home hardware from a national championship.
Complete Results
Two JWU student-athletes – graduate student Ryan DeVivo (184 lbs.) and junior Joziah Fry (125 lbs.) – advanced to the finals of their respective bracket. Fry left ‘The Badger State’ with his second-consecutive national championship following an 18-8 major decision win while DeVivo fell 19-2 in his match. Fry open the national semifinals with a 19-4 tech fall … story at … JWUathletics.com/Wildcats-place-fourth-at-national-championship
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Augsburg wins 15th NCAA Div. III Nationals team title, as Schwanebeck-Ostermann and Kim are champions
Mar. 16, 2024, 11:39 PM (ET) by Jon Gremmels, Special to TheMat.com
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A pair of seventh-place finishes put Augsburg in position to repeat as NCAA Division III national champion, and Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann sewed it up in dominating fashion. Schwanebeck-Ostermann sealed Augsburg’s 15th national title, continuing a season of domination with a 19-2 technical fall victory against Ryan DeVivo of Johnson & Wales in the final at 184 pounds Saturday night in the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships at the La Crosse Center. “Winning with your team is way better than by yourself,” Schwanebeck-Ostermann said, comparing the titles. “Just having that whole team with you there, and we’re all champs, that’s what really matters.”
Tyler Kim added a second individual title for the Auggies at 285 pounds to give them a team total of 95 points and tying them with Wartburg for the all-time lead in team championships. Wartburg was second with 87, followed by Wisconsin-La Crosse (82), Johnson & Wales (76) and Wisconsin-Eau Claire (69). After an up-and-down day that saw La Crosse vault into the lead … story at … Themat.com/Augsburg-wins-15th-ncaa-div-iii-nationals-team-title
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Furious Finish Lifts Augsburg To Top Of Dramatic NCAA D3 Wrestling Race
Augsburg won its final six matches to pass Wartburg and UW-La Crosse, securing its second straight national title and 15th in program history.
Mar 16, 2024 by Andy Hamilton
There was a moment Saturday afternoon when it appeared three decades of Division III dominance might come to an end with another school poised to hoist the national title trophy for the first time.  Wisconsin-La Crosse won all four of its semifinal matches and rocketed past perennial powers Augsburg and Wartburg and into the lead at the NCAA Division III Championships. 
But in the end — just as it’s been every year since 1995 — it came down to The Burgs.  Augsburg won its final six matches of the tournament and picked up two pins and a technical fall along the way to secure its second straight national title and 15th in program history. 
The Auggies locked up the team race when Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann notched a technical fall in the 184-pound title bout and heavyweight Tyler Kim a title of his own to help Augsburg finish the tournament with 95 points — 7.5 more than second-place Wartburg. UW-La Crosse finished third with 82.5 points. Wartburg and La Crosse each entered the finals with a path to a team title, … story at … Flowrestling.org/Furious-finish-lifts-augsburg-to-top-of-dramatic-ncaa-d3-wrestling-race

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