Saint John's wrestling travels to the Sunshine State for the Citrus Invitational this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 29-30, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -
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A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Seven Saint John's wrestlers competed at the St. Cloud State Husky Open back on Dec. 8. Junior
Noah Becker (Browerville, Minn.) led the Johnnies for the second consecutive tournament with a 2-0 record to take first place in the three-man, 133-pound bracket. He defeated his teammate, freshman
Zack Zavadil (Clearwater, Minn./Monticello), via technical fall in his first match and posted an 11-0 major decision over Augsburg's Quinn Youngs. He is now 9-1 on the young season.
Junior
Quincy Spiering (Mounds View, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) recorded the Johnnies' other win on the day and finished fourth with a 1-2 record at heavyweight. He pinned Dominic Tudor of Division II Mary (N.D.) in his consolation semifinal. Both losses were to Augsburg's Ethan Hofacker.
Senior
Luke Dodd (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview), who was ranked No. 10 by D3wrestle.com at the time, lost his first match at 197 pounds by an 11-8 decision to Division II St. Cloud State's Noah Ryan and left the tournament. He is now 6-3 on the year.
THE TOURNAMENT: The large tournament is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET competition both Saturday and Sunday at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center.
WHO WILL BE THERE: In addition to the Johnnies, other teams scheduled to have competitors in the tournament include No. 1 Augsburg, Cornell (Iowa), No. 23 Ferrum (Va.), John Carroll (Ohio), Liberty (Va.), Muhlenberg (Pa.), No. 18 NYU, Oneonta State (N.Y.), Rochester Institute of Technology (N.Y.), Trinity (Conn.), North Carolina-Pembroke, Ursinus (Pa.) and Williams (Mass.).
FOR THE JOHNNIES: The Johnnies are scheduled to have 12 wrestlers participating this weekend: Becker, Dodd, Spiering, Zavadil, freshman
Josh Clark (Fridley, Minn./Totino-Grace), junior
Dan Gainer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall), junior
Dan Gehrz (Mendota Heights, Minn./St. Thomas Academy), junior
Anthony Hennen (Cologne, Minn./Norwood-Young American), freshman
Joe Hennen (Cologne, Minn./Norwood-Young America), freshman
Caleb Jungling (Anoka, Minn.), freshman
Jacob Scherber (Buffalo, Minn.) and junior
Dominic Skawiniak (Rogers, Minn.).
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