The d3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week is Shane Liegel of Loras. Liegel won six matches this past week in a dual against Buena Vista and the Concordia Wisconsin Open. His fall against Buena Vista Wednesday helped Loras to a 42-8 win. On Saturday, he pinned his first four opponents in the first period to make the finals against 2022 NCAA Champion Jaritt Shinhoster. The two All-Americans traded escapes in regulation before Liegel converted a low double and long scramble into the winning takedown in sudden victory (see the match here on Flo). Liegel and Shinhoster split a pair of matches last season with Liegel winning 7-4 in last year’s Concordia Open and Shinhoster winning 13-5 in the NCAA semifinals.
Liegel, a senior from Spring Green, Wisconsin, is now 10-0 on the season with championships at the Luther Open and Concordia. He finished in 4th place at the 2022 NCAA Championships, 1st place at the 2021 NWCA DIII tournament, and was a qualifier for the canceled 2022 NCAA Championships. His career record now stands at 79-9. Loras is on the mats next a week from Thursday when the Duhawks host Augsburg.
Congrats to him and nice article. Could we know what weight class he wrestles? Seems like that should be mentioned somewhere in the article. 😉
Mark M – Liegel wrestles 184
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