CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The No. 1 Wartburg men's wrestling team won the Lower Midwest NCAA Regional Championship with 195.5 points. The Knights also qualified seven for the NCAA Championships in two weeks.

Massoma Endene was named the Lower Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Wrestler. He becomes the first honoree from the program since Brock Rathbun in 2019.

Press Clippings
Click here for the recap in the Waterloo Courier. 

Team standings

1	Wartburg, IA	195.5
2	North Central, IL	165.5
3	Coe, IA	153.0
4	Loras, IA	118.5
5	Cornell College, IA	112.5
6	Luther, IA	100.5
7	Millikin, IL	93.0
8	Central, IA	92.5
9	Dubuque, IA	70.5
10	Augustana (IL), IL	57.0
11	Westminster, MO	51.0
12	University of the Ozarks, AR	42.5
13	Huntingdon, AL	40.0
14	Buena Vista, IA	22.5
15	Eureka, IL	22.0
16	Schreiner, TX	9.5
17	Nebraska Wesleyan, NE	6.0
18	Simpson, IA	5.5
19	Illinois Wesleyan, IL	5.0
20	Fontbonne, MO	2.0

Complete results
Quarterfinals
125: #2 Christian Guzman (North Central) win by 12-1 maj dec vs. #6 James Levy (WB)
125: #6 James Levy (WB) won by 10-5 dec vs. #4 Brady Koontz (Dubuque)
133: #2 Joe Pins (WB) won by 9-3 dec vs #3 Trevor Boryla (Augustana)
141: #4 Kyler Romero (WB) won by 4-1 dec vs. #13 Jalen Schropp (Loras)
149: #5 Charlie Dojan (WB) won by 6-3 dec vs. Landon Card (Cornell)
157: #12 Nathan Callaway (Millikin) won by 4-2 dec vs. #10 Daniel Meeker (WB)
165: #10 Nathan Fuller (WB) won by fall at 6:24 vs. Chance Cole (Millikin)
174: #1 Zane Mulder (WB) win by 16-0 tech fall vs. #7 LJ Richardson (Coe)
184: #4 Kasey Ross (WB) won by 6-1 dec vs. Cole Cerventes (North Central)
197: #1 Mo Endene (WB) won by fall at 0:53 vs. #12 Treyten Steffen (Cornell)
285: #12 Mitchell Williamson (WB) won by 4-1 dec vs. #8 Walter West (Luther)

Notes: 

• Qualified for NCAA Championships in this round: Pins, Romero, Dojan, Mulder, Ross, Endene, Williamson
• Pins remained undefeated on the season (23-0)
• This was Pins' first non-bonus point win of the year
• Romero moved his winning streak to 15
• Dojan moved his winning streak to six
• This was Fuller's third fall of the season
• This was Fuller's 10^th win of the year
• Mulder and Endene remained undefeated on the season (22-0)
• This was Mulder's seventh tech fall of the season
• This was Mulder's third-straight tech fall of the year
• Mulder increased his winning streak to 38, which dates back to last season
• This was Endene's 11^th fall of the season
• Endene increased his winning streak to 36, which dates back to last season
• Williamson moved his winning streak to five

 
Finals, placing matches
125: #13 Cade Hornback (Coe) won by fall at 1:24 vs.#6 James Levy (WB)
133: #1 Robbie Precin (North Central) won by 7-3 dec vs. #2 Joe Pins (WB)
141: #4 Kyler Romero (WB) won by 11-4 dec vs. #5 Pierre Baldwin (Central)
149: #12 Eric Kinkaid (Loras) won by 12-5 dec vs. #5 Charlie Dojan (WB)
157: #10 Daniel Meeker (WB) won by 15-0 tech fall vs. Michael Roberts (Westminster)
165: #12 Alonzo Smiley (Dubuque) won by injury forfeit vs. #10 Nathan Fuller (WB)
174: #6 Zeb Gnida (Loras) won by 4-1 dec vs. #1 Zane Mulder (WB)
184: #4 Kasey Ross (WB) won by 8-0 maj dec vs. #13 Cael Mclaren (Cornell)
197: #1 Massoma Endene (WB) won by fall at 0:14 vs. #6 Gage Linahon (Central)
285: #7 Robby Bates (North Central) won by fall at 7:17 vs. #12 Mitchell Williamson (WB)

Notes:

• Levy takes fourth
• Pins, Dojan, and Williamson take second
• Regional Champions: Romero, Ross, Endene
• Meeker takes fifth
• Fuller takes sixth
• This was Romero's 20^th win of the season
• Romero moved his winning streak to 16
• This is Ross's fourth major of the season
• This was Endene's 12^th fall of the season
• Endene increased his winning streak to 37, which dates back to last season
• Endene remained undefeated on the season (23-0)
• Wartburg won its 10^th NCAA Regional Championship
• This was Wartburg's third-straight Regional Championship

Next event
The Knights return to the mat at the NCAA Championships in La Crosse, Wis. March 15-16.