The second-ranked Wabash College wrestling team dominated the 2016 Max Servies Duals, winning twenty-six out of thirty individual matches on the entire day over the course of three dual meets.
The Little Giants started out the day with a 44-6 drubbing of Calumet College of St. Joseph. Wabash scored a 34-6 win against Ohio Northern University before finishing the day with a 52-0 whitewash of Millikin University.
Chris Diaz received his first of two forfeits on the day to open the day at 125 pounds against Calumet. Following a close loss at 133 pounds, Devin Broukal secured a pin with eight seconds left in the second period at 141 pounds. At 149 pounds, Tim Locksmith continued his stellar season with a quick, first-period technical fall.
Following forfeits at 157 pounds for Nick Bova and 165 pounds for Connor Brummett, Ethan Farmer won in a close 3-2 decision. At 184 pounds, Riley Lefever received a forfeit, which Brett Thumm followed with a first-period fall. A 3-2 loss at heavyweight provided the final team score of 44-6.
The Little Giants toughest match of the day was against Ohio Northern University in the second round. After a loss at 125 pounds, Robbie Carter picked up a fall at 133 pounds. At 141 pounds, Broukal won by technical fall. Locksmith and Bova followed with back-to-back decisions at 149 and 157 pounds, respectively. Brummett at 165 pounds and Farmer at 174 pounds scored back-to-back major decisions. Lefever picked up a fall at 184 pounds before Thumm won by 9-7 decision at 197 pounds. A loss by decision at heavyweight ended the match with a final team score of 34-6 in favor of Wabash.
The final match of the day finished with the Little Giants scoring the shutout against Millikin.
Diaz (125), Bova (157), and Thumm (197) each received forfeits. Carter (133), Broukal (141), Brummett (165), and Lefever (184) all picked up falls. At 149 pounds, SaVonne Bennette scored an 8-7 decision. Farmer (174) won by a 10-1 major decision. Heavyweight Paul Snyder won by a score of 3-2 to produce the final 52-0 team score.
"The team continued to wrestle strong today," Wabash head coach Brian Anderson said. "Some teams might have seen themselves have a letdown after being national runner-up at the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Duals last weekend. We had another good week of focused practices and it showed today.
"Looking ahead, we need to heal up a little bit, but more importantly we need to continue having fun in practice and challenging each other. If we continue to do that, we will reach our goals individually and as a program. It also doesn't hurt that we will be moving into a brand new training facility in the next couple weeks which will bring us a positive energy boost heading into the last few weeks of the season."
