Dragons win ONU Invitational

Zachary Bierfeldt placed 2nd at 165 pounds at the ONU Invitational.
Zachary Bierfeldt placed 2nd at 165 pounds at the ONU Invitational.

Tiffin University's wrestling team had a strong day at the Ohio Northern Invitational, defeating 10 other teams to win the event.

Tiffin had 10 placers over seven weight classes, as it defeated Ohio Northern 151-140. Campbellsville was third with 136.5.

Richard Screptock was the lone champion for TU, winning at 165 pounds. Screptock posted a 18-0 win over Alma and a 7-1 win over ONU before winning the title after a medical forfeit by teammate Zachary Bierfeldt, who took second. Bierfeldt had a close 9-8 win against Olivet, a 16-6 win over Trine, and a pin in just 21 seconds against Alma before forfeiting the title match.

Collin Adkins also took second at 141 pounds, posting a 12-3 win over Adrian, flattening ONU in 5:46, and beating Olivet 12-2 before losing via pin in the title match against Alma in 2:45.

Hayden Bronne was second at 184, posting three dominant wins by pin over Mount St. Joseph (42 seconds), ONU (2:47), and Heidelberg (1:32). He lost in the championship 9-4 to Campbellsville.

Chase Carter also finished 2nd for TU at 285 pounds. He eked out a 2-1 win over Alma, pinned Heidelberg in 1:03, and had two more close decisions over ONU (3-1) and Washington & Lee (6-4) before getting pinned by ONU in the title match in 4:33.

TU had three third place finishers. Rico Puente (133 pounds) opened with two pins, beating Washington & Lee in 45 seconds and Adrian in 1:18. He had a close 5-3 loss to Otterbein, but bounced back with a 12-1 win over Washington & Lee and a medical forfeit win over teammate Giuseppe Penzone

Beau Minnick (157) also was third, opening with a 19-2 win against Olivet. He lost a razor thin 2-1 decision to ONU but then ripped off five straight wins - two by forfeit, 23-8 over ONU, 7-3 over Heidelberg, and 6-2 over Campbellsville.

Chase Boyd was also third, posting a 34 second pin over Adrian and a 8:00 pin over Olivet before shutting out Trine 17-0. After a close 3-0 loss to Washington & Lee, he finished with another shutout 7-0 over Heidelberg and took third with a pin in 1:02 over ONU.

Penzone finished fourth, only losing two matches by a point and a medical forfeit. He had wins over Otterbein 9-4, Adrian 9-3, and Adrian 8-7. His lone loss on the mat was 5-4 to Campbellsville.

Caleb Fry placed 5th at 285 pounds. He opened with a pin in 1:17 over Heidelberg but then fell via pin in 1:49 to Otterbein. Fry rebounded with two pins (1:37 over Heidelberg and 39 seconds over Campbellsville). He then lost 6-5 to Washington & Lee but took fifth with a medical forfeit win.

David Henson (285) also had two wins (4-1 over Olivet, 3-0 over Campbellsville).