ST. PAUL — Albert Lea wrestlers Lucas Hansen and Dalton Westerlund advanced Saturday to the Class AAA state individual third-place match, and Dakota Wangsness fell into the fifth-place match.

After being the only Tigers wrestler to earn a spot in the semifinals, 145-pounder Westerlund lost a tough 3-2 decision to Hastings’ Zach Rohr. Westerlund lost his chance at a state title, but regrouped and won in the consolation semifinals for a chance at third. He will wrestle for third place at 5 p.m. today against Luke Baroda, of Mounds View.

After losing in the championship quarterfinals Friday, Hansen won two matches Saturday and advanced to the third-place match against a familiar foe. Hansen will wrestle Owatonna’s Nick Scheffert at 5 p.m. today. Hansen beat Scheffert in the Section 1AAA finals last weekend.

Wangsness lost 5-1 to Erik Olson, of Sauk Rapids-Rice, in the consolation semifinals today and was bumped to the fifth-place match. He will wrestle Hastings’ Luke Rowh at 5 p.m. today for fifth.

The Tigers’ Trey Hable (152 pounds), Cory Hansen (160) and Conner Kortan (189) all lost in the consolation quarterfinals Saturday and were eliminated from the tournament.

Consolation quarterfinals:

103 — Dakota Wangsness (AL) dec. Ryan Weinmann (Irondale) 2-0

112 — Lucas Hansen (AL) dec. Justin Herold-Plakut (Woodbury) 3-1

152 — Corey Parsons (Andover) dec. Trey Hable (AL) 3-1

160 –Chase Morlock (Moorhead) dec. Cory Hansen (AL) 3-1

171 — Joshua Vaughan (Bloomington Kennedy) dec. Conner Kortan (AL) 3-1

Championship semifinals:

145 — Zach Rohr (Hastings) dec. Tristan Westerlund (AL) 3-2

Consolation semifinals:

103 — Erik Olson (Sauk Rapids-Rice) dec. Dakota Wangsness (AL) 5-1

112 — Lucas Hansen (AL) dec. Dustin Weinmann (Irondale) 3-2

145 — Dalton Westerlund (AL) dec. Adam Kelling (Camridge-Isanti) 4-0