#10 Augustana 21, #8 Parkside 19
The No. 8 ranked Parkside wrestling team had a tough road match Saturday afternoon at No. 10 Augustana, who came in unbeaten in the NSIC at 7-0, but the Rangers came away with a 21-19 loss to the Vikings. The Rangers will finish out the regular season on Wednesday against Upper Iowa in De Simone Arena.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The match started at 149, where Augustana got a major decision to go up 4-0. Parkside won two straight after that, with a Ben Durocher 6-2 decision t 157 and a No. 3 Shane Gantz 13-5 major decision at 165 to put Parkside up 7-4. There was a big match at 174, where No. 7 Cade Mueller beat No. 6 Job Ayala 7-3. Reece Worachek got the Rangers back on track with a 7-4 decision at 184, but the Vikings won two straight.
 
There was another big match at 125, where No. 3 Joseph Arroyo bounced back from a loss on Friday with a 10-7 decision over No. 4 Jaxson Rohman. The match got put away when the Vikings got a pin at 133. The match ended with Cayden Henschel winning by injury default.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Rangers will battle Upper Iowa on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. in the regular season finale in De Simone Arena. The NCAA II Super Region V Championships will be Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. in Moorhead, Minn.