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Southern Oregon grapplers take fifth Jan 16, 2006 12:00 AM A A Wire reports The Southern Oregon University wrestling team capped an overachieving trip to Iowa Sunday by capturing the consolation championship at the 16-team Cliff Keen NAIA National Duals competition in Cedar Falls. The NAIA seventh-ranked Raiders finished the two-day affair with a 4-1 mark and claimed the fifth-place dual by demolishing defending West Region champion and fifth-ranked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Ariz.) by a 29-6 count. SOU won eight of the 10 bouts, including sophomore Taylor & s 3-2 upset of fourth-ranked heavyweight Robert Charlton that capped the Ashland school& s second head-to-head win of the season against the Eagles. Senior James Mannenbach, an Eagle Point product, registered a pin in the 165-pound clash. The Raiders also defeated the Prescott, Ariz. outfit 22-14 on Dec. 17. , second-ranked Jimmy Grochowsky (165/174) and sixth-ranked Rick Story (184) led Southern with 4-1 individual records at the event. — — — Mannenbach Now 9-3 overall, Southern Oregon can run its national-record consecutive winning season streak to 36 on Thursday at McNeal Pavilion against eighth-ranked Menlo College. The dual begins at 7 p.m. Sixth-ranked Cumberlands, Ky. defeated No. 4 Dana, Neb. for the National Duals championship. Complete results are available at www.intermatwrestle.com. Southern Oregon 29, Embry-Riddle 6 125 & Richard Byrd (ER) dec. Trevor Lofstedt, 5-1 133 & Barry Johnson (SOU) dec. Micaiah Watkins, 6-3 141 & Matt Holt (SOU) dec. Jason Mendez, 3-2 149 & Joey Jannsen (SOU) dec. Franky Villeascusa, 12-10 157 & Jimmy Ulrey (SOU) dec. Eli Arismendez, 11-8 165 & James Mannenbach (SOU) pinned Hayden Harrison, 2:12 174 & Jimmy Grochowsky (SOU) dec. Calvin DeVault, 7-2 184 & Rick Story (SOU) tech. fall Nick Walden, 21-6 (4:43) 197 & Joffre Lander (ER) dec. Abe Ewing, 9-2 285 & Taylor (SOU) dec. Robert Charlton, 3-2