MSUM Wrestlers Down SMSU for 2nd Straight Win, 25-13
MOORHEAD, Minn – The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team defeated the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs 25-13 on Saturday afternoon at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.
The Dragons are now 3-7, with a 2-5 record in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference competition.
“We wrestled well,” MSUM head coach Kris Nelson said. “We knew that it would be a tough dual, and we knew that we would have to come out and perform, and we did.”
The dual started at 125 pounds, where freshman Cole Jones picked up a major decision win over Taylor Curtis. After the Mustangs won at 133 pounds and Scott picked up his pin, Joe Schumacher won a 4-0 decision at 149 pounds to extend the MSUM lead to 13-4.
After losing the 157 pound match, sophomore Weston Dobler picked up a narrow 3-2 win over Kegen Fingalsen to make it a 16-7 Dragon lead after 165. The Dragons lost by decision at 184 and 197 but redshirt freshman Jordan Magnuson won a 3-1 decision at 285 over Ben Thompson thanks to a late takedown to ice the win.
SMSU will now have two weeks to prepare for the 2018 NCAA Super Region 3 Tournament in St. Cloud, Minn. on Feb. 23-24.
The Dragons will be back in action Thursday night when they close out NSIC competition by hosting the Minot State Beavers. The dual will begin at 7 p.m. at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.
MSU-Moorhead 25, Southwest Minnesota State 13
125: Cole Jones (MSUM) maj. dec. Taylor Curtis (SMSU) 11-3
133: Brock Buysse (SMSU) maj. dec. Seth Hutchison (MSUM) 18-5
141: Zach Scott (MSUM) pinned Trent Butcher (SMSU) 4:36
149: Joe Schumacher (MSUM) dec. Justin Haneke (SMSU) 4-0
157: Cortez Arredondo (SMSU) dec. Patrick Freeman (MSUM) 4-0
165: Weston Dobler (MSUM) dec. Kegen Fingalsen (SMSU) 3-2
174: Adam Blees (MSUM) pinned Griffin Osing (SMSU) 3:48
184: Cole Hennen (SMSU) dec. Mitch Kotschevar (MSUM) 6-2
197: Jackson Ryan (SMSU) dec. Preston Lehmann (MSUM) 7-5
285: Jordan Magnuson (MSUM) dec. Ben Thompson (SMSU) 3-1