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PARK CITY, Kan. – Vonn Fenn, Evan Potter and Asher Ruchti are through to the quarterfinals and four more Southern Oregon men's wrestlers advanced in consolation action on Day 1 of 3 of the NAIA Championships at Hartman Arena.

The Raiders concluded Thursday's action eighth in the team standings with 23 points, and just four outside of the top five. A year ago, when they finished 11th, they put five individuals through to Day 2 of the tournament. Their seven remaining wrestlers get to work again at 9 a.m. PST Friday.

Fenn, a sophomore seeded No. 13 in the 125-pound bracket, will be in the quarterfinals for the first time after executing SOU's biggest upset of the day. After shutting out Clemente Delgado of Graceland (Iowa) by 8-0 major decision in the first round, he notched a 4-1 overtime victory in the second against No. 4 seed Landon Smith of Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) – the same guy who defeated Fenn 7-1 in the Cascade Conference semifinals.

Potter, a senior seeded No. 3 at 141, is a win away from becoming the eighth four-time All-American in program history. Following a first-round bye, he won his only match 4-1 against Missouri Baptist's Tyler Deen.

Ruchti, the No. 8 seed at 197, also received a first-round bye before dominating the No. 9 seed, Midland (Neb.)'s Burton Brandt, by 8-1 decision. He'll face top-seeded Garavous Kouekabakilaho of Grand View (Iowa) in his quarterfinal.

Simon Graeber (133), Aaron Gandara (157), Adrian Chavez-Morales (184) and Elias Corona (197) are the other Raiders still standing. Graeber, following a first-round loss to the No. 2 seed, registered a pin before taking out teammate Dylan Clark, 12-1, in his second consolation match. Gandara, seeded No. 2, suffered an upset loss in his debut – he led 3-1 before Missouri Valley's Brayden Shelton pinned him two minutes into the first round – but recovered with a win by fall in consolation action. The No. 13-seeded Chavez-Morales sandwiched a second-round loss with a pair of pins, while the No. 14-seeded Corona won by fall in his first match, fell to the No. 3 seed in the second, and defeated Corban's Hunter James 12-6 in his third.

The No. 16-seeded Clark (133), No. 11 seed Dylan Straley (157), and No. 16 seed Braylin Ruchti (174) were eliminated. Straley contributed a first-round win but fell out after an unfortunate draw, losing to the Nos. 5 and 6 seeds consecutively.

Grand View has the points lead with 51, 14 ahead of second-place Southeastern (Fla.).

125 – No. 13 Vonn Fenn
Round of 32 – Fenn major dec. Clemente Delgado, Graceland, 8-0
Round of 16 – Fenn dec. No. 4 Landon Smith, Embry-Riddle, 4-1 (SV-1)

133 – No. 16 Dylan Clark
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – No. 1 Dominic Chavez, Texas Wesleyan, major dec. Clark, 14-2
Consolation R2 – Simon Graeber, Southern Oregon, major dec. Clark, 12-1

133 – Simon Graeber
Round of 32 – No. 2 Thaddeus Long, Life, major dec. Graeber, 17-3
Consolation R1 – Graeber p. Dillon Witt, Missouri Baptist, 6:40
Consolation R2 – Graeber major dec. No. 16 Dylan Clark, Southern Oregon, 12-1

141 – No. 3 Evan Potter
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – Potter dec. Tyler Deen, Missouri Baptist, 4-1

157 – No. 2 Aaron Gandara
Round of 32 – Brayden Shelton, Missouri Valley, p. Gandara, 2:01
Consolation R1 – Bye
Consolation R2 – Gandara p. Josey Jernegan, Saint Mary, 3:58

157 – No. 11 Dylan Straley
Round of 32 – Straley dec. Malachia Harris, Cumberlands, 5-1
Round of 16 – No. 6 Elijah Chacon, Indiana Tech, p. Straley, 4:09
Consolation R2 – No. 5 Elliott Rodgers, Marian, major dec. Straley, 13-2

174 – No. 16 Braylin Ruchti
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – No. 1 Alex Reynolds, Grand View, tech. fall Ruchti, 18-2
Consolation R2 – Nolan Saale, Saint Mary, dec. Ruchti, 5-1

184 – No. 13 Adrian Chavez-Morales
Round of 32 – Chavez-Morales p. Kolten Kaymmeyer, Daone, 3:49
Round of 16 – No. 4 Kendall Norfleet, Life, major dec. Chavez-Morales, 8-0
Consolation R2 – Chavez-Morales p. Justin Bartee, Rio Grande, 2:27

197 – No. 14 Elias Corona
Round of 32 – Corona p. Kaleb Grove, Northwestern, 5:42
Round of 16 – No. 3 Khalil Abdushshakur, Life, tech. fall Corona, 19-2
Consolation R2 – Corona dec. Hunter James, Corban, 12-6

197 – No. 8 Asher Ruchti
Round of 32 – Bye
Round of 16 – Ruchti dec. No. 9 Burton Brandt, Midland, 8-1