The Xavier wrestling team opened the match with three pins, but the Saints lost to Iowa City West 53-23 in a Mississippi Valley Conference dual meet Thursday at Xavier.

Jeff Vipond pinned Keaton Speicher in 1 minute, 38 seconds at 113 pounds for the Saints, Keegan Schultschik pinned Hunter Davis in 1:53 at 120, and Patrick Chambers pinned Miguel Parades in 28 seconds at 126.

Xavier’s Clint Lembeck added a 16-1 technical fall in 2:21 over Jeff Garbutt at 138, but the Trojans won every other match. Lembeck is ranked No. 1 in the state.

IOWA CITY WEST 53, XAVIER 23
113 – Jeff Vipond (X) pinned Keaton Speicher 1:38.
120 – Keegan Schultschik (X) pinned Hunter Davis 1:53.
126 – Patrick Chambers (X) pinned Miguel Parades :28.
132 – Aaron Stumpf (ICW) pinned Garrett Ries 5:30.
138 – Clint Lembeck (X) tech. fall over Jeff Garbutt 16-1, 2:21.
145 – Nelson Brands (ICW) dec. Josh Gerke 5-3.
152 – Ben Bertell (ICW) pinned John Bell 3:28.
160 – Tyler Yoerger (ICW) pinned Brent Charipar 1:13.
170 – Thomas Adolph (ICW) won by forfeit.
182 – Carter Rohweder (ICW) pinned Sam Lampe :42.
195 – Nate Kelsay (ICW) pinned Eric Rodriguez 1:17.
220 – Donovan Doyle (ICW) tech. fall over Alex Francois 20-3, 3:59.
285 – Joseph Briddle (ICW) won by forfeit.
106 – Hans vonRabenau (ICW) dec. Peter Kennedy 4-3.