MSU MOORHEAD TOPPLES WOLVES FOR NSIC CROWN

February 5 , 2003

Moorhead, Minn .: Minnesota State Moorhead claimed the 2003 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference crown on Wednesday night with a 25-12 win over Northern State.

The Dragons recorded six wins on the night including two wins by fall while Northern collected four decisions on the night.

Northern's Dana Dargatz, Brent Babcock, Cory Wellnitz and Baron Blanchard all collected victories on the night.

The Wolves, ranked No. 19 in the nation, fall to 6-4 in duals this season while the 16th ranked Dragons improve to 8-5 on the year. Northern State will take on No. 3 North Dakota State on Feb. 12 in Fargo, N.D.

Results:

125 - Desmond Radunz (MSUM) dec. Chris Feldhaus (NSU); 7-1

133 - Ben Keen (MSUM) dec. Phil Greenfield (NSU); 8-0

141 - Mitch Jackson (MSUM) pinned Brian Englund (NSU); 6:51

149 - Dana Dargatz (NSU) dec. Chris Essig (MSUM); 3-1 OT

157 - Josh Jansen (MSUM) pinned Brandon Braun (NSU); 1:57

165 - Nate Hanson (MSUM) dec. Jason Hill (NSU); 10-7

174 - Brent Babcock (NSU) dec. Tony Soderberg (MSUM); 5-1

184 - Ryan Kopiasz (MSUM) def. Joey Krause (NSU) on criteria; 4-4 2OT

197 - Cory Wellnitz (NSU) dec. Cody Ranz (MSUM); 4-0

HWT - #5 Baron Blanchard (NSU) dec. Scott Dcamp (MSUM); 8-1