FINAL RESULTS
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - No. 3 Augustana took eight of 10 matches from Augsburg to cruise past the Auggies 25-6 Wednesday night in both teams' season-opening dual in Sioux Falls.
Augustana improves to 1-0, while Augsburg, the top-ranked team in Division III, falls to 0-1.
The Vikings rattled off wins in the first six matches of the dual, building themselves an 18-0 lead.
Action started at 157 pounds, where
Marcus Edgington scraped out a 3-2 decision over Jon Priess.
Gavin Nelson pushed his squad's advantage to 6-0 by taking a 6-1 decision from Josh Kohler at 165 pounds.
Carl Serck followed with a 12-5 decision over Brandon Bahr at 174 pounds, and Brandon Schultz edged Jackson Mboma 3-2 at 184 pounds. At 197 pounds,
Ty Copsey picked up the Vikings' fifth straight win of the night by defeating Brad Baus 6-2.
Lance Peters extended Augustana's winning streak to six with his 6-3 win over Niko Bogojevic in the heavyweight bout. His victory put the Vikings up 18-0.
The Vikings suffered their first loss of the evening at 125 pounds as Augsburg's Josh Roberts posted a 7-6 win by decision over
Al Meger.
Augustana picked up wins in the two ensuing matches after
Cody Lensing put together a 13-2 win over Cody Madsen at 133 pounds and
Jay Sherer, the defending national champion at 141 pounds, was a 10-8 winner over Nathan Lexvold.
Augustana's
Nate Herda was defeated in the final bout of the night at 149 pounds, falling to Tony Valket 4-0.
Augustana returns to action next Wednesday when the Vikings host cross-town rival the University of Sioux Falls.
