MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team continues action this Saturday in Moorhead for the Dragon Open.
SMSU second-year head coach Chayse Jackson expects 12 athletes to compete at the open which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
KEARNEY, Neb. – The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team continued its open schedule on Saturday with two different place winners at the highly competitive Nebraska-Kearney Open, which featured 13 ranked teams.
Caden Steffen continued his strong start to the 2022-23 season, going 3-1 on the day to place 2nd at 184. In his second match Steffen matched up with Quayin Short, a division I wrestler for the University of Wyoming, Steffen won the match 3-2 in the first tiebreaker period. In his third match Steffen picked up a 4-1 decision victory over NAIA national finalist Tyson Beauperthuv. In his final match of the day Steffen, the second ranked wrestler at 184, faced off with the top ranked wrestler at 184 Billy Higgins (UNK), Higgins managed to claim first place in the matchup of #1 vs #2, defeating Steffen by a 3-2 decision.
2022 UN-Kearney Younes Hospitality Open results. Saturday, November 19 at Kearney, Neb.
MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team continues action this Saturday in Kearney, Neb., for the Nebraska-Kearney Open.
SMSU second-year head coach Chayse Jackson expects 18 athletes to compete at the open which is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Southwest Minnesota State University’s Caden Steffen has been named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Wrestler of the Week. The announcement came from the league office in Burnsville, Minn., on Monday afternoon.
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team continued its open schedule on Saturday with three different place winners at the Dakota Wesleyan Open.
Caden Steffen led the way, going 5-0 and placing first at 184. He won four of his five matches by decision. Steffen won his third match of the day by fall. In his second match, Steffen defeated two-time NAIA All-American Kolby Kost (Augustana).
Luke Peterson ended his day 5-1, finishing second at 149. Peterson won in a variety of ways, picking up victories by tech fall, decision, major decision, and by fall on route to the championship match where he fell to #8 Nick Novak (SCSU).
2022 Dakota Wesleyan Open results. Saturday, November 12 at Mitchell, S.D.