OREM, Utah – Utah Valley University dropped its final dual of the season, 22-14, in Big 12 wrestling on Saturday at Lockhart Arena. The Wolverines notched wins in four matches on the night, including an upset win from Mitch Brown at 125 pounds.
 
Brown knocked off No. 26 (NCAA RPI) Trey Andrews, 8-4. He put Andrews on his back to pick up a takedown and a four-point near fall to score six decisive points in the first period.
 
"Mitch is capable of being a lot of ranked guys. I don't think he gives himself enough credit sometimes, but that was a good win," said UVU head coach Greg Williams. "We wrestled poorly at a couple of weights… and that kind of put a damper on our last dual of the year, but we'll have three weeks to prepare for conference and we'll be ready."
 
Also earning wins for Utah Valley were No. 21 Kimball Bastian (174 pounds), No. 17 Tanner Orndorff (197 pounds) and Jordan Karst (285 pounds). Both Bastian and Orndorff scored bonus points with major decisions for the Wolverines (5-6, 2-3 Big 12).  
 
Northern Colorado (2-8, 1-4 Big 12) picked up wins in the first four matches of the night, getting bonus points to start the dual from No. 25 Timmy Box, who scored an 11-2 major decision over Trevor Willson at 141 pounds.
 
At 149 pounds, Grant LaMont tied the match with an escape early in the third but a late takedown and three-point near fall by Ben Polkowske resulted in a 13-6 decision. Raider Lofthouse followed with a narrow 8-5 defeat to Jimmy Fate at 157 pounds. The Bears jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the dual when No. 22 Keilan Torres (165 pounds) pinned Koy Wilkinson.
 
Bastian got Utah Valley on the board with his 10-1 victory over Tanner Davis. He had a pair of takedowns and a near fall en route to the win. Following No. 20 Dylan Gable's 8-2 decision over Will Sumner at 184 pounds, Orndorff routed Jamarcus Grant, 15-3. He led 4-1 entering the third before three takedowns and near fall contributed to 10 points in the period.
 
Karst earned a hard-fought decision over Jack Kuck, 4-2, scoring on an escape to open the second period. He took a 3-0 lead on a takedown and held on the for the win.
 
After Brown's win made the team score 19-14 heading in the final match of the night, No. 26 Rico Montoya helped the Bears seal the team victory with a 9-5 decision over No. 33 Jarod Maynes.

During the match intermission, UVU honored its lone senior, Willson, as part of Senior Day. Willson is a four-year letterwinner for Williams at Utah Valley. 
 
Northern Colorado 22, Utah Valley 14
141: #25 Timmy Box (NC) over Trevor Willson (UVU) (MD, 11-2)
149: Ben Polkowske (NC) over Grant LaMont (UVU) (Dec 13-6)
157: Jimmy Fate (NC) over Raider Lofthouse (UVU) (Dec 8-5)
165: #22 Keilan Torres (NC) over Koy Wilkinson (UVU) (Fall :33)
174: #21 Kimball Bastian (UVU) over Tanner Davis (NC) (MD 10-1)
184: #20 Dylan Gable (NC) over Will Sumner (UVU) (Dec 8-2)
197: #17 Tanner Orndorff (UVU) over Jamarcus Grant (NC) (MD 15-3)
285: Jordan Karst (UVU) over Jack Kuck (NC) (Dec 4-2)
125: Mitch Brown (UVU) over #26 Trey Andrews (NC) (Dec 8-4)
133: #26 Rico Montoya (NC) over #33 Jarod Maynes (UVU) (Dec 9-5)
 
Rankings listed are NCAA RPI rankings released Friday, Feb. 10

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