South Dakota State 31, Northern Colorado 6

GREELEY, Colo. — South Dakota State (6-7, 3-1 WWC) used a pair of falls at 157 and 197 by No. 16 Cody Pack and Trey Hable, respectively, along with a major decision by Brance Simms at 133 to rout Northern Colorado, 31-6.

SDSU would open a 31-0 lead by winning the first eight matches, before dropping the the final two matchups.

SDSU JackrabbitsWith the dual starting at 133, Simms defeated Sonny Espinoza, 17-5 to record the major. Eric Orozco (141) and Alex Kocer (149) both won 5-2, defeating Nick Adams and Beau Roberts, respectively.

In the highlighted match of the dual, No. 16 Pack pinned No. 25 Mitchell Polkowske at the 5:51 mark. Pack was leading Polkowske 15-2 before he turned him and recorded the fall.

Following decision wins by Joe Brewster (165), John Nething II (174) and Ben Schwery (184), Trey Hable recorded a fall of his own in the 197-pound showdown as the redshirt freshman pinned Cole Briegel just over a minute into the first period.

UNC would win the final two matches, as J.J. Everard and Ben Gillette dropped decisions, 7-1 and 7-3, respectively.

With the win, SDSU moves to 3-1 in the conference and sets up a showdown for the Western Wrestling Conference championship next weekend in Fargo. The Jacks and Bison will wrestle at 2 p.m.

South Dakota State 31, Northern Colorado 6
133: Brance Simms (SDSU) MD over Sonny Espinoza (UNC) – Maj., 17-5 (4-0 SDSU)
141: Eric Orozco (SDSU) over Nick Adams (UNC) – Dec., 5-2 (7-0 SDSU)
149: Alex Kocer (SDSU) over Beau Roberts (UNC) – Dec., 5-2 (10-0 SDSU)
157: #16 Cody Pack (SDSU) fall over #25 Mitchell Polkowske (UNC) – Pin, 5:51 (16-0 SDSU)
165: Joe Brewster (SDSU) over Charlie McMartin (UNC) – Dec., 6-0 (19-0 SDSU)
174: John Nething II (SDSU) over Josh Van Tine (UNC) – Dec., 9-3 (22-0 SDSU)
184: Ben Schwery (SDSU) over Nick Bayer (UNC) – Dec., 5-4 (25-0 SDSU)
197: Trey Hable (SDSU) fall over Cole Briegel (UNC) – Pin, 1:07 (31-0 SDSU)
285: Henry Chirino (UNC) over J.J. Everard (SDSU) – Dec., 7-1 (31-3 SDSU)
125: Trey Andrews (UNC) over Ben Gillette (SDSU) – Dec., 7-3 (31-6 SDSU)

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