Wrestling | February 4, 2016

• Olson opened the night with an exclamation point, pinning Dubuque's Marcus Ingalls in the first period. Afer Ingalls scored a takedown and a two-point near fall, Olson pulled a reversal and put Ingalls to his back to secure the pin.
• Loras dropped the next four bouts, including back-to-back pins at 149 and 157, giving Dubuque a 18-6 lead.
• Schuler fell behind 3-1 in the third period before fighting through and scoring a reversal on Dubuque's Alek Aragon. Schuler built off the momentum and proceeded to earn the win by fall at the 5:11 mark.
• At 184#, sophomore Awais Arain and Dubuque's Jonathan Denikas went back and forth throughout regulation, but back-to-back reversals in the third period combined with an escape by Arain sent the bout to overtime. In the second tiebreaker, Denikas earned two points on a reversal to secure the 6-4 win.
• Senior Malcolm Watson earned a win by decision at 197#, totaling three takedowns over Dubuque's Cosmo Halwix. Watson also benefited fom two stalling calls on Halwix, earning two points in the process to win 10-4.
• In the final bout of the evening, freshman Quin Gilliam won in front of the home fans in convincing fashion, 3-0, over Dubuque's Sawyer McAffrey. Gilliam went right to work in the first period with a takedown and ran up the riding time clock over the remainder of the bout.