NO. 11 MAVERICKS OUTLAST NORTHERN STATE 26-15

 

January 25, 2003

ABERDEEN, S.D.: The No. 11 ranked Minnesota State, Mankato wrestling team took six of ten matchups on Saturday afternoon en route to a 26-15 dual win over Northern State. Two of MSU’s wins were by fall while another two were major decisions.

Northern State’s Baron Blanchard (HWT), Joey Krause (184) and Chris Feldhaus (125) all posted wins by decision while Brian Englund (141) gave Northern its only win by fall of the afternoon.

Northern drops to 5-3 in duals on the season and will host Minnesota-Morris in NSIC competition on Wednesday for the final home match of the season.

157 #2 Cory Beckman (MSU) pinned Brandon Braun (NSU); 1:19

165 #7 Jake Emerick (MSU) maj. dec. Jason Hill (NSU); 13-4

174 Jon Dierks (MSU) maj. dec. Brent Babcock (NSU); 16-8

184 Joey Krause (NSU) def. Joel Schrimpf (MSU); 3-2

197 Mike Engelmann (MSU) def. Cory Wellnitz (NSU); 16-11

HWT #8 Baron Blanchard (NSU) def. Paul Svein (MSU); 6-0

125 Chris Feldhaus (NSU) def. Joey Neigum (MSU); 3-1

133 #2 Tony Fratzke (MSU) pinned Phil Greenfield (NSU); 3:52

141 Brian Englund (NSU) pinned Dustin Kulseth (MSU); 4:02

149 Chris Murphy (MSU) def. Dana Dargatz (NSU); 4-3