Missouri Valley came to Gardner Hawks Center almost exactly one week after they squared off with Dana in the semi-finals of the national duals. Dana won that dual by a score of 19-15 to advance to the finals. Friday night's dual was highly anticipated and with a capacity crowd for the annual "Pack the House Night", the 2006 National Duals Champions once again defeated Missouri Valley, but this time by a run-away score of 32-6. Dana only dropped two matches to Missouri Valley.
Senior Trent Leichleiter (Harvard, Neb.) avenged his only loss at the national duals by defeating Chad Jennings by a score of 10-4.
Craig Trampe, Willie Parks and Blair Alderman scored bonus points for the Vikings. Alderman was the only wrestler with a pin in the dual. Trampe and Parks both won by major decision.
At 133 pounds Dana's Sonny Silva (Kimberly, Idaho) scored a key victory 8-7 over Mo Valley's Garrett Harding.
Scott Taylor took MVC's No. 1 ranked Darion Terry into overtime. Terry scored a takedown in sudden death to defeat Taylor 5-3 at 157 pounds.
With the win over Missouri Valley, Dana has improved their record to 11-1-1 which ties the school record for most wins in a season. The Vikings still have six duals left which gives this year's squad a chance to set more records.
After defeating Missouri Valley for the second time this season, Coach Costanzo and the Vikings traveled to Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa for the annual Red Raider Invitational. The Vikings are the defending champions of the invitational, but had a tall order in front of them. Standing in their way would be the nine-time and defending NCAA Division III National Champions, Augsburg College. Augsburg, ranked No. 2 in Division III and fresh off a runner-up finish at the Division III National Duals came to wrestle. The Auggies defeated Dana in 2005 in a dual by winning 9 of 10 matches. This would be Dana's day though as Augsburg finished the tournament in second place behind Dana by a team score of 162 to 146.5.
Viking wrestlers Marshall Marquardt (Altoona, Iowa) and Willie Parks (Garden Grove, Calif.) won championships Saturday.. Marquardt won five straight matches, including 2 pins, to claim the title at 174 pounds. He was also named the tournament's outstanding wrestler. Parks recorded a tech-fall and three major decisions on his way to the championship at 184 pounds.
Craig Trampe (Ord, Neb.) was the runner-up at 125 pounds. Trampe pinned a Buena Vista wrestler in the semi-finals, but lost 8-2 to Seth Flodeen of Augsburg in the finals. Dana's Terrence Almond (Pelham, Ga.) was also a runner-up. Almond picked up two pins on his way to the finals at 141 pounds. Almond lost 6-5 to Bacone's Bryan Odle in the championship match.
Four Vikings took third place in the meet: Jason Lozier (149 Omaha, Neb.), Scott Taylor (157 Arapahoe, Neb.), Trent Leichleiter (165 Harvard, Neb.), and Blair Alderman (197 Spokane, Wash.). Placing fifth was Kyle Frawley (174 Buckley, WA) and Wade Jordan (285 Coulee City, WA).
While the Viking varsity was competing at Northwestern, twenty-four other Viking wrestlers were competing at the annual University of Nebraska-Omaha Open (2). Four Vikings placed in the annual open with three individuals making the finals. Burke Barnes (125 Lake Stevens, Wash.), Jimmy Rollins (133 Woodbury, NJ), and Ryan Tuzon (165 Wailuku, Hawaii). Barnes finished second while Rollins and Tuzon both claimed titles. Brett Brandl (133 Madison, Neb.) finished in fourth place.
The Vikings have completed tournament action until the GPAC tournament. The Vikings have a string of six dual meets over the next couple of weeks highlighted by a dual with Division II Northern State University and Augustana.
Dana College Results
125-Craig Trampe 3-1 2nd
133-Sonny Silva 1-2
141-Terrence Almond 3-1 2nd
149-Jason Lozier 4-1 3rd
157-Scott Taylor 5-1 3rd
165-Trent Leichleiter 3-1 3rd
174-Marshall Marquardt 5-0 1st
174-Kyle Frawley 4-2 5th
184-Willie Parks 4-0 1st
197-Blair Alderman 4-1 3rd
Hwt. Wade Jordan 4-2 5th
Team Standings
1 Dana 162
2 Augsburg 146.5
3 Waldorf 74
4 Wartburg 63
5 Nortwestern 62
5 Bacone 62
Dana College 32, Missouri Valley College 6
125-Craig Trampe DC maj. dec. Brandon Nice MVC 13-2
133-Sonny Silva DC dec. Garrett Harding MVC 8-7
141-Terrence Almond win by forfeit
149-Jason Lozier DC dec. Sergio Matos MVC 5-2
157-Darion Terry MVC dec. Scott Taylor DC 5-3 OT
165-Trent Leichleiter DC dec. Chad Jennings MVC 10-4
174-Kyle Frawley DC dec. Jake Oberfoell MVC 11-8
184-Willie Parks DC maj. maj. dec. Josh Hohnston MVC 15-4
197-Blair Alderman DC winner by fall Seth Theriot 4:24
Hwt. Christ Johnson MVC dec. Wade Jordan DC 4-2
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