Falls from senior 165-pounder Dustin Bliven of Columbus Junction, senior 184-pounder Akeem Carter of Waterloo and junior 197-pounder T.J. Miller of Cedar Falls gave the Knights their 100th consecutive league dual win in a row. Since head coach Jim Miller took over the program, the Knights have never lost a home Iowa Conference dual. Only two schools have won a dual in Knights Gymnasium against coach Miller's teams: Iowa State and Augsburg. Coach Miller's conference dual record is an amazing 122-3-1 and part of that mark was a win on Dec. 1, 1994, when Wartburg defeated archrival Luther 48-0 to begin their current string of 100 straight wins in league dual competition.
Wartburg's last IIAC home dual loss was Jan. 17, 1991 to Buena Vista – they were tied by Central 20-20 the following year – it's a record of 51-0-1 and a span of 16 years. It's last league dual loss was at Buena Vista, 18-16, in the final dual of the 1993-94 season.
Wartburg improved to 18-0 with the win. The Knights resume their dual season with a double-dual at UW-Stevens Pt. Saturday, Jan. 20, against the #22 ranked Pointers and UW-Oshkosh at 4 and 6 p.m. Luther returns to dual competition for the Iowa Conference duals section at Loras Saturday, Jan. 28.
#1 Wartburg (W) 38, #19 Simpson (S) 8
125 Paul Reedy (W) def. Brandon Haugh, 4-0
133 Jake Helvey (W) def. Matt Koch, 11-2
141 #2 Dustin Brewer (S) def. Robert Struthers by TF (18-2) @6:30
149 #2 Jacob Naig (W) def. Cole Christensen, 18-5
157 Kellen Delaney (S) def. Robert Kuennen, 12-9
165 Dustin Bliven (W) def. Bryan Llewellyn by TF (18-0) @6:00
174 #2 Scott Kaufman (W) pinned Cody Downing, @1:29
184 #3 Akeem Carter (W) pinned Matt Jorgenson, @3:53
197 Ryan Phillips (W) pinned Berke Tuinstra, @3:39
Hwt. #1 Blake Gillis (W) def. #8 Brett Christensen, 10-1
Wartburg 21-0, 3-0 IIAC
Simpson 10-8, 1-2 IIAC
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