RESULTS

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Cornell sophomore Gabriel Smith was crowned champion in the 157-pound division, heading eight Cornell placewinners at Saturday's MSOE Invitational. 
 
Coach Brent Hamm's Rams took runner-up in the 13-team field with 90 points, edging third-place UW-Whitewater by one-half point. Top-ranked Augsburg won the tournament with 202 points.
 
Smith stamped a 5-0 performance with a 2-1 victory over Augsburg's Karsen Otis in the championship match.  Smith tallied three decisions, one fall and one technical fall, boosting his season record to 8-3.
 
Brian Petry at 174 and Jackson Brinker at 285 both finished third for the Rams. Petry fell 5-4 in the quarterfinals to Preston Carlisle of UW-Eau Claire. He bounced back with three consolation wins, including a 6-1 win over Carlisle in a rematch for third place.
 
Brinker reached the semifinals with consecutive falls against Edward Perry of Chicago (0:39) and Garner Simmons of UW-Whitewater (4:37). He lost in the semifinals by technical fall to Augsburg's top-ranked and eventual champion Tyler Kim. Brinker pinned teammate Quinn Wilcoxen (0:41) and scored an 8-3 decision over Caden Koeppel of UW-Whitewater to take third.
 
At 125, Jayden Rael and Jase Van Pelt placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Rael finished 3-1 on the day, Van Pelt 2-2.
 
Scotty Scheidecker placed fifth at 165, while Eli Sneed (133) and Wilcoxen (285) both placed sixth to round out Cornell's placewinners. Braydon Hoffman was the consolation champion at 197.
 
Coming up – The Rams go to Dubuque Thursday to face 14th-ranked Loras in a 7 p.m. dual meet.