Central Powers Past Nebraska Wesleyan in Men’s Wrestling Win

A last-second win by a returning national qualifier was the spark the Central College men’s wrestling team needed in a 40-6 win over Nebraska Wesleyan University Wednesday night.

Central got its first dual win of the season against Nebraska Wesleyan and the first for Coach Landon Williams leading the program. Late in the third period of his 141-pound match, Pierre Baldwin was hit with a stall warning to fall behind 3-1 with 19 seconds remaining. Thirteen seconds later, Baldwin got the only takedown of the match and added a riding time point for the victory. Baldwin’s win sparked the Dutch lineup to seven straight bonus-point victories. 

Cael Cox and Carter Martinson had consecutive wins by technical fall at 149 and 157 pounds. Carson Martinson followed his brother with a 12-3 major decision at 165 pounds. Jason Hermann had a 19-3 technical fall at 174 pounds and Sam West kept his match to just one period with a fall at 2:11. Austin Roos made it four technical falls on the night with his 19-3 win at 197 pounds. In the final bout of the match at 285 pounds, Hayden Hearne recorded a 14-4 major decision. David Vukobratovich started the match with a 12-9 win in sudden victory at 125 pounds.           

The Dutch are back on the mats after Thanksgiving with a December 5th dual against Augustana College (Ill.) in Indianola.

Central Men’s Basketball Falls on the Road at Gustavus Adolphus

Despite leading at halftime, the Central College men’s basketball team was unable to stop a hot shooting Gustavus Adolphus University (Minn.) squad and lost 75-73 on Wednesday.

The Golden Gusties (2-1) shot 47.9% from the field and 12-27 from three-point land. Central (1-2) shot 47.5% from the field and 26% from behind the three-point line. Owen Schipper reached double figures for the first time in his career scoring 23 points on 7-14 shooting including 6-13 from behind the three-point line. He also added six rebounds, three assists and a steal. Joshua Van Gorp recorded his third double-double of the season scoring 24 points on 10-12 shooting and collecting 13 rebounds with three being offensive rebounds. Off the bench Taylor Birks scored seven points, grabbed six rebounds, blocked two shots and added an assist. Kaleb Brand led the team with nine assists, while also scoring four points and adding a steal. Bradley Curren added eight points and Karson Wehde scored seven points while also recording two assists.

The Dutch return to the court Saturday at 5 p.m. in Mount Vernon to take on Cornell College.