NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. -The Trine University wrestling team picked up the win in their final dual meet of the season as they defeated Manchester 28-13. The Thunder head into the post-season 8-11 in dual meets.
Junior All-American, and current number two ranked wrestler at 157, Elias Larson (Chicago, Ill./Marion Catholic) improved his record at 157 pounds as he picked up the pin over Grant Anglemyer at 6:55.
Fellow junior Ryan Pieper (Onsted, Mich./Onsted), currently ranked 9th by d3wrestle.com, took home a win by major decision 12-2 over Spencer Blatz.
Trine’s other nationally ranked wrestler, tenth ranked senior George Markou (Peru, Ind./Peru), picked up the Thunder’s other pin as he got the win in just 1:37.
Trine’s two other wins came at 174 and 197 pounds. Senior Jason Alber (Manchester, Mich./Manchester) took a 2-1 win at 174 over Ryan Monce while Mack Green won his 197 pound match 3-1 over Casey Bushong.
Trine will compete in the Mid-States Conference tournament hosted by Mount St. Joseph on February 12 beginning at 9:00 a.m.