CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Dec. 6, 2023) - The Buena Vista men's wrestling team was back in action Wednesday night by traveling to #15 Coe College for an American Rivers Conference dual with the Kohawks, but the shorthanded Beavers came up short, 45-9.

Nolan Nguyen gave the Beavers an early 6-5 advantage with a pin over Bryce Parke at 133 pounds midway through the third period. It's his fifth win of the season and his first by fall. After the Kohawks regained the lead with BVU being open at 141 pounds, fifth-year Axel Hernandez pulled out a thrilling 8-5 victory in sudden victory over Tyler Koedam that pushed his season record to 9-1 overall.

The Kohawks (2-0, 2-0 A-R-C) would go on and take advantage of two more open weights by BVU and would win its final four matches by bonus points.

Buena Vista is now 1-3 overall (0-2 A-R-C) and is set to host Saint John's University on Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1 p.m. The match will take place inside of the Lamberti Rec Center on the BVU campus.

Wt    Match-Up                                                                                  Score     Team Score

125: Cade Hornback (COE) over Tyler Japp (BV)                     TF 21-3          COE 5-0  

133: Nolan Nguyen (BV) over Bryce Parke (COE)                    Fall 6:03         BVU 6-5 

141: Dresden Grimm (COE) over (BV) (For.)                             FORFEIT       COE 11-6

149: Axel Hernandez (BV) over Ty Koedam (COE)                  SV-1 8-5        COE 11-9 

157: Gabe McGeough (COE) over Michael De La Cruz (BV)  MD 10-2         COE 15-9 

165: Will Esmoil (COE) over Jonah Siebert (BV)                       Fall 1:01         COE 21-9 

174: LJ Richardson (COE) over Max Mashek (BV)                   Fall 2:18         COE 27-9 

184: Jared Voss (COE) over (BV) (For.)                                      FORFEIT       COE 33-9

197: Mathieu Arsenault (COE) over Jesus Ceja (BV)               Fall 0:36         COE 39-9 

285: Wyatt Smith (COE) over (BV) (For.)                                    FORFEIT      COE 45-9