Wrestling team finishes in ninth-place at North Central Invitational

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The Olivet College wrestling team finished in ninth-place at the 53rd Annual North Central College Invitational today at Gregory Arena in Naperville, Illinois. The Comets' lineup consisted of its back-up wrestlers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The tournament featured 10 teams.
• Wabash (Ind.) College had four champions and won the team title with 165 points. Olivet had three wrestlers place in the top six.
• Two Comets finished in the top six of the 157-pound bracket. Senior Kevin Papak finished in second-place, losing to top-seed Nick Bova from Wabash in the championship match. Freshman Kyle Roberts was fourth.
• At 184 pounds, junior Ryan Clark placed sixth.

OLIVET RESULTS BY WEIGHT CLASS

• 125: Garret Cleveland 1-2; Dennis Rayford 0-2; Trever Skinner 2-2.
• 133: Jacob Kinney 0-2.
• 141: Andre Bourlier 0-2; Gage Major 0-2;
• 149: Behrad Kamali 1-2; Michael Shaw 1-2.
• 157: Kevin Papak, 2nd-place 3-1; Kyle Roberts, 4th-place 4-2; Frank Mercurio 0-2; Nicholas Worden 1-2.
• 165: Nicholas Guerra 0-2; John Leark 1-2.
• 174: Taylor Dean 0-2; Jacob Harvey 1-2; Haydn Kinjorski 2-2.
• 184: Ryan Clark, 6th-place 4-3; Logan Beaudoin 0-2.
• 197: no wrestlers
• 285: Carter Magirl 1-2.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Wabash 165, 2. Augustana (Ill.) 108.5, 3. North Central 91, 4. Wis.-Whitewater 75, 5. Wheaton (Ill.) 68, 6. Milwaukee (Wis.) School of Engineering 60, 7. Dubuque (Iowa) 51.5, 8. Thomas More (Ky.) 42, 9. Olivet 36.5, 10. Lakeland (Wis.) 11.0.

UP NEXT

• The Comets will travel to Gator "Boots" Duals, hosted by Luther College next Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. Action at the McGavock High School gets under way at 8 a.m. CT.