GRIMES – All five of UNI’s freshmen competitors reached the podium with top-four finishes in the freshman/sophomore division on Saturday as UNI wrestling opened the 2022-23 season at the Grand View Open at the Ignite Sports Complex.
UNI crowned champions with Cory Land at 133 pounds, Ryder Downey at 149 pounds and Wyatt Voelker at 197 pounds. Reaching their daily match limits, Trever Andersen finished in fourth place at 125 pounds, while Garrett Funk took fourth at 133 pounds.
The Panthers compiled a 27-4 record in Saturday’s competition posting a winning percentage of 87%. Funk led UNI with four, coming in just seven minutes, 57 seconds. Land notched three falls in five minutes, 47 seconds, as Voelker notched two falls in three minutes, 58 seconds.
UP NEXT
UNI returns to the mats on Sunday, Nov. 20 at the Daktronics Open in Brookings, S.D., hosted at South Dakota State’s Frost Arena.
UNI RESULTS
125 Pounds | Trever Anderson (5-2) | 4th Place
W – Grant Wells (Concordia), 2:00 Fall
W – David Corretjer (Central Baptist), 17-5 MD
L – Ethan Perryman (Iowa State), 5-3
W – Dalton Kivett (Labette CC), 18-2 TF
W – Jacob Tangpricha (Unattached), 8-2
W – Benjamin Pope (Ottawa), 4:24 Fall
L – Anthony Schickel (Triton), MFF
133 Pounds | Cory Land (5-0) | 1st Place
W – Kanin Hable (Simpson), 1:21 Fall
W – Jose Gonzalez (Life), 3:53 Fall
W – Sam Hrabovsky (Iowa State), 0:33 Fall
W – Kyle Rice (Grand View), 8-1
W – Evan Frost (Iowa State), 13-1 MD
133 Pounds | Garrett Funk (5-1) | 4th Place
W – Favian Aldana (Unattached), 3:43 Fall
W – Antonio Martinez (Ottawa), 1:20 Fall
L – Dillon Witt (Missouri Baptist), 2:00 Fall
W – Hayden Mills (Nebraska), 0:30 Fall
W – Lane Cowell (Iowa Central), 2:24 Fall
W – Kyle Rice (Grand View), 8-5
L – Dillon Witt (Missouri Baptist), MFF
149 Pounds | Ryder Downey (6-0) | 1st Place
W – Quay Goldsborough (Life), 1:28 Fall
W – Ty Lewis (Cloud County CC), 19-1 TF
W – Thomas Viens (Missouri Valley), 18-2 TF
W – Gabe Maki (Pratt), 12-2 MD
W – Darnai Heard (Iowa Central), 7-2
W – Reese Davis (Nebraska), 15-2 MD
197 Pounds | Wyatt Voelker (5-0) | 1st Place
W – Bryce Rochholz (Iowa Western), 1:12 Fall
W – Kayden Garrett (Quincy), 17-1 TF
W – Jaron Alf (Ottawa), 2:46 Fall
W – Ibrahim Ameer (Cloud County CC), 11-1 MD
W – Rowan Udell (Iowa State), 14-8
