Two Championships, one third-place finish and two fourth-place finishers in first-ever competition

By sports information office

11/05/2012
Baldwin City – Stephen Loosbrock (Fr., Lismore, Minn.) and Joe Hunter (Fr., Harrisonville, Mo.) won tournament championships on Sunday at the annual Dan Harris Open hosted by Baker Univeristy.

Sunday's competition was the first official varsity competition for the Raven wrestling program and head coach Cy Wainwright as Benedictine begins its first season of intercollegiate wrestling.

Five wrestlers placed in the top four for Benedictine in the tournament with Loosbrock and Hunter’s championships serving as the first-ever championships for the Ravens.

Along with the two tournament champions, Benedictine had two fourth place finishers and one third.

Loosbrock went 4-0 on the day en route to his first championship at 174 pounds while Hunter went 5-0 to win the tournament championship at 149 pounds.

Ethan Jirak (Jr., Oakley) went 4-2 on the day, including two pinfall victories to his fourth place finish. In his fifth match of the day Jirak defeated the No. 6 wrestler in the country Jarid Price from Baker University 13-7

Gabe Suthoff (Fr., Clinton, Mo.) took third and Darien WIllis (Fr., Kansas City, Kan.) also took fourth for the Ravens.

The Ravens return to the mat next Sunday as they travel to Warrensburg, Mo., to compete in the University of Central Missouri Open.