NO. 7 JACKRABBITS TAKE DOWN NORTHERN STATE

January 11, 2003

ABERDEEN, S.D.: Northern State wrestlers captured three of the first four weight classes in their showdown with No. 7 South Dakota State on Saturday, but the Jackrabbits would shut down the Wolves in the final six matchups to gain the 23-11 victory in non-conference wrestling actioin.

Northern heavyweight Baron Blanchard and 125-pounder Chris Feldhaus opened the dual with major decisions to give NSU the 8-0 lead. SDSU would capture a decision at 133 before Northern would gain its final win of the night at 141 when Brian Englund won 7-5. SDSU then captured the final six match-ups.

The match-up of the night came at 165-pounds when NSU’s Jason Hill took No. 2 ranked Tyler Bryant to double overtime before allowing the nationally-ranked Jackrabbit to gain a reversal and a 4-2 decision.

Northern State falls to 3-2 in duals on the season and will travel to face Huron on Jan. 15. South Dakota State improves to 3-2 on the year in dual competition. Weight Result Team Score

HWT #8 Baron Blanchard (NSU) maj. dec. Cody Nehl (SDSU); 8-0

125 Chris Feldhaus (NSU) maj. dec. Garrett Houska (SDSU); 18-7

133 Kris Dozark (SDSU) def. Phil Greenfield (NSU); 8-2

141 Brian Englund (NSU) def. Chad Herrboldt (SDSU); 7-5

149 Jared Barnes (SDSU) def. Dana Dargatz (NSU); 7-4

157 Joe Kenton (SDSU) def. Brandon Braun (NSU); 13-6

165 #2 Tyler Bryant (SDSU) def. Jason Hill (NSU); 4-2 (2OT)

174 Bryan Cowdin (SDSU) def. Brent Babcock (NSU); 8-5

184 #2 Tyler Jones (SDSU) maj. dec. Joey Krause (NSU); 10-2

197 Tim Boldt (SDSU) maj. dec. Cory Wellnitz (NSU); 9-1