Feb. 24, 2003
TEAM NOTES: Dustin Darveaux gained his 10th pin of the season on Feb. 7, with a 1:35 win over MSUM's Scotty DCamp...he also set a new team record for career wins with his 2-1 win at Northern State. Darveaux is 33-2 this season and now owns a 138-38 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 (he only needs six more wins this season to set new season win record), 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, Matt Neumueller is ranked #5 at 165, Darveaux is ranked #2 at HWT and Duncombe is 7th at 174 ...Neumueller, the NCC Wrestler of the Week on Dec. 16, owns an 21-6 record this year...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: St. Cloud State University (1-13, 0-6 NCC) will compete at the 2003 North Central Conference championships on Sunday, March 2. The all-day tournament will be held on the campus of North Dakota State in Fargo, N.D. Teams in action at the NCC tournament include #2 NDSU, #3 UN-Omaha, #7 Northern Colorado, #8 Augustana, #12 MSU, Mankato, #14 South Dakota State and the Huskies. In 2001-02, NDSU won the league crown and SCSU placed seventh. Dustin Darveaux (HWT), Nate Whiting (184) and Jon Duncombe (174) all placed 4th at the NCC tournament last year.