FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech men's wrestling team traveled to Rochester Hills, Michigan, on Friday evening to take on Rochester University in the Warriors' second Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference dual of the season. Tech took down Rochester in dominant fashion, winning 41-6, before returning to Indiana for the Spartan Mat Classic, hosted by Manchester University, on Saturday.
 
Rochester Results

125 Allen Calderon (Indiana Tech) over Cristian Rojas (Rochester University) (Fall 2:36)
133 Dallas Stanton (Rochester University) over Steven Garty (Indiana Tech) (Fall 5:36)
141 Michael Tharpe (Indiana Tech) over Jager Kwiatkowski (Rochester University) (MD 11-3)
149 Mike Loney (Indiana Tech) over Nathan Young (Rochester University) (MD 12-4)
157 Nate Wheeler (Indiana Tech) over Rico Brown (Rochester University) (MD 8-0)
165 Jonathan Kervin (Indiana Tech) over Aydin Wagner (Rochester University) (TF 21-2 3:52)
174 Landon Buchanan (Indiana Tech) over Julius Polk (Rochester University) (MD 11-0)
184 Michael Durham (Indiana Tech) over David Van Daele (Rochester University) (MD 14-2)
197 Jacob Brandt (Indiana Tech) over Ronald Solis (Rochester University) (MD 12-2)
285 Braydon Erb (Indiana Tech) over John Ferguson (Rochester University) (Fall 2:13)

Team Score: 6 - 41

In North Manchester, the Orange and Black had four wrestlers finish in the top eight of their respective weight classes.
 
Griffin Bekish placed fourth at 174 with a 2-2 record, winning his first two matches 17-14 over Manchester's David Cox and 7-3 over Remington Bauer of Baldwin Wallace. Bekish dropped his final two matches of the day to finish fourth.
 
David Bortz finished fifth at 184 lbs with a 4-1 record. After starting the day with his lone loss, Bortz ripped off four straight wins, 10-4 over Desmon Perry of Ohio Wesleyan, 10-3 over Marian's Peter Sells, 6-4 over Brady Heckathron of Cornerstone to get revenge over his lone loss, and 2-0 over teammate Michael Durham.
 
Michael Durham finished sixth at 184, going 2-2 on the day. Durham started the day with a 3-6 loss but bounced back with two straight wins, 6-3 over Wabash's Zach Wagner and 7-2 over Michael Loger of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He dropped his final match to teammate David Bortz 0-2.
 
Mason Knight took eighth at 197 lbs with a 2-3 record. Knight opened the event with a 19-10 win over the hosts Ethan Skinner before dropping a match to Liam Begley of Marian University. Knight picked up a 12-4 bounce back over Trescott Duffy of Wabash before dropping his final two matchups of the

Tech is in Marshall, Missouri, this weekend for their next contest, competing in the Missouri Valley Invite on January 19 and 20.