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1/30/2004 at St. Cloud, MN

The Mustang wrestling team lost a close battle to St. Cloud State on Friday, January 30 in SCSU's Halenbeck Hall. SMSU started out strong gaining a 15-6 lead with pins by Keefer Jensen and Shawn Plumley. The Mustangs and Huskies then split the next two rounds to give SMSU a 18-12 lead going into their final three rounds of the night. The Huskies were able to win the next two rounds leaving the match tied 18-18 going into heavy weight showdown between SMSU's Chris Abbott and SCSU's Kyle Stern.

Stern got a takedown and a near-fall with about 30 second to go. Abbott got a reversal to make it 13-7, but Stern then held off Abbott to win the match 13-7 and to give the Huskies their first dual meet win of the season, 21-18 over the Mustangs.

SMSU falls to 5-7 in dual meets and 0-1 in the NSIC. SCSU notches their first win 1-4 overall. Southwest will return home next Wednesday against #18 MSU-Moorhead.

St. Cloud State 21, Southwest Minnesota State 18

125: Josh Lindquist (SCSU) def. Ryan Reed (SMSU/3-11); dec. 12-8

133: Derek Miller (SCSU) def. Brice Whitacre (SMSU/2-5)

141: Keefer Jensen (SMSU/14-10) pinned Tom Messerli (SCSU); Fall 0:47

149: Aldon Struchen (SMSU/6-11) def. Seth Cole (SCSU); dec. 14-9

157: Shawn Plumley (SMSU/21-7) pinned B. Christopherson (SCSU); fall 4:57

165: Dan Duch (SCSU) pinned Josh Soupir (SMSU/3-5); fall 2:10

174: Brett Bartholomaus (SMSU/6-3) def. Sean Bere (SCSU); dec. 6-4

184: Mike Gritti (SCSU) def. Greg Frank (SMSU/4-14); dec. 10-6

197: Mikal Peterson (SCSU) def. Joel Wipperfurth (SMSU/7-10); dec. 8-2

HWT: Kyle Stern (SCSU) def. Chris Abbott (SMSU/10-16); dec. 13-7

Other highlights:

At 125 Josh Lindquist scored five takedowns and led 10-5 after two periods, but was on his back and very close to being pinned by Ryan Reed in the third period, but then scored a reversal with 17 seconds to go to save a 12-8 decision. Derek Miller won a 7-3 decision for SCSU at 133, but Keefer Jensen pinned Tom Messerli at 141 to even the score 6-0.

At 149 Aldon Struchen of SMSU led 9-7 after one period, but had to go a long time to beat Seth Cole 14-9. Struchen got a takedown and 2-point near fall with less than five seconds to go in the match. Then at 157, Blake Christopherson of SCSU had control in the match with a 9-6 lead, but got caught in a strange position and was pinned by Shawn Plumley at 4:57. The fall gave SMSU a 15-6 lead.

At 165 the Huskies' Dan Duch pulled his patented move and gained a reversal and then a fall at 2:10 over Josh Soupir, moving the Huskies to within three points. Brett Bartholomaus gained a takedown with 1:20 to go in his match against Sean Bere and the Mustang gained a 6-4 decision (1 point for riding time) to put SMSU up 18-12 after the 174-pound match.

Mike Gritti started strong for SCSU at 184, but needed a late takedown to seal a 10-6 decision over Greg Frank, and the Huskies trailed by only three with two matches to go. At 197, the Huskies' Mikal Peterson and SMSU's Joel Wipperfurth battled to a 0-0 tie after one period before Peterson gained a 1-0 lead b y escaping to start the second. Peterson then got a late takedown and a nearfall with under 15 second left in the match to win 8-2 and tie the match 15-15.