The fifth-ranked Southern Oregon wrestling team dropped its opener today at the NWCA National Dual Meet Championships in Cedar Falls, Iowa, but battled back to win two straight duals and advance to tomorrow's consolation semifinals.

The Raiders opened with a 26-12 setack to Lindenwood, but then came back to cruise past Northwestern 30-9 and Grand View 31-6.

Southern Oregon faces Dana a consolation semifinal at 9 a.m. (CST) Sunday morning.

The Raiders started out hot against Lindenwood, with Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (125 pounds) and Brian Jacob (Tillamook, Ore./Tillamook) (133) giving the Raiders a quick 9-0 lead. But that wouldn't last long as Lindenwood won the next five matches to take over the dual.

"Barry (Johnson at 141) got caught in a freaky move and pinned and it kinda slowed our momentum," SOU head coach Mike Ritchey said. "That's part of life. We had to re-adjust our goals and keep wrestling and that's what we did. Now our goal is to get fifth place and we are still in the hunt for that."

The Raiders had little trouble in the two consolation duals.

Against Northwestern, the Raiders won eight of 10 matches and forfeited the heavyweight match.

In the victory over Grand View, SOU won nine of 10 matches - including a major decision by Lofstedt and a pin by Bates in the heavyweight match.

Lindenwood 26, SOU 12
125 Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (SOU) WBD Galen Williams (LIN) D 5-1
133 Brian Jacob (Tillamook, Ore./Tillamook) (SOU) WBF nolan Johnson (LIN) F 3:25
141 Brad Neitenbach (LIN) WBF Berry Johnson (SOU) F 1:12
149 Sam Schmitz (LIN) WBD Jimmy Eggemeyer (Kodiak, Alaska/Kodiak) (SOU) D 5-3
157 Brian Oechsner (LIN) WBF Tomas Rosa (Sweet Home, Ore./Sweet Home) (SOU) F :53
165 chris Chionuma (LIN) WBF Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) (SOU) F 4:25
174 Rocky Cozart (LIN) WBD Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (SOU) D 5-3
184 Chris Platt (Eagle Point, Ore./Eagle Point) (SOU) WBD daniel Chionuma (LIN) D 8-2
197 Ron Lee (SOU) WBF Spencer Daniels (LIN) F 6:14
285 Tyler Porras (LIN) WBD John Bates (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) (SOU) D 3-1


Southern Oregon 30, Northwestern 9
125 Jared Dalgliesh (SOU) WBD Diego Quintana (NWC) M 15-5
133 Brian Jacob (Tillamook, Ore./Tillamook) (SOU) WBD Nathan Manfull (NWC) M 18-5
141 Kyle Wirkuty (Portland, Ore./Centennial) (SOU) WBD Matt Dowell (NWC) M 14-5
149 Jimmy Eggemeyer (Kodiak, Alaska/Kodiak) (SOU) WBD Levi Price (NWC) D 3-2
157 Tomas Rosa (Sweet Home, Ore./Sweet Home) (SOU) WBD Brian Heiberger (NWC) D 7-4
165 Luke Evjen (NWC) WBD Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) (SOU) D 3-1
174 Brandon Sitch (Kelso, Wash. /Kelso) (SOU) WBD David Carter (NWC) D 13-10
184 Chris Platt (Eagle Point, Ore./Eagle Point) (SOU) WBF FORFEIT F FOR
197 Ron Lee (SOU) WBD Nic Leither (NWC) D 7-3
285 Brad Hughes (NWC) WBF FORFEIT

Southern Oregon 31, Grand View 6
125 Mitchell Lofstedt (Roseburg, Ore./Roseburg) (SOU) WBD Johnny Coleman (GV) M 21-10
133 Brian Jacob (Tillamook, Ore./Tillamook) (SOU) WBD Travis Evans (GV) D 3-2
141 Kyle Wirkuty (Portland, Ore./Centennial) (SOU) WBD Nick Coffman (GV) D 2-1
149 Jimmy Eggemeyer (Kodiak, Alaska/Kodiak) (SOU) WBD Adam Kurimski (GV) D 5-2
157 Justin Mills (Lakeport, Calif./Clear Lake) (SOU) WBD Trae Reed (GV) D 9-4
165 Brad Lower (GV) WBF Tommie Hooper (Burns, Ore./Burns) (SOU) F 1:03
174 Austin Vanderford (Ninilchik, Alaska/Ninilchik) (SOU) WBD Gleen Rhees (GV) D 2-1
184 Chris Platt (Eagle Point, Ore./Eagle Point) (SOU) WBD Jordaryl Logan (GV) D 5-2
197 Ron Lee (SOU) WBD Justin Rau (GV) D 3-1
285 John Bates (Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City) (SOU) WBF Tyler Wilson (GV) F 6:43