College News - St. Cloud State Wrestling Report for Feb. 12, 2001

St. Cloud State Wrestling Report for Feb. 12, 2001

UPCOMING FOR THE HUSKIES: The #17 Huskies (7-6, 2-3 NCC) will travel to Division III opponent St. John1s University on Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Collegeville. On Feb. 16, the Huskies will wrestle at #1 Nebraska-Omaha at 7 p.m.

THE RESULTS: North Dakota State collected a pair of pins, a technical fall, and a forfeit victory in racing to a 38-9 win over St. Cloud State on Feb. 10 in Fargo, N.D. #2 NDSU improved to 7-3-1 overall and 3-1-1 in the NCC. SCSU slipped to 7-6 in duals. In the match, Matt Neumueller gained a big 9-2 win at 157 pounds over Thad Pike. Luke Wren gained a win at 197-pounds with an injury default win over Bryan Mueller. At heavyweight, Dustin Darveaux lost a 3-2 thriller against #1 ranked Nick Severson of NDSU...on Feb. 6, the Huskies dropped a 31-9 match against #7 MSU, Mankato. SCSU gained its lone wins with Wren at 197 pounds (16-0 over Paul Okins) and Darveaux at heavyweight (9-0 over Travis Wiuff).

TEAM NOTES: Coach Steve Grimit (54-51 in 8 seasons) won his 50th career dual match with the Huskies1 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...Dustin Darveaux leads the team this season with a 29-9 record, while Matt Neumueller is 28-10. Luke Wren is a near perfect 13-1 at 197 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 7th nationally at heavyweight, while Neumueller was ranked 8th and Wren was ranked 2nd at 197-pounds...seven NCC teams are ranked among the nation1s top 20 Division II teams (#1 UNO, #2 NDSU, #4 SDSU and #7 MSU, Mankato, #15 Northern Colorado, #17 ST. CLOUD STATE, #20 Augie) as of Jan. 29.

THE RECORD: SCSU is 7-6, 2-3 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 54-51/.518 overall record.

Team Statistics for St. Cloud State University

2000-01 Statistics---Dual Meet Record: 7-6, 2-3 NCC

2000-01 Dual Meet Results:
Dec. 6, 2000 - SCSU 28, at Northern State 15 (1-0)
Dec. 13, 2000 - SCSU 22, at Soutwest State 16 (2-0)
Jan. 10, 2001 - at Augsburg 44, SCSU 0 (2-1)
ˆJan. 11, 2001 - at SCSU 22, UNC 17 (3-1, 1-0 NCC)
*Jan. 19, 2001 - SCSU 19, Central Missouri State 19 (SCSU wins on criteria/4-1, 1-0 NCC)
*Jan. 19, 2001 - SDSU 29, St. Cloud State 10 (4-2, 1-0 NCC)
*Jan. 19, 2001 - Augustana 22, SCSU 22 (AC wins on criteria/4-3, 1-0 NCC)
*Jan. 20, 2001 - SCSU 31, Southern Colorado 15 (5-3, 1-0 NCC)
ˆJan. 26, 2001 - at SDSU 31, SCSU 15 (5-4, 1-1 NCC)
ˆJan. 27, 2001 - SCSU 24, at Augustana 23 (6-4, 2-1 NCC)
Feb. 2, 2001 - SCSU 21, MSU-Moorehad 17 (7-4, 2-1 NCC)
*Feb. 6, 2001 - MSU-Mankato 31, at SCSU 9 (7-5, 2-2 NCC)
*Feb. 10, 2001 - at NDSU 38, SCSU 9 (7-6, 2-3 NCC)

Tournament Finishes:
Dec. 9, 2000 - 4th place at SCSU Invitational
Jan. 6, 2001 - 5th place at Midwest Classic @ Indianapolis, Ind.

2000-01 Individual Finishers at Tournaments:
Dustin Darveaux--3rd place/HWT @Williamson Open on Nov. 4, 2000 (Open Division)
Matt Neumueller -- 4th place/157 @Williamson Open on Nov. 4, 2000 (Open Division)
Dustin Darveaux--1st place/HWT @NDSU Bison Open on Nov. 11, 2000 (Open Division)
Dustin Darveaux--3rd place/HWT @Ryan Kaufman Open on Nov. 18, 2000 (Open Division)
Matt Neumueller -- 6th place/157 @UNI Open on Dec. 2, 2000
Dustin Darveaux--2nd place/HWT @UNI Open on Dec. 2, 2000
Matt Neumueller -- 3rd place/157 @SCSU Invit. on Dec. 9, 2000
Dustin Darveaux--2nd place/HWT @SCSU Invit. on Dec. 9, 2000
Paul Breth - 2nd place/197 @SCSU Invit. on Dec. 9, 2000
Paul Arens - 3rd place/165@SCSU Invit. on Dec. 9, 2000
Luke Wren - 1st place/197 @ Midwest Classic on Jan. 6, 2001 (tournament MVP)
Matt Neumueller - 1st place/154 @ MIdwest Classic on Jan. 6, 2001
Dustin Darveaux - 3rd place/HWT @ Midwest Classic on Jan. 6, 2001
Matt Wilson - 8th place/149 @ MIdwest Classic on Jan. 6, 2001

* NWCA Division II Duals at Brookings, S.D.
ˆ NCC dual match

2000-01 SCSU Wrestling Roster

Name Wt. Yr. Hometown
Klaus Alberts 174 Jr. Mantorville
Paul Arens 165 Sr. Sauk Centre
Jason Bartels 141 Jr. Annandale
Eric Bellings 133 Fr. Neshkoro, WI
Paul Breth 197 Jr. Holdingford
Dustin Darveaux Hwt. So. Pipestone
John Dirksen 141/133 So. Clearwater
Daniel Duch 165 Fr. Baldwin, WI
Jon Duncombe 184 Fr. St. Michael
Patrick Gelhaus 141 Fr. Medford, WI
Thomas Giltner 149/141 Fr. Grand Forks, ND
Bradley Hunter 149 Jr. Oshkosh, WI
Joe Kirksey 141 Fr. Katy, TX
Matthew Neumueller 157 So. Medford, WI
Joseph Sathre 141 So. New Brighton
Jamie Steffen 125 So. Farmington
Steve Weber 125 Jr. Winthrop (GFW)
Nathan Whiting 184 So. Alexandria
Matt Wilson 149 Fr. Neenah, WI
Luke Wren 197 Sr. Dassel

Head Coach: Steve Grimit (8th season)
Assistant Coaches: Zach Anderson, Ryan Marx, Victor Swanson

Probable Line-Up for SJU and UN-Omaha Meets
125 - Steve Weber
133 - Open
141 - Joe Sathre
149 - Matt Wilson
157 - Matt Neumueller
165 - Paul Arens
174 - Dan Duch
184 - Nate Whiting
197 - Luke Wren
HWT - Dustin Darveaux