ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (Duhawks.com) - Winning seven of the 10 possible bouts and scoring bonus points in five, No. 8 Loras improved to 5-0 in duals after a 32-9 victory over Augustana.

TURNING POINT
After conceding the first three team points of the dual, the Duhawks responded with a run of five consecutive wins, jumping out to a 22-3 lead thanks in part to bonus point wins at 149#, 157 and 165.

NOTABLES
- Junior Kevin Kelly's win at 141# was only his third decision in his last 10 bouts, with seven coming via bonus points
- Senior Jimmy Davis ran the table at 149# once again, jumping out to an 8-0 lead in the first before turning on the after-burners with 11 points in the second to record his seventh tech fall of the season
- Junior Merrick Purcell maintained a first period lead for a majority of his bout, but a takedown with 10 seconds remaining sent the 157# bout to sudden victory ... Augustana's Matt Sears got caught and Purcell made him pay, sending him to his back and securing the fall 16 seconds into sudden victory
- Sophomore Eddie Smith used four four-point near falls to record the tech fall at 165#
- At 184#, senior Awais Arain made easy work of the Augustana subsitute, scoring a 17-0 tech fall
- Sophomore Guy Patron Jr. cruised to a tech fall at 197# for his 12th win of the season, improving to 12-1
- In the marquee matchup of the night, a stalling call on sophomore Quin Gilliam proved to be the difference in the top-10 matchup

MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
125# - Travis Pulse (AUGIE) over Matt Randone (LOR) (Dec 8-2)
133# - No. 7 Michael Triplett (LOR) over Josh Diehl (AUGIE) (Dec 3-2)
141# - Kevin Kelly (LOR) over Brendan Gould (AUGIE) (Dec 4-2)
149# - No. 2 Jimmy Davis (LOR) over Freddy Terranova (AUGIE) (TF 19-1 6:20)
157# - Merrick Purcell (LOR) over Matt Sears (AUGIE) (Fall 7:16)
165# - Eddie Smith (LOR) over Josh Bush (AUGIE) (TF 24-6 6:13)
174# - Trace Timmons (AUGIE) over Sam Schuler (LOR) (Dec 5-2)
184# - Awais Arain (LOR) over Tavian Cervantez (AUGIE) (TF 17-0 4:31)
197# - No. 2 Guy Patron Jr. (LOR) over Trystyn Schoonover (AUGIE) (TF 19-3 4:39)
285# - No. 1 Adarios Jones (AUGIE) over No. 6 Quin Gilliam (LOR) (Dec 2-1)

UP NEXT
Loras makes its annual trip to Nashville for the Gator "Boots" Duals the weekend of Dec. 15. The Duhawks are expected to learn of their opponents in the coming days, but expect to wrestle against teams currently ranked in the NWCA Top 25.