St. Cloud, Minn. – No. 2 St. Cloud State Wrestling closes out their 2021-22 regular season campaign with a road dual at No. 10 Augustana on Thursday, a match featuring the final two undefeated Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference teams. The winner will be crowned 2021-22 NSIC Champions, with the Huskies seeking their 11th consecutive conference title. Thursday’s dual is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. CT at the Elmen Center.
Video streaming and live results will be available on the NSIC Network and TrackWrestling respectively, available through links on the SCSU Wrestling page, along with match-by-match coverage provided on Twitter via @SCSUHUSKIES_WR
The Huskies defeated Augustana 25-9 last season with a pair of bonus-point wins – a Billy Pitzner pin of Kolby Kost at 184 and a major decision courtesy of Paxton Creese at 125. Thursday’s dual is likely to feature a handful of matches carrying significant seeding weight ahead of the Super Region V Tournament, with ranked bouts scheduled for 125, 133, 174, 184, and heavyweight.
Probable Matchups – No. 2 St. Cloud State (13-1, 6-0 NSIC) at No. 10 Augustana (8-3, 8-0 NSIC)
125 – No. 7 Paxton Creese (14-2) OR Robby Horsman (14-5) vs No. 4 Jackson Rohman (12-3)
133 – No. 3 Garrett Vos (17-1) OR Daniel Valeria (7-11) OR Nic Cantu (7-4) vs No. 6 Jack Huffman (14-1)
141 – Cameron Riggs (13-4) OR No. 1 Joseph Bianchini (22-0) vs Brayden Curry (6-6)
149 – Nolan Throne (12-0) OR Nicholas Novak (17-3) vs Hunter Burnett (6-2)
157 – Anthony Herrera (14-1) OR No. 2 Colby Njos (15-2) vs Tyler Wagener (13-6)
165 – No. 12 Devin Donovan (17-6) OR Jared Head (13-5) vs Miles Fitzgerald (17-4)
174 – No. 5 Dominic Murphy (20-4) vs No. 7 Caden Mueller (15-2)
184 – No. 7 Billy Pitzner (12-2) OR Shaeden Scheidt (13-5) vs No. 12 Kolby Kost (17-7)
197 – No. 2 Noah Ryan (19-0) OR Grant Parrish (3-0) vs Daniel Bishop (16-5)
HWT – No. 2 Kameron Teacher (11-0) OR Kaleb Haase (10-9) vs No. 8 Steven Hajas (14-4)
The Huskies next look ahead to the Super Region V Tournament on Saturday, February 26 held in Moorhead, Minnesota.
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