RESULTS

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. – Senior Colin Honderd picked up his third pin of the young season and the Rams had three individual winners in a 27-13 dual loss to UW-Platteville Thursday night inside Williams Fieldhouse.
 
The host Pioneers (1-0) took the first four matches of the night in building a 16-0 lead, proving to be the difference in the meet. The Rams (1-1) closed strong by splitting the final six bouts.
 
Honderd recorded a quick fall in 1:11 over Brandon Tessau at 184 pounds. Honderd raised his season record to 4-1.
 
Returning all-American Killian Perrigon put Cornell's first team points on the board with a dominant 12-4 major decision at 157. The senior handled David Cushman with five takedowns and a reversal, improving his record to 5-1.
 
Cornell senior heavyweight Zachary Finn earned a hard-fought 5-3 decision over Brett Schoenherr. Finn (3-2) scored the go-ahead points on a takedown in the final period.   
 
The Rams battled in tight losses at 133 (Caleb Radtke 3-2 over Evan Husko), 149 (Brock Parker 4-2 over Cristian Dixon) and 174 (Nick Dado 5-2 over Jacob Sherzer).
 
Husko took a 1-0 lead into the third period of his match. Dixon and Sherzer both hung tough the entire way against opponents listed in the D3wrestle.com rankings.
 
Cornell's Nathan Bednarczyk (11-3 at 125) and Treyten Steffen (12-1 at 197) both dropped major decisions in their respective matches. Cornell 141-pounder Grant Harbour lost by fall in the second period (3:31) to Zach Licht.
 
The Rams return to the mats Saturday for the Luther Invitational in Decorah. The tournament starts at 9 a.m.