FREELAND, MICH. -- Trine University junior wrestler, Luke Carver (Sturgis, Mich./Sturgis), has been tabbed as this week's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association "Wrestler of the Week."
Carver finished as runner-up this past weekend in his respective weight class at the Ohio Northern University Invitational. As a team, the Thunder placed sixth overall out of 13 teams with a team score of 86.5 points.
Carver won all of his matches by pinfall in his 184-pound weight class en route to having a 3-1 record for the tournament. Carver opened competition with a pin against Adrian's Zach Reynolds in a time of 2:32. He then defeated Jarrod Setliff from Otterbein (Ohio) University in a time of 1:57 and posted his third pin of the afternoon against Devon Pingel from Adrian in a time of 4:17 to advance to the championship match. Carver faced Dylan Roth from Heidelberg in the title bout, but would fall on the losing end of a 19-2 outcome to take second.
Trine will next compete in the North Central (Ill.) College Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 8. The event is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. (CST) in Naperville, Ill.