SIUE downs Grand Canyon; dual with Davidson postponed

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE’s wrestling team improved to 3-1 at home after earning a 20-15 victory over Grand Canyon Sunday at the Vadalabene Center.

The meet turned into a single dual match after Davidson was unable to travel for its Southern Conference match with the Cougars due to inclement weather.

Jake Tindle put the match against Grand Canyon away for the Cougars with an impressive 17-0 technical fall at 197 pounds, besting Grand Canyon's Austin Trujillo.

SIUE won six of the 10 contested matches, five of which were by four points or fewer.

John Muldoon picked up SIUE's first victory with a 2-1 win over Ralphy Tovar at 141 pounds. John Fahy followed up with a 4-0 SIUE win over Blake Monty at 149 pounds. Erik Travers blanked Zackary Velasquez at 157 pounds 2-0. Nate Higgins used a takedown and two back points late in the third period to edge Casey Larson 5-3 at 165 pounds.

Derek Nagel also was victorious with a 13-10 win over Austin Gaun at 184 pounds. Nagel finished the weekend 3-0 and has now won six straight matches.

SIUE returns to action when it hosts VMI for a SoCon dual on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. Eastern.

Davidson will return to Belk Arena on Sunday, Jan. 31, when it hosts Chattanooga at 1 p.m.

SIUE 20, Grand Canyon 15
125 - Trayton Libolt (Grand Canyon) over Joe Antonelli (SIUE) (TF 23-7 6:18)
133 - Juaquin Olivas (Grand Canyon) over Dakota Leach (SIUE) (Dec 6-2)
141 - John Muldoon (SIUE) over Ralphy Tovar (Grand Canyon) (Dec 2-1)
149 - John Fahy (SIUE) over Blake Monty (Grand Canyon) (Dec 4-0)
157 - Erik Travers (SIUE) over Zackary Velasquez (Grand Canyon) (Dec 2-0)
165 - Nate Higgins (SIUE) over Casey Larson (Grand Canyon) (Dec 5-3)
174 - Kenneth Moore (Grand Canyon) over Connor McMahon (SIUE) (Dec 9-6)
184 - Derek Nagel (SIUE) over Austin Gaun (Grand Canyon) (Dec 13-10)
197 - Jake Tindle (SIUE) over Austin Trujillo (Grand Canyon) (TF 17-0 5:27)
285 - Daniel Chaid (Grand Canyon) over Chris Johnson (SIUE) (MD 11-3)