North Central takes down UW-Whitewater

WHITEWATER, Wis. -- The North Central College men's wrestling team traveled to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to face the Warhawks. The Cardinals took the team down with a score of 24-11.

The first two matches the Cardinals took were won with decisions as Christian Guzman in the 125-weight class match started the day by besting Jalen Dunson in a match that went to a 11-9 decision and Bradley Rosen won the 141-weight class with an 8-4 decision.

Javen Estrada in the 157-weight class match took down Jermaine Butler with a 23-7 technical fall.

Casey Aikman in the 174-weight class as well as David Pirozhnik in the 197-weight class took down their opponents in a decision. Aikman won with an 8-4 decision and Pirozhnik won in a 10-7 decision.

Payton Geigner won the 184-weight match in a 12-3 major decision.

Robby Bates won the 285-weight class match that went wire to wire. Bates won the match in a 5-2 sudden victory.

The Cardinals will host the 59th Annual North Central College Invitational on Saturday Dec. 9.

Results:
141 - Bradley Rosen (#15) won by decision over Justin Fortugno (Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills) (#9), 8-4
149 - Busse (#23) won by major decision over Tyler Starr, 19-5
157 - Javen Estrada (#2) won by technical fall over Jermaine Butler (Homewood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor), 23-7 (6:30)
165 - Peet (#20) won by major decision over Armando Murillo, 8-0
174 - Casey Aikman won by decision over Gavin Kohel (River Falls, Wis./River Falls), 8-4
184 - Payton Geigner (#19) won by major decision over Ryan Riser (Bloomingdale, Ill./Lake Park) (#12), 12-3
197 - David Pirozhnik won by decision over Ryan Rambo (Hudson, Wis./Hudson), 10-7
285 - Robby Bates (#15) won by sudden victory over Cadin Koeppel (Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove), 5-2
125 - Christian Guzman (#2) won by decision over Jalen Dunson (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park River Forest), 11-9
133 - Mallinder (#10) won by decision over Joshua Robbins, 11-8