2002-03 College News - St. Cloud State Update

St. Cloud State Update

1/20/03

In action at the 2003 Cliff Keeen/NWCA National Wrestling Duals, which were held on Jan. 18-19 in Columbus, Ohio, the Huskies posted a 1-2 record. In first round action, SCSU dropped a tough 22-18 decision against #8 ranked San Francisco State. In the consolation bracket, SCSU gained a 21-20 win over #17 Findlay on Jan. 18. To complete the action on Jan. 18, the Huskies lost 34-15 to #7 South Dakota State. Senior 165-pounder Matt Neumueller (ranked 3rd nationally) was an impressive 3-0 at the tourney, which included a 3-1 win over #5 ranked Lucas Mackesy of Findlay. #2 Dustin Darveaux was also 3-0 over the weekend in the heavyweight division.

TEAM NOTES: Dustin Darveaux set a new team record for career wins with his 2-1 win at Northern State. Darveaux is 26-1 this season and now owns a 131-37 career record, which bypasses the record of 126 wins set by Andy Reigstad, who had 126 from 1993-97. Darveaux had 38 wins in 2001-02, which tied the team record for most wins in a season along with Reigstad (1993-94) and Gene Hanemann (1994-95). Darveaux has won an impressive four tournament titles in 2002-03 (Williamson Open, the Bison Open, Northern Iowa Open and the SCSU Invitational), which is one short of the current team record...in the latest NCAA DII rankings, Darveaux is ranked #2 at HWT, Jon Duncombe is ranked #4 at 174 and Matt Neumueller is ranked #3 at 165...Neumueller, the NCC Wrestler of the Week on Dec. 16, owns an 15-4 record this year...SCSU's other wrestler above .500 this season is 184-pounder Gerard Evans, who owns a 10-6 record this winter...Duncombe and Darveaux both qualified for nationals in 2002...Darveaux and Neumueller also qualified for nationals in 2001...the 2003 NCC championships will be held in Fargo, N.D. on March 2...the 2003 NCAA championships will be held in Wheeling, W.V. on March 14-15.

UPCOMING ACTION: The St. Cloud State University wrestling team (1-5, 0-1 NCC) will host #2 Nebraska-Omaha on Friday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. This North Central Conference dual match will be held in SCSU's Halenbeck Hall and admission is free.