La Crosse, Wis. – Carmen Cortese remained unbeaten on the year and Blaise Wagner picked up a technical fall victory, but the Stevens Institute of Technology wrestling team, No. 14 in the latest OpenMat team dual rankings, fell to No. 16 Loras College (Iowa) in a neutral site dual Thursday night, 23-15.

The Rundown

• After winning the 149 lb. bracket at the season-opening Ned McGinley Invitational on November 2, then picking up a technical fall win in the Delaware Valley dual last Friday, Cortese earned a 14-4 majority decision win.
• Wagner, who garnered Stevens' quickest pin against Delaware Valley, needed just three minutes to close out a 19-4 technical fall Thursday.
• Luke Hoerle, wrestling at 141 for the first time after a late scratch, showed much of the same prowess that earned him a No. 5 ranking at 133 with an 8-3 decision win over Jalen Schropp, No.13 at 141 in the latest rankings.
• Chris Stathopoulos knocked off Dustin Bohren, an All-American last season and OpenMat's No. 4 wrestler at 165, by a 4-1 decision.
• In a battle between two top-10 ranked competitors in their weight class, Eric Kinkaid picked up three points for the Duhawks with a 4-2 decision win over Ryan Smith.

Top Performers

• Cortese, Stathopoulos, and Wagner all improved to 2-0 in duals this season.
• Hoerle picked up career win number 86, the second-most on the team, trailing only Martsinovsky (95).
• Stathopoulos improved his overall season record to 6-1.

For the Opponents

• Wiley Jessup and Landry Barker picked up major decision victories at 125 and 184, respectively.
• Jonah Clark clinched the match for the Duhawks with a pin at 285, Loras' only other non-decision win of the evening.

FULL RESULTS
125: Wiley Jessup won by major decision Naci Robinson, 11-3 (LOR 4-0)
133: #14 Aidan Evans won by decision over Vincent Principe, 5-0 (LOR (7-0)
141: Luke Hoerle won by decision over #12 Jalen Schropp, 8-3 (LOR 7-3)
149: Carmen Cortese won by major decision over Kolten Crawford, 14-4 (TIE 7-7)
157: #7 Eric Kinkaid won by decision over #8 Ryan Smith, 4-2 (LOR (10-7)
165: Chris Stathopoulos won by decision over #4 Dustin Bohren, 4-1 (TIE 10-10)
174: #3 Zeb Gnida won by decision over Harrison Hinojosa, 7-3 (LOR 13-10)
184: Landry Barker won major decision over #7 Joel Martsinovsky, 13-4 (LOR 17-10)
197: #17 Blaise Wagner won by technical fall over Alex Watson, 19-4 (3:00) (LOR 17-15)
285: Jonah Clark won by fall over Max Ruiz, 1:49 (LOR 23-15)
 
From the Mat (Head Coach Anthony Bonaventura)
"Not the result we wanted but overall our effort as a team was solid. Lost some tough matches but I thought we were aggressive. We just need to capitalize on our offense better. Happy for Chris Stathopoulos, big win over a returning All-American. Quick turnaround for us, excited to get back at it on Saturday at the Auggie Invitational."
 
Up Next

• Stevens will remain in the Midwest for the Augsburg University Invitational this Saturday, November 16. The team returns to Canavan Arena next Saturday, November 23 for a home-opening quad meet with Ursinus, Castleton State, and Roanoke.

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