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It went to the sixth tiebreaker, but in the end the second-ranked Southern Oregon wrestling team are the National Dual Meet Champions.

The Raiders need six tiebreakers to defeat top-ranked Lindenwood 17-16 in the finals of the NWCA National Dual Meet Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Southern Oregon defeated McKendree 33-13 in the semifinals.

In the finals, the two team were tied at 16-16 after the heavyweight match. The tie was not broken until the sixth tiebreaker when the Raiders had more near falls in the dual to come away with the 17-16 victory.

"As a program we pride ourselves in being a great dual meet team and this National Championship proves it," Southern Oregon head coach Mike Ritchey said. "This is a big step in the right direction as we head down the stretch run."

The top two teams in the NAIA battled neck-and-neck in the final.

Lindenwood won by decision at 125 pounds and 133, while Southern Oregon won by decision at 141, 149 and 157 to take a 9-6 lead after five matches.

Chris Chionuma scored a major decision victory at 165 to give Lindenwood a 10-9 lead and the lead grew to 16-12 heading into the heavyweight match.

At heavyweight, SOU's John Bates (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) scored 12-4 major decision victory to tie the dual and send officials going through the tiebreaker criteria.

"That was an incredible thing for Bates to do on a bad knee," Ritchey said. "It was epic. He found a way."

Southern Oregon rolled into the finals with an impressive victory over sixth-ranked McKendree in the semis.

Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (125), Trevor Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (133), Barry Johnson (Dayton, Ore./Dayton) (141), Seth Roy (Sherwood, Ore./Sherwood) (149), Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) (157) and Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (165) all were victorious as SOU won the first six matches to put the dual away after the 165 match.

Southern Oregon is now 12-1 in duals on the season and faces Montana State-Northern Thursday night at West Linn High School.

Southern Oregon 17, Lindenwood 16
125 John Olanowski (LIN) WBD Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (SOU) D 9-7
133 Ray Stephens (LIN) WBD Trevor Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (SOU) D 7-4
141 Barry Johnson (Dayton, Ore./Dayton) (SOU) WBD Alptekin Ozkillic (LIN) D 6-4 SV1
149 Seth Roy (Sherwood, Ore./Sherwood) (SOU) WBD Ryan Moyer (LIN) D 6-3
157 Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) (SOU) WBD Brian Oechsner (LIN) D 6-5
165 Chris Chionuma (LIN) WBD Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (SOU) M 29-15
174 Matt Cauley (LIN) WBD Shaun Ceremello (Clovis, Calif./Clovis) (SOU) D 10-4
184 Chris Platt (Eagle Point, Ore./Eagle Point) (SOU) WBD Neal Kemp (LIN) D 8-2
197 Jeremiah Webb (LIN) WBD Chase Locke (Tualatin, Ore./West Linn) (SOU) D 4-2
285 John Bates (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) (SOU) WBD Jeremiah Fennell (LIN) M 12-4

Southern Oregon 33, McKendree 13
125 Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (SOU) WBD Ryan Guillett (MCK) M 14-0
133 Trevor Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (SOU) WBF Wade Lowe (MCK) F FOR
141 Barry Johnson (Dayton, Ore./Dayton) (SOU) WBF Ryan Henning (MCK) F 6:53
149 Seth Roy (Sherwood, Ore./Sherwood) (SOU) WBF Ryan Jahn (MCK) F 1:53
157 Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) (SOU) WBD Matt Beasley (MCK) M 12-0
165 Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (SOU) WBD Andrew Cheesman (MCK) M 12-3
174 Aaron Winning (MCK) WBD Tyler Thomas (Salem, Ore./McKay) (SOU) M 14-0
184 Shaun Ceremello (Clovis, Calif./Clovis) (SOU) WBD John Bryant (MCK) D 5-2
197 Andrew Sanchez (MCK) WBD Chase Locke (Tualatin, Ore./West Linn) (SOU) D 4-2
285 Dan Moore (MCK) WBF FORFEIT F FOR