WHEATON, Ill. — Senior Cale Callahan placed seventh at 174 pounds to lead the Otterbein men's wrestling team in a loaded field of competition at the two-day Wheaton (Ill.) Pete Willson Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Freshmen Trent VandenEynden and Luke Dolan and juniors Logan Cormell and Gary Steele also scored points for the Cardinals.

The Basics

• Venue: King Arena - Wheaton, Ill.
• Otterbein placed 26th of 30 teams in the event, scoring 18.5 points. No. 7 Wisconsin-Eau Claire won the team title with 150.5 points. No. 14 Wisconsin-Whitewater was second with 142.5 points, and No. 3 Wisconsin-La Crosse was third with 112.5 points.
• The event featured a double-elimination format tournament held over two days.
• The event featured a talent-laden field including nine teams in the top 25 of this week's Team Tournament rankings from The Open Mat: No. 3 Wisconsin- La Crosse, No. 7 Wisconsin-Eau Claire, No. 9 North Central (Ill.), No. 14 Wisconsin-Whitewater, No. 15 Ferrum (Va.), No. 18 Wilkes (Pa.), No. 20 Ohio Northern, No. 21 Cornell (Iowa) and No. 23 Roanoke (Va.).
• Full Results
• Results PDF

Otterbein Individual Highlights

• 174: Callahan placed seventh and scored 7.5 team points. He opened with a win via 15-2 major decision over Ohio Northern's Anthony Lahoski and followed that with a 4-2 decision victory over Chicago's Hutch Lynett. He fell by 6-3 decision to Millikin's Dejon Glaster in the quarterfinals to fall into the consolation bracket. Callahan won his next bout, a 10-8 decision over Elmhurst's Caleb Smith, before falling via 11-3 major decision to Wisconsin-Lacrosse's Eddie Simes. In the seventh-place match, he defeated John Carroll's Aiden Ashburn via a 6-4 decision.
• 149: VandenEynden contributed 5 team points, advancing to the third round of the consolation bracket. He opened with an 18-2 tech fall loss to Ferrum's Cameron Curva but rebounded to take his next two bouts, pinning Wisconsin-Platteville's Trent DuMont in 2:25 and Alma's Aiden Tornberg in 4:27. He fell to Mount Union's Nick Nettleton in the third round of the consolation bracket via a 16-0 technical fall.
• 165: Cormell scored 3 team points. After an opening-round bye, he fell to Wisconsin-Whitewater's Brayden Peet via 19-3 tech fall. He then won his first two consolation bouts, a 4-0 decision victory Rhode Island's Scott Lallas and an injury default win over North Central's Armando Murillo, before falling via pin to Messiah's Keegan Demarest.
• 157: Dolan contributed 2 team points. He opened with a 14-3 major decision win over John Carroll's Ryan Forrest before falling via 14-1 major decision to Messiah's Clay Gainer. In the consolation bracket, he was pinned by Roanoke's Andrew McDougal.
• 184: Steele rounded out the scoring for Otterbein with 1 point. He opened with a 16-0 tech fall defeat to Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Nlall Schoenfelder. He won his first two consolation bouts, via 8-6 decision over Mount St. Joseph's Alec Hall and 8-2 decision over Ferrum's Joseph Toner, before being pinned by Heidelberg's Owen Frizzell in the ensuing round.
• Sophomore Gabe Thacker (133 pounds), junior Andrew Sas (141) and freshmen Muhammad Jallaq (197) and Cooper McKean (285) posted 0-2 records in their respective weight classes.

Notables

• Callahan is now 12-2 on the season with two tech falls and three major decisions.
• Dolan leads the team in victories on the season with a 15-8 overall record to go with six falls, two tech falls and two major decisions.
• VandenEynden is 12-7 on the season with six falls and two tech falls.
• Ninth-year head coach Brent Rastetter has a 64-65 dual meet record in his Otterbein career.