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Jan. 22, 2001
St. Cloud State Wrestling Report for Jan. 22
UPCOMING FOR THE HUSKIES: The Huskies (5-3, 1-0 NCC) will travel to South Dakota State on Jan. 26, for a 7:30 p.m. match, and on Jan. 27, the Huskies will wrestle at Augustana. Match time there is slated for 2 p.m.
THE RESULTS: The #18 Huskies brought home a 2-2 record and tied for seventh place at the 2001 Division II Duals on Jan. 19-20, in Brookings, S.D...SCSU charted a 29-13 win over #12 Southern Colorado and a 19-19 win by criteria over #7 Central Missouri State. SCSU also suffered a tough 29-10 loss against #6 SDSU and a 22-22 loss by criteria against Augustana...#2 Luke Wren posted a 4-0 record at the duals and was named to the All-Tournament team at 197-pounds...Paul Arens was 2-2 at the duals this weekend in action at 174- and 165-pounds...#5 Matt Neumueller was 3-0 at 157-pounds and also gained a win at 174-pounds, while #6 Dustin Darveaux was 2-2 at heavyweight. His losses came against #1 ranked Jon Madsen of SDSU (5-2) and #7 James Garvey of Augustana (5-4).
TEAM NOTES: Coach Steve Grimit (52-48 in 8 seasons) won his 50th career dual match with the Huskies' 22-17 dual win over UNC...in eight seasons of >wrestling, coach Steve Grimit never experienced a tie dual meet at SCSU. On Jan. 19, Grimit posted a pair of dual match ties. The first was a 19-19 tie against Central Missouri (SCSU won by criteria) and the second was a 22-22 tie against Augustana (SCSU lost by criteria)... Luke Wren was named the NCC Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 9. Wren, a midseason transfer from Adams State, was also named to the Division II Duals All-Tournament team...both Dustin Darveaux and Matt Neumueller are 25-8 in action this season...Klaus Alberts, an All-American in 1999, will miss the 2000-01 season due to injuries...in the last Division II wrestling polls, Darveaux was ranked sixth nationally at heavyweight, while Neumueller was ranked fifth and Wren was ranked 2nd at 197-pounds...six NCC teams are ranked among the nation's top 20 Division II teams (#1 UNO, #3 NDSU, #6 SDSU and #8 MSU, Mankato, #16 Northern Colorado, #18 ST. CLOUD STATE) as of Jan. 16.
THE RECORD: SCSU is 5-3, 1-0 NCC in dual meet action this season...The Huskies finished the 1999-00 season at 9-9 in dual meet action, and 2-4 in the NCC. At the 2000 NCC meet, SCSU placed 6th.
COACHING STAFF: The Huskies are led this season by Steve Grimit (Western Illinois, 1987). Grimit is in his eighth season as head coach of the Huskies. Grimit has led the Huskies to a 52-48/.520 overall record.