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Morningside pinned Hastings College 43-9 in a GPAC wrestling dual on Friday night in the HPER Center.
The Mustangs won their sixth dual in a row to climb to 8-6 on the season, including a perfect 5-0 mark in the GPAC.
The Broncos forfeited three weight classes and the Mustangs won five of the seven other bouts, including two by fall.
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Morningside went 2-0 in Wednesday’s home wrestling triangular with a 26-12 triumph over GPAC rival Northwestern College and a 35-13 non-conference win against Buena Vista University.
The victories pushed the Mustangs’ record over the .500 mark at 7-6 and kept them undefeated in the GPAC at 4-0.
The Mustangs trailed 9-3 against the Red Raiders through the first four weight divisions, but captured five of the last six bouts, including two by major decision and two by fall.
Brian Block and John Sievert were the Mustangs’ pin winners. Block, ranked No. 1 in the nation at 184 lbs., took care of business in 2:01 against Tim Stephens, while Sievert needed just 2:05 to dispose of the Red Raiders’ Josiah Beers in the heavyweight finale. The pin by Sievert was his school-record 19th fall of the season and raised his season’s record to 31-7.
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 Morningside College is ranked No. 11 in the nation as a team and the Mustangs’ Joe Sievert and Brian Block continue to be ranked No. 1 in their weight classes in the latest NAIA wrestling poll released on Jan. 25.
The Mustangs, who were ranked ninth in the previous poll, are the defending Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and NAIA North Region champions.
Morningside is one of five teams from the GPAC ranked in the NAIA Top 20. Midland University is ranked eighth, Concordia University is 13th, and Dakota Wesleyan University is 16th.
Sievert, a junior from Akron, Iowa, is ranked No. 1 at 174 lbs., while Block, a junior from Sibley, Iowa, is the nation’s No. 1-ranked competitor at 184 lbs. Sievert is undefeated with a 18-0 record with four falls, while Block has a 13-2 record with five falls.
Morningside’s Jared Wildeboer, a senior from Parkersburg, Iowa, is ranked 12th at 165 lbs. Wildeboer has a 10-12 record with two falls.
Morningside will take a 4-6 dual record into a GPAC dual against Midland on Friday in Fremont, Neb.
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 Brian Block, a junior from Sibley, Iowa, has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Wrestler of the Week.
Block went 4-0 with a pair of falls at last Sunday’s Luther College Gator Duals in New Orleans, La. Block pinned Nick Pearch of Luther College in 2:20, won an 8-0 major decision against Cody Catalina of Waynesburg University, pinned Joseph Richard of Delaware Valley College in 2:27, and won a 9-1 major decision against Josh Kirkland of Loras College.
Block, ranked fourth nationally in the NAIA in the 184 lb. weight class, improved his season’s record to 10-2 with five falls.
Morningside, ranked ninth nationally in the NAIA, went 1-3 at the Gator Duals to put its season’s record at 2-4 heading into the Cliff Keen National Duals to be held Jan. 7 and 8 in Springfield, Ill.
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