OLIVET, Mich.—The Trine wrestling team dropped three matches at the Comet Duals on Saturday afternoon at Olivet College.
The Thunder opened the day with a 37-4 loss to Otterbein, before falling to Indianapolis, 51-3. Trine wrapped up the day against Davenport, where the Panthers won 23-13.
Against Otterbein, sophomore Caleb Maddox (Russiaville, Ind./Western) put four points on the board for the Thunder with a 10-0 major decision over Cortez Gainey. Freshman Brendan Stevens (Battle Creek, Mich./Lakeview) opened Trine's match against Indianapolis off with a win. Stevens defeated Kyle Keller by a 12-7 decision.
Against Davenport, Stevens picked up his second win of the day after receiving a forfeit from the Panthers. Junior Jeffrey Helm (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) won a 7-6 decision over Austin Falbe at 141 pounds. Junior JayCee Jensen (Burns Harbor, Ind./Chesterton) added four more points to Trine's team score with a 17-8 major decision over Aaron Martin at 197 pounds.
Trine returns to action on Dec. 3 at the Ohio Northern Invitational.
Otterbein 37, Trine 4
125: Jackson Lakso (Otterbein University) win by fall Brenden Stevens, 3:58 (Otterbein, 6-0)
133: Tyler Norris (Otterbein University) win by fall Drew Clark, 1:24 (Otterbein, 12-0)
141: Jake Vaughan (Otterbein University) dec. Jeffery Helm, 4-3 (Otterbein, 15-0)
149: Caleb Maddox (Trine University) maj. Dec. Cortez Gainey, 10-0 (Otterbein, 15-4)
157: Willy Plaisir (Otterbein University) dec. Nick Miller, 10-6 (Otterbein, 18-4)
165: Donny Didion (Otterbein University) dec. Luke Carver, 8-1 (Otterbein, 21-4)
174: Braden Neuberger (Otterbein University) win by fall Brandon Gay, 0:50 (Otterbein, 27-4)
184: Corbin Bunsold (Otterbein University) dec. Austin Farrell, 7-1 (Otterbein, 30-4)
197: Drew Kasper (Otterbein University) maj. Dec.JayCee Jensen, 14-2 (Otterbein, 34-4)
285: Gage Archer (Otterbein University) dec. Joe Stasiak, 7-4 (Otterbein, 37-4)
Indianapolis 51, Trine 3
133: Joe Kieffer (Indianapolis) tech fall Drew Clark, 15-0 (Indianapolis, 5-3)
141: Nick Crume (Indianapolis) tech fall Jeffrey Helm, 16-0 (Indianapolis, 10-3)
149: Neal Molloy (Indianapolis) tech fall Caleb Maddox, 15-0 (Indianapolis, 15-3)
157:Heath Lange (Indianapolis) win by fall Nick Miller, 2:18 (Indianapolis, 21-3)
165: Barry McGinley (Indianapolis) win by fall Brandon Gay, 1:53 (Indianapolis, 27-3)
174: Luke Kriech (Indianapolis) win by fall Luke Carver, 2:37 (Indianapolis, 33-3)
184: Taylor DeLong (Indianapolis) win by fall Austin Farrell 1:05 (Indianapolis, 39-3)
197: Brody Conner (Indianapolis) win by fall JayCee Jensen, 0:33 (Indianapolis, 45-3)
HWT: Dylan Faulkenberg (Indianapolis) win by fall Joe Stasiak, 2:37 (Indianapolis, 51-3)
Davenport 23, Trine 13
125: Brenden Stevens (Trine University) won by forfeit (Trine, 6-0)
133: Kahle Scheenks (Davenport (MI)) maj. Dec. Drew Clark, 15-3 (Trine, 6-4)
141: Jeffery Helm (Trine University) dec. Austin Falbe, 7-6 (Trine, 9-4)
149: Cole Menck (Davenport (MI)) maj. Dec. Caleb Maddox, 11-3 (Trine, 9-8)
157: Caleb Norris (Davenport (MI)) dec. Nick Miller , 7-1 (Davenport, 11-9)
165: Brandon Dyke (Davenport (MI)) dec. Luke Carver, 8-6 (Davenport, 14-9)
174: Austin Vannatter (Davenport (MI)) dec. Brandon Gay, 8-4 (Davenport, 17-9)
184: Levi Sabin (Davenport (MI)) dec. Austin Farrell, 6-3 (Davenport, 20-9)
197: JayCee Jensen (Trine University) maj. Dec. Aaron Martin, 17-8 (Davenport, 20-13)
285: David Tooley (Davenport (MI)) dec. Joe Stasiak, 7-2 (Davenport, 23-13)