Wrestlers fall at Utah Valley State

Thursday, January 3

Orem, Utah

7 p.m. (MT)

South Dakota State University

Utah Valley State

1/3/2008 1:00:00 AM | Wrestling

By: SDSU Sports Info

OREM, Utah -- Utah Valley State recorded three pins en route to a 39-4 victory over South Dakota State in the opening Western Wrestling Conference dual for both teams Thursday night.

SDSU dropped to 0-2 in duals, while the Wolverines improved to 4-2.

Derek Pirner picked up the lone victory for the Jackrabbits, recording a 10-2 major decision over Logan Wilson at 133 pounds. S

The Wolverines opened the dual with a pin at 184 pounds as Casen Eldredge pinned Tyler Sorenson, who was seeing his first action of the season, at the 4:35 mark. UVSC also received pins from Ben Kjar at 125 pounds and 149-pounder Sam Allen.

The Jackrabbits close out their western road trip with a dual Saturday night at Northern Colorado.

UTAH VALLEY STATE 39, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4
184: Casen Eldredge, UVSC, def. Tyler Sorenson, by fall 4:35
197: Mark Dennis, UVSC, dec. Jeremy Swier, 8-2
HWT: Billy Green, UVSC, dec. Brady Punt, 5-2
125: Ben Kjar, UVSC, def. Alan Marvin, by fall 1:37
133: Derek Pirner, SDSU, major dec. Logan Wilson, 10-2
141: Jeff Newby, UVSC, dec. Adam Everson, 3-0
149: Sam Allen, UVSC, def. Marc Wermersen, by fall 2:35
157: Nate Kearsley, UVSC, def. Sean Flynn, by injury default (6:43)
165: Gehrhart Vuksinick, UVSC, dec. Ryan Meyer, 4-1
174: Marc Fenwick, UVSC, dec. Justin Retallic, 10-8