POWELL, Wyo. – The University of Providence men's wrestling team was back on the mat this weekend competing in the Northwest College Open at Cabre Gym in Powell, Wyoming.
Five Argo wrestlers placed first out of a possible 10 weight classes. No. 3-ranked MSU-Northern captured the other four possible top-place finishes. Three of the first-place finishers defeated No. 3 ranked MSU-Northern wrestlers to capture their top-place finish.
No. 2 Adrian Lyons-Lopez produced a dominating performance at 174 pounds. He defeated No. T-19 Chase Short of MSU-Northern in a major decision 11-1. No. 6 Shonn Roberts also garnered a win over a MSU-Northern wrestler. In the 149-weight class, Roberts defeated the Light's Brent Evans in a 6-5 decision.
The Argos claimed a decisive victory over the Lights at 133 pounds. Providence's Eli Walston claimed a 8-6 decision over Kieton Keller. At the heavyweight class, Matt Hopkins earned a huge win over the weekend as he defeated Western Wyoming College's Landon Brown in a 19-5 major decision. Lastly, TJ Baun also claimed a top-place finish over Northwest College's Palmer Schafer by medical forfeit.
Casey Dobson claimed a second-place finish as he fell to No. 2 Brandon Weber of MSU-Northern in a 5-2 decision. Josh Beckler also finished second at 165 pounds as he fell in a 12-3 major decision. The other runner-up finish for the Argos came from John Hensley who fell to No. 2-ranked Isaac Bartel of MSU-Northern in a 16-5 major decision.
Jarren Komac, Chris Mesa, and Alex Quick rounded out the Argo finishers as they claimed fourth-place finishes.
Results
| Weight |
Wrestler |
Place |
|
| 133 |
Eli Walston |
1st Place |
Dec. 8-6 |
| 141 |
TJ Baun |
1st Place |
MFF |
| 141 |
Chris Mesa |
4th Place |
Maj. 10-2 |
| 149 |
Shonn Roberts |
1st Place |
Dec. 6-5 |
| 157 |
Casey Dobson |
2nd Place |
Dec. 5-2 |
| 157 |
Jarren Komac |
4th Place |
Dec. 4-3 |
| 174 |
Josh Beckler |
2nd Place |
Maj. 12-3 |
| 197 |
Adrian Lyons-Lopez |
1st Place |
Maj. 11-1 |
| 174 |
Alex Quick |
4th Place |
Dec. 8-6 |
| 197 |
John Hensley |
2nd Place |
Maj 16-5 |
| 285 |
Matt Hopkins |
1st Place |
Maj. 19-5 |
Up Next
The Argos will compete against No. 3-ranked MSU-Northern in the second Cascade Collegiate Conference dual of the season.