Feb. 26, 2001
UPCOMING FOR THE HUSKIES: The #15 Huskies (8-7, 2-4 NCC) will travel to the 2001 NCAA Division II championships on March 9-10. The tournament will be held at Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo. Last year, SCSU placed 27th and NCC rival North Dakota State placed first.
THE RESULTS: At the always rugged NCC Championships on Feb. 25, in Mankato, the Huskies charted a fifth place finish with 41 points. NDSU (75) won the meet, while UNO (69), Mankato (68) and SDSU (58.5) rounded out the top four. Augustana (30.5) and UNC (24) completed the standings...Huskies to qualify for the national meet were Matt Neumueller (157), Paul Arens (174), Nate Whiting (184), Luke Wren (197) and Dustin Darveaux (HWT)...at 157, Neumueller placed third with a 12-2 win over NDSU's Thad Pike. Neumueller completed the tourney with a 3-1 record...at 174, Arens gained a third place title with a pinfall win over Mankato's Joe Schrimpf at 3:57. Arens was also 3-1 in tournament action...at 184, Nate Whiting was an unseeded surprise who gained fourth place honors with a win over UNC's Ryan Guillanme. At the tournament, Whiting was 2-2...in play at 197, Luke Wren charted a second place finish losing to #1 Chad Wallace of UNO in the finals (4-2 in OT). To reach the finals, Wren gained a win over Dustin Wagner of SDSU and NDSU's Bryan Kraemer...at heavyweight, Dustin was 3-2 and nabbed fourth place with a gutty 10-4 win over Lance Tolstedt of UNO. In second round action, Darveaux dropped a tough 8-3 decision to eventual champ Jon Madsen of SDSU after being hobbled by a late round injury. He battled back through the pain in the wrestlebacks to gain two wins in order to clinch a return trip to the NCAAs.
TEAM NOTES: Coach Steve Grimit (55-52 in 8 seasons) won his 50th career dual match with the Huskies' 22-17 dual win over UNC...... Luke Wren was named the NCC Wrestler of the Week on Jan. 9 and Feb. 20. ..Dustin Darveaux leads the team this season with a 34-11 record, while Matt Neumueller is 32-12. Luke Wren is a near perfect 17-2 at 197 this season...in the last Division II wrestling polls, Darveaux was ranked 6th nationally at heavyweight, while Wren was ranked 2nd at 197-pounds...six NCC teams are ranked among the nation's top 20 Division II teams (#1 UNO, #2 NDSU, #4 SDSU and #7 MSU, Mankato, #12 Northern Colorado, #15 ST. CLOUD STATE) as of Feb. 14.
THE RECORD: SCSU finishes its dual meet season in 2000-01 with an 8-7, 2-4 NCC record (5th at the NCC championships)...The Huskies finished the 1999-00 season at 9-9 in dual meet action, and 2-4 in the NCC.
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: 8-7, 2-4 NCC
Name 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 HWT Paul Arens - - - - - 12-12 5-2 - - - Johnny Barthel - - - 0-2 - - - - - - Paul Breth - - - - - - - - 6-6 - Dustin Darveaux - - - - - - - - - 34-11 John Dirksen - - 0-2 - - - - - - - Dan Duch - - - - - 2-3 5-9 - - - Tom Giltner - - - - 0-2 - 0-1 - - - Brad Hunter - - - 3-12 - - - - - - Joe Kirksey - - 1-5 - - - - - - - Brad McAdams - - - - - - 0-2 - - - Matt Neumueller - - - - 32-12 - 1-0 - - - Joe Sathre - - 5-23 - - - - - - - Jamie Steffen 5-6 - - - - - - - - - Steve Weber 3-13 0-3 - - - - - - - - Nate Whiting - - - - - - - 11-19 - - Matt Wilson - - - 9-19 - - - - - - Luke Wren - - - - - - - - 17-2 -