LaGrande, Ore – The University of Providence men's wrestling team had seven wrestlers advance to the semi-finals at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament.

Head coach Steve Komac on his team's performance stated, "We had a pretty good day overall. We got in a lot of scraps and we won a good number of them. We had a heartbreaking loss situation early in the day but our team responded well to it and controlled everything they could to keep us moving forward and we did. Lots of things in front of us still tomorrow, but we did some very good things today."

Redshirt freshman Jalen Vladic, freshman Pig Hobbs, redshirt senior Jordan Komac, sophomore Abel Nava Jr., redshirt senior Alan Badley, sophomore Sawyer Hobbs, and redshirt senior KC Buday all advanced to the semi-finals.

Vladic and Buday both received first round byes and then in the quarterfinals Vladic defeated Jonathan Hernandez 8-2 and Buday pinned Zion Longsine in 1:50.

At 165, P. Hobbs and Komac both went 2-0 to advance to the semis on Saturday. Both picked up pins to advance to the quarterfinals, and in the second round Hobbs defeated Sheldon Cole 2-0 and Komac defeated Seth Borba 1-0.

Nava Jr., Badley, and S. Hobbs also went 2-0 on Friday to advance to the semis. Nava Jr. pinned Justin Pritchard in his opening match and then defeated Cade Gubler 4-0. Badley picked up a pair of major decision victories defeating Petar Bojici 14-4 and Kaden Martin 16-6. Hobbs pinned both of his opponents on Friday finishing Gabe Vasa in 1:50 and Jacob Potts in 5:50.

By advancing to the semifinals, Jordan Komac, Pig Hobbs, Abel Nava Jr., and Sawyer Hobbs have all qualified for the NAIA National Championships on Feb. 29 through March 2.

The Argos will be back in action tomorrow for Championship Day at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament in LaGrande, Ore.

Day 1 Results
149
Jalen Vladic (1-0)
Dougie Swanson (0-2)
157
Bridger Hall (2-1)
Aden Graves (0-2)
165
Pig Hobbs (2-0)
Jordan Komac (2-0)
174
Abel Nava Jr. (2-0)
184
Sawyer Hobbs (2-0)
197
Sawyer Hobbs (2-0)
Caleb Werner (1-1)
285
KC Buday (1-0)
Ethan DeRoche (2-1)

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