SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In the final open tournament of the 2024-25 season, Augustana wrestling will compete at the Younes Hospitality Open, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Kearney, on Saturday. Action is set to start at 9 a.m. and will feature 22 members of the Viking roster in competition.  
 
Complete action can be followed on GoAugie.com/Live and the GoAugie app, presented by The Original Pancake House. The app can be downloaded in the App Store or Google Play.
 
The Vikings
Augustana has participated in two tournaments so far this season and, last weekend, kicked off dual action with a bout at South Dakota State that ended in a 49-0 loss to the Jackrabbits.
 
In its 63^rd campaign, Augustana starts the season as the No. 7 team in the country in the NWCA Preseason Division II poll. In total, AU has four individually-ranked wrestlers in Jaxson Rohman, Cael Larson, Cade Mueller and Max Ramberg.
 
Rohman, a senior from Trimont, Minn., looks toward a National Championship after finishing the last two seasons as runner-up at 125 pounds. The AU Preseason Wrestler to Watch, Rohman earned DII All-American honors after ending last season with a 22-5 record overall and 13-3 record in duals.
 
Redshirt junior Cael Larson ranks sixth at 149 pounds to start the 2024-25 campaign. Larson, a returning NCAA qualifier, finished as runner-up at the NCAA Super Region V Championships last year after accruing a 15-9 overall and 5-4 dual record.
 
At 184 pounds, senior Cade Mueller ranks seventh following an NCAA qualification and Super Region V Championships runner-up finish last season after going 16-7 overall and 11-2 in duals.
 
Ranking fifth at 197 pounds, Max Ramberg heads into his junior season after going 25-11 overall and 13-5 in duals in 2023-24. Ramberg also earned an NCAA Champions qualification, where he finished sixth, after taking third at the Super Region V Champions last season.
 
The 2024-25 roster of 36 of 10 freshmen, eight redshirt freshmen, six redshirt sophomores, one junior, eight redshirt juniors and three seniors. Of the 36, six return after wrestling in the Super Regional last season.
 
At 157, Connor Simmonds looks to build off of a 1-2 finish at last season's regional as Coy Gunderson—at 174—went 3-2 for a fifth place finish.
 
Lineup
125 – Brandon Board, unattached
125 – Christian Olsen
133 – Thurman Christensen
133 – Braiden Kort
141 – Luke Koenen, unattached
141 – Connor Whiteley
141 – Bentley Williams, unattached
149 – Nolan Ambrose, unattached
149 – Cael Larson
149 – Kage Lenger
149 – Alex Mentzer
157 – Logan Butzon
157 – Cash Raymond, unattached
165 – Payton Handevidt
165 – Charlie Petit, unattached
174 – Josh Wagener
184 – Gavin Gulbranson
184 – Stephen Sullivan-Diaz, unattached
197 – Sam McEnelly
197 – Jaret Peterson, unattached
197 – Max Ramberg
285 – Max Balow
 
Looking Ahead
Augustana will hit the road for a conference dual at Parkside in Kenosha, Wis., with a 5 p.m. start time on Saturday, Dec. 7.