Nearly 40 teams were represented in the Heminger Center for the Ohio Intercollegiate Open, and Tiffin University finished with 10 placers in the ultra-competitive meet.
Six of the placers came in the Gold Division, with Branden Mendoza taking top marks with a third place finish at 125 pounds.
After a medical forfeit over Glenville State, Mendoza suffered his lone loss against Ohio State 11-3. He then beat Ohio University 6-4 in the third place battle.
Three Dragons landed 4th place spots. Cam Dickman (133) got a medical forfeit over Notre Dame but lost twice to Ohio State's Will Betancourt by 15-5 and 10-1 in the final third-place match.
Matt Zuckerman (141) also was fourth, picking up a 5-1 decision over Mercyhurst and a 9-3 win over Mercyhurst. He opened with a 9-2 loss to Ohio University and lost a slim 5-3 decision in the third-place match to West Liberty.
Kian Thompson (184) was fourth, getting a pin over West Liberty in 4:03, losing by fall to Glenville State, then getting a win by medical forfeit over Ohio State.
Bryan LaVearn picked up a 5th place finish. After beating West Liberty 5-2, he lost a razor-thin match to Ohio State 9-8. He then bounced back to win three in a row, outpointing Aidan Faria 7-5, clipping Rochester 7-6, and taking 5th with a win over Robert Major 6-1.
TU's final placer in the Gold Division was Nick Mason, who took 6th. He got a forfeit win over Notre Dame, then lost to Ohio State 9-2. Mason then was forced to medically forfeit his next match against Ohio State.
Other winners in the Gold Division were Dylan Mansor at 157 pounds (4-1 over Ohio, 2-1 over Ashland), and Nicholas Smythe at 174 (5-4 over Mercyhurst).
In the White Division highlighting freshmen and sophomores, TU had four placers. Casey Barnett (149) finished 2nd, getting a win by fall over Ashland in 3:52, posting a major decision over Noah Mattin 9-0, and streaking past Rochester 13-2. He lost the championship match to West Liberty 8-1.
Elijah Hunter was 3rd at 141 pounds. He got a tech fall win over Akron 16-1, then pinned West Liberty in 5:37. He fell in a narrow battle with Rochester 8-7 before pinning Gavin Owens for third place in just 42 seconds.
Jacob Noon took 6th, getting wins by fall over Rochester in 5:21, Mercyhurst in 3:34, and Lake Erie in 1:38.
Jackson Collins also finished 8th, picking up wins over Rochester 7-2 and over TU's Joshua Lyons in sudden victory 6-4.
Other winners in the White Division were Chase Dickerson at 125 (4-3 over Rochester), Caden Crawford at 125 (pin over Ashland 4:31), Joshua Lyons at 133 (pins over West Liberty in 4:10 and Rochester in 1 second), Clayton Ours at 197 (3-2 over Nathan Wiwckersham, 10-4 over TU's Dylan McCandless), Geraldo Moya at 197 (pin over Heidelberg in 2:06), and Dylan McCandless at 197 (pin over West Liberty in 1:58).