Milwaukee, WI – The Hannibal-LaGrange University wrestling team competed in the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Invitational wrestling tournament last Saturday and had three wrestlers place in the tournament. Dan Capp (freshmen) took first place at 174 lbs, Zach Fish (sophomore) took 3rd place at 141lbs, and Mitch Burnaugh (freshmen) took 6th place at 184 lbs. Dan Capp started the day seeded first in the tournament. On his way to the finals he had a major decision over his first two opponents and won a close match 5-2 in the semi-finals over Joe Pesta from St. Olaf College. In the finals Capp had a major decision over the number 2 seed Collin Jergenson. This is the second time this year Capp has made it to the finals and the first tournament he has won this year. Unseeded Zach Fish had a hard road to travel to the 141 lbs consolation finals. Fish won his first match in the championship bracket then suffered a loss by fall in his second match. Fish came back with a vengeance and won 5 consecutive matches in a row to win the consolation final match over Nick Santana from Concordia University. Mitch Burnaugh started the day as the 8th seeded wrestler in the 184 lb weight class. He had a disappointing 9-7 overtime first round loss to MSOE’s Caleb Staub. Burnaugh didn’t let the loss keep him down and won three matches in a row back to the consolation semis where he suffered another loss which gave him the opportunity to wrestle for 5th place. Wrestling for 5th place Burnaugh faced the 4th seeded Greg Barner from Central College. Burnaugh lost the match in overtime 4-2 taking 6th place.
A highlight from Fish’s and Burnaugh’s placing at the MSOE Invitational is that both wrestlers join Ian Taylor, Dan Capp, and Bryce Alexander as NAIA national tournament qualifiers for the 2011 Championships in Cedar Rapids, IA. This give HLGU Trojans wrestling a total of 5 National Qualifiers this season.
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