Jesse Evans won his first two matches at Wheaton.

WHEATON, ILL. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology junior heavyweight Jesse Evans (Rose City, Mich./Ogemaw Heights) advanced to the quarterfinals with a pair of victories to lead the team effort at the Wheaton Invitational.

 

Evans defeated Tim Lambert of John Carroll 5-2 and Joe Dhein of Wisconsin-Parkside 4-2.  Against Jose Navarro of Indianapolis, Evans suffered an injury and was forced to default from the rest of the invitational.

 

Other winners for the Engineers included sophomore Jacob Wise (Indianapolis/Warren Central) with a 1-2 record, and freshman Chad Coxon (Ortonville, Mich./Powers Catholic) with a 1-2 mark and one pin.

 

The Engineers travel to the Wheaton College Invitational next weekend.

INDIVIDUAL MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS: 

JACOB WISE (1-2)
(125 pounds)
Jake Oster (Elmhurst) pinned Wise 2:27
Wise def. Chris Jackson (Milwaukee Engineering) 9-3
Joe Norton (North Central) def. Wise 3-1

ANTHONY FINIGAN (0-2)
(149 pounds)
Gary Reid (Wisconsin-Whitewater) pinned Finagan 1:28
Richard Croswell (Elizabeth) def. Finagan 21-4

RYAN SCHALK (0-2)
(157 pounds)
Troy Carlson (Chicago) pinned Ryan Schalk 5:54
Joel Vandeboom (Milwaukee Engineering) def. Schalk 10-3

TYLER GOBLE (0-2)
(165 pounds)
Phil Kruzel (Chicago) pinned Goble 6:53
Sam Laes (Lawrence) def. Goble 5-4

CHAD COXON (1-2, 1 pin)
(197 pounds)
Coxon pinned Joe Diener (Maranatha) 1:58
Deron Sharp (Elizabeth) pinned Coxon 6:57
Jack Peters (Lawrence) pinned Coxon 5:09

JESSE EVANS (2-2)
(Heavyweight)
Evans def. Tim Lambert (John Carroll) 5-2
Evans def. Joe Dhein (Wisconsin-Parkside) 4-2
Jose Navarro (Indianapolis) def. Evans by injury default
Sean Misko (Olivet) def. Evans by injury default