SALEM, Ore. – In their first counting home dual of the 2025-26 season, the No. 17-ranked Corban University Men's Wrestling put on a show for Warrior Nation, stacking up six pins to earn a 44-8 victory against NCAA DII Simon Fraser University by winning eight of the ten weight classes.

"Proud of our guys tonight for how they competed," explained Warriors' head coach Nolan Harris. "This is a high-stress time of the year with nagging injuries starting to make their presence known as well as the stress of finals week. But our guys did a great job tonight of focusing on putting on a show. Brayden did a great job early of setting the tone early with a fall and we had guys battle through adversity and giving up weight in order to help out the team. Jr did a good job of getting the crowd into it after erasing an early deficit to come out on top. And Blake put up a lot of points at a higher weight class. Toni did a good job of closing it out with a fall to put an exclamation mark on the night. All in all, it was a fun evening with Warrior Nation."

From the opening to final weight classes of the evening, the No. 17-ranked Warriors (2-2) dominated the DII Red Leafs (0-1) with six separate pins and two major decisions, leading to the lopsided home win on Tim Hills Court. Senior Brayden Boyd kicked off the dual with a 2:56 fall over SFU's Benjamin Sommers, with Sully Hill firing up the crowd with a 12-4 major decision in the true freshman's 133-weight class debut.

Back-to-back pins for true freshman Mason Thynes (141) and senior Blake Runion (149) in 1:34 and 5:00, respectively, were followed up with a wild back-and-forth 23-11 major decision by junior Jr Downing at 157lbs. Simon Fraser's only team points of the night were scored in the 165 and 197 weight classes via a technical fall and one-point decision.

Sophomore Armando Nicacio (174) flipped an early deficit into a 4:14 pin, with junior Isaiah Twait taking just one extra second at 184lbs to down his Red Leafs' Owen Gudmundson. Finally, Warrior Nation roared to their feet when redshirt senior Antonio Garcia toppled SFU's Tyler Harris in mere seconds, earning the initial takedown three seconds into the bout before pinning him in 32 seconds flat to conclude the Navy and Gold's commanding home result.

#17 Corban 44, Simon Fraser 8

125 – Brayden Boyd (Corban University) over Benjamin Sommers (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (Fall 2:56)

133 – Sully Hill (Corban University) over Arad Ahangi (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (MD 12-4)

141 – Mason Thynes (Corban University) over Nitin Kukreja (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (Fall 1:34)

149 – Blake Runion (Corban University) over Khalin Radev (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (Fall 5:00)

157 – Jr Downing (Corban University) over Jacob Quintua (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (MD 23-11)

165 – Hugh Wheeler (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) over Gus Menne (Corban University) (TF 18-3 4:59)

174 – Armando Nicacio (Corban University) over Arashk Rasti (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (Fall 4:14)

184 – Isaiah Twait (Corban University) over Owen Gudmundson (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (Fall 4:15)

197 – Tejvir Dhinsa (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) over Asaiah Kamplain (Corban University) (Dec 4-3)

285 – Antonio Garcia (Corban University) over Tyler Harris (Simon Fraser (B.C.)) (Fall 0:32)

The Warriors will take the week off for finals before hosting their last duals of 2025 on Sunday, December 14th in a three-team tri-dual, with fellow Cascade Collegiate Conference members No. 17-ranked Arizona Christian University (2-1) and RV Evergreen State College (0-0) visiting the C.E. Jeffers Sports Center. The neutral site dual between ACU and Evergreen is scheduled for 2pm, with the Geoducks battling Corban at 3pm and the Firestorm at 4pm. All start times are tentative based on the conclusion of the previously scheduled duals.

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