BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Manchester University tussled with a pair of upper division opponents during a tri-match at Indiana University Saturday, Dec. 13.

The Spartans, dipping to 0-3 in dual action, dropped 47-6 and 46-3 finals to the NCAA Division I Hoosiers and Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville, respectively, inside University Gymnasium on IU's campus. MU's points were gathered by way of a forfeit victory for freshman 125-pounder Ruben Rodriguez, Jr. (Hammond, Ind.) against IU and freshman 165-pounder Matthew Ruddick (Seymour, Ind.) who took a 6-0 decision versus SIUE.

The Black and Gold break from competition until Saturday, Jan. 3, when they join the field at the University of Chicago Duals.

NOTES: Ruddick, according to head coach Matt Burlingame, showed plenty of potential during his first week of collegiate competition. Despite going 1-2, he led D3Wrestle.com top 20-ranked Colt Lovejoy of Ohio Northern 7-4 Dec. 11 before falling 11-9 and proved aggressive early on against IU's Taylor Walsh, ranked No. 3 on the Wrestling International News Division I individual poll for Dec. 8 before Walsh managed a fall … "Overall, although the final scores might not show it, I thought we competed better throughout the line-up Saturday than we did at ONU," Burlingame said.

Indiana vs. Manchester

December 13, 2014

WC        Wrestler                              W/L                      score     opponent                            team score (IU-Man)

HWT    Gavan Jolley-Little         W           dec         3-1         Dustin Kult                         3-0

125       -                                              L             FF           -              Ruben Rodriguez            3-6

133       Chris Caton                        W           fall         0:30       Chase Wilson                    9-6

141       Sean Brown                       W           TF          17-2      Clayton Capes                   14-6

149       Trevor Moody                  W           TF          15-0      Josh Juarez                         19-6

157       Luke Blanton                    W           fall         1:39       Bryce Roberts  25-6

165       Taylor Walsh                    W           fall         1:01       Matthew Ruddick           31-6

174       Nate Jackson                     W           MD         12-4      Dylan Lauffer                   35-6

                RT: 2:30

184       Jake Masengale                W           fall         4:46       Alex Roberts                      41-6

197       Luke Sheridan                  W           fall         1:43       Brian Clark                         47-6

SIUE vs. Manchester

December 13, 2014

WC        SIUE                                      score                     Manchester                        team score (SIUE-Man.)

HWT    Chris Johnson                   D, 7-2                    Dustin Kult                                         3-0

125       Kenny Baldridge              MD, 12-3             Ruben Rodriguez                            7-0

                RT: 3:33

133       Patrick Myers                   MD, 14-4             Chase Wilson                                    11-0

RT: 1:49

141       Angelo Silvestro              TF, 16-1               Eric Dan                                              16-0

149       Karsten Van Velsor         fall, 1:49              Clayton Capes                                   22-0

157       Erik Travers                      fall, 1:05              Bryce Roberts                                  28-0

165       Clayton Bass                      D, 6-0                    Matthew Ruddick                           28-3

                                                                                                RT: 1:19

174       Jake Residori                     fall, 1:49              Dylan Lauffer                                   34-3

184       Derek Nagel                       fall, 1:36              Alex Roberts                                      40-3

197       Matt McCliments             fall, 4:18              Brian Clark                                         46-3

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