Today in Gunnison, Colo., the Lopers scored 133 points to beat out Adams State (114.5) and Fort Hays State (114) for the team trophy. The field consisted of eight teams, including a first year program (New Mexico Highlands) and RMAC-affiliated member San Francisco State.
UNK's six team wrestling titles are now the second most in conference history. Adams holds the mark with 19.
Head coach Marc Bauer was tabbed RMAC Coach of the Year, the fifth time he has won the award, while Bennington sophomore Brett Allgood (133 lbs.) was named the meet's Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Now 35-5 on the season, Allgood had two pins and a major to score the most points of any individual (16) at the meet.
The Lopers placed seven in the event finals and had nine wrestlers win at least two matches. UNK ended up with five champions, tying the school-record from last year, and will have eight wrestlers going to the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
The Lopers and Adams squared off four times in the finals with UNK and Hays battling it out in three weight classes.
Kansas junior Trevor Charbonneau , the 2nd seed in the meet but ranked No. 1 nationally, beat top-seed Rob McCabe of Adams, 3-1. During the regular season, McCabe edged Charbonneau, 3-2.
At 133 lbs., Allgood majored 2nd-seed, and No. 2 ranked, Raymond Dunning of Adams for the second time this winter, 17-8.
Lyman senior Jeff Sylvester (197 lbs.) also beat an Adams Grizzly to place first. The top seed in his class, he pinned 3rd-seed Casey Woodall at 6:42.
This is Sylvester's third straight RMAC/West Region title, a school record. And by winning twice today, he moves into 3rd place on the Loper career wins list (114).
Winning his second straight title was Texas sophomore heavyweight Tervel Dlagnev . He beat Fort Hays State's Andrew Ubben, 5-1, in the finals. The effort also is Dlagnev's 39th victory, breaking his own school-record for wins in a single season.
The Lopers' final champion was Arizona senior Tanner Linsacum (184 lbs.). The transfer from Northern Colorado ran his win streak to 22 straight matches after he edged second-seed Mike Howell of Hays, 3-2.
Placing second were Lincoln sophomore Jeff Rutledge (141 lbs.) and Wahoo redshirt freshman Paul Sutton (174 lbs.).
Seeded second, Rutledge got into the finals by edging sixth-seed Ryan Hoffman of Chadron, 6-5. Top seed Brian Pitts of Adams proved to be to much in the finals, 5-1.
The third-seeded Sutton pulled an upset in the semifinals, pinning 2nd-seed Charlie Pipher of Western at 2:13. In the finals, Sutton fell to top seed Aaron Meister of Hays, 5-3.
Also going to the NCAA's will be Mitchell junior Matt True . Now a three-time national qualifier, True placed third at 149 lbs. with a 3-1 mark.
Seeded fourth, True beat second-seeded Mark Pfeiffer of Chadron, 8-5, in the third place match. True's lone setback came in to the semis to No. 1 seed Camille DuPont of Western, 7-6.
Finally, Omaha junior Kasey Kohl had two falls to place fifth at 165 lbs. .
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