Sheboygan, Wis. - The Wheaton College wrestling team ran into tough competition and went 1-3 at the Lakeland Duals on Saturday.
The Thunder were in action for the first time since December 17, but head coach Jim Gruenwald didn't see any drop-off in performance from his wrestlers despite the time off.
"Overall I was happy with our performance," Gruenwald said. "Every week we're getting better. This is a very young team that has a lot to learn. It was our first action after a two-week break and the guys haven't missed a beat. They keep improving."
Justin Marble continued his stellar season and ran his record to 20-5 overall as he won all four matches on Saturday. The junior faced MSOE's Matt Olsen for the fifth time this season and got the 3-2 win. Marble owns a 4-1 advantage in those matches, which have all been decided by three points or less.
Caleb Cardenas and
Jon Sesso both went 3-1 and
Casey Krahn went 2-2 to highlight Wheaton's effort. Gruenwald added that Sesso had an impressive showing, especially in a close 4-3 loss to nationally-ranked Jacob Frias from Lakeland.
The Thunder return to action at 9:00 AM next Saturday at the Manchester College Spartan Mat Classic.
Lakeland def. Wheaton 36-9
133 - Caleb Cardenas (W) wins by forfeit
141 - Jake Montie (L) pinned Casey Krahn 2:21
149 - Isaac Roberson (L) def. Stephen Takashima 26-11
157 - Ben Chapman (L) def. Mathew Cordell 10-0
165 - Jacob Frias (L) def. John Sesso 4-3
174 - Ryan Renon (L) wins by forfeit
184 - Justin Marble (W) def. AJ Aronstam 9-3
197 - Chris Weber (L) wins by forfeit
HWT - Adam Suter (L) wins by forfeit
Wisconsin-Oshkosh def. Wheaton 40-6
125- Zachary Mueller (O) wins by forfeit
133- Kyle Kleuskens (O) def. Caleb Cardenas 6-0
141- Alex Mueller (O) def. Casey Krahn 9-0
149- Jose Quintana (O) def. Stephen Takashima 6-2
157- Aaron Geiger (O) def. Matthew Cordell 6-4
165- Jon Sesso (W) def. James Dederich 3-1
174- Sam Engelland (O) wins by forfeit
184- Justin Marble (W) def. Aaron Erickson 8-3
197- Ian Sauer (O) wins by forfeit
HWT- Ryan Heath (O) wins by forfeit
Wheaton def. Maranatha 36-0
133- Caleb Cardenas (W) pinned John Ryan 2:42
141- Casey Krahn (W) pinned Doug Peterson 3:39
149- Steve Takashima (W) won by forfeit
157- Matthew Cordell (W) won by forfeit
174- Jon Sesso (W) pinned Peter Thompson :42
184 - Justin Marble (W) pinned Chris Kehoe 1:09
MSOE def. Wheaton 31-13
125- Austin Binish (M) wins by forfeit
133- Caleb Cardenas (W) def. Matt Ostovich 9-7
141- Matt Brady (M) def. Jon Sbraccia 4-1
149- Casey Krahn (WH) def. Josh Wengerter 13-5
157- Jake Narverson (M) pinned Stephen Takashima 0:42
165- Fernando Morales (M) def. Matt Cordell 12-3
174- Jon Sesso (W) def. Bryce Howard 3-2
184- Justin Marble (W) def. Matt Olsen 3-2
197- Caleb Staub (M) wins by forfeit
HWT- Steve Nguyen (M) wins by forfeit