North Central Men's Invite Results
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Three Lakeland University grapplers picked up wins as the Muskies men's wrestling team competed at the North Central College Men's Invitational Saturday.
Mikael Kolosso (
So.-Kaukauna, Wis.),
Garret Hunt (
Jr.-Corvallis, Mont.) and
Harry Tompkins (
So.-Severna Park, Md.) all were victorious as Lakeland finished 10th in the team standings, scoring nine points total as a team.
Kolosso won twice in posting a 2-2 record for the day at 133 pounds. He lost an 8-2 decision to Kaleb Marion of Olivet (Mich.) College in his opening match but then pinned Devin West of MacMurray (Ill.) College and Chris Ciccia of Harper (Ill.) Community College before defaulting due to injury in his consolation semifinal.
Hunt won his first match in the 285 lb. heavyweight division, with a pin of Jacob Ramos of Augustana (Ill.) College in 1 minute, 21 seconds. He followed with a pair of losses by decision, falling to Tyler Kim of Augsburg (Minn.) University 6-2 in the quarterfinals before losing to Joseph Johnson of Fontbonne (Mo.) University by an 8-4 score.
Tompkins also finished 1-2 in the heavyweight class. He lost his opening match to Chase Lietman of Augsburg but came back for an 11-3 major decision win over Augustana's Ramos. He was eliminated by fall by Chad Grimm of MacMurray in his next match.
A total of seven wrestlers in all competed for the Muskies.
Josh Becker (
So.-Sheboygan, Wis.) had the narrowest miss in a defeat, dropping a 7-4 decision to Austin Engle of Olivet as he finished 0-2 at 197 lbs.
Lakeland returns to action next Saturday for its home debut this season when it hosts North Central for a dual at 11:15 a.m. in the Wehr Center Fieldhouse.