2002-03 College News - St. Cloud State update 12/9/02

St. Cloud State update

12/9/02

UPCOMING ACTION: The St. Cloud State University wrestling team (0-1) will host the annual St. Cloud State Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 14. Action begins in Halenbeck Hall at 9 a.m. Complete results will be available at the SCSU wrestling website - http:///www.stcloudstate.edu/~sports/wrestling/wr.html

LAST YEAR: St. Cloud State (6-8 overall, 1-5 NCC duals) completed its 2001-02 season with a 15th place finish at the NCAA Division II championships on March 8-9, at UW-Parkside in Kenosha, Wis.

THE RESULTS: Senior heavyweight Dustin Darveaux charted a first place finish at the 2002 Northern Iowa Open with a stellar 5-0 record. He collected one pin, two wins over Division I opponents and a 6-4 win over Les Sigman of UN-Omaha in the title match at heavyweight on Dec. 7. Senior Matt Neumueller was SCSU's other placing wrestler at UNI, with a sixth place ending at 165-pounds. Neumueller went 6-2 at the tournament, which included six straight wins in the wrestlebacks. In the battle for the consolation bracket title, Neumueller lost a tough 6-4 decision to DI opponent Mike Veach of Eastern Illinois. Other grapplers gaining wins at the UNI Open were Justin Werk (141), Dan Duch (157) and James Tabatt (197)...on Dec. 3, the Huskies dropped a tough 26-20 match at St. John's. SCSU winners that night included John Dirksen (141), Neumueller (165), Gerard Evans (184) and Darveaux (HWT).

TEAM NOTES: The NCC wrestler of the week on Dec. 3, Dustin Darveaux (17-1) is the first SCSU grappler to win a title at the Northern Iowa Open. Darveaux now has a 121-37 career record. He only needs 6 wins to move ahead of school record holder 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)...Jon Duncombe and Darveaux gained All-America honors at nationals in 2002, which is the 48th and 49th time SCSU has gained All-America NCAA Division II honors. Darveaux was also an AA in 2001 with a 7th place finish...Darveaux and Duncombe both placed fourth in the nation last year at the NCAA meet...Darveaux has won tournament titles this season at the 2002 Williamson Open at SDSU and the 2002 Bison Open at NDSU...make plans now to attend the annual SCSU Invitational. This tournament will feature several of the top NCAA DII and DIII programs in the nation and it will be held on Dec. 14, with action starting at 9 a.m. in Halenbeck Hall.

COACHING STAFF: The Huskies are led this season by Steve Grimit (Western Illinois, 1987). Grimit is in his 10th season as head coach of the Huskies. Grimit has led the Huskies to a 61-61 overall/21-38 NCC record during since 1993.