The #4 Minnesota
State wrestling squad opened its
2006-07 NCC conference duals with a 33-7 win over #14 Augustana on
Tuesday. The Mavericks lost only two matches in the dual.
Nick Smith (Yankton, S.D.) got the match started with a 3-2 decision
win for the Mavericks over Chris Trampe to give them a early 3-0 lead.
Jeff Pfaffinger (Blue Earth, Minn.) built the lead with a pinfall win
over Adam Schlee at 1:16 to give the Mavericks a 9-0 lead.
Mike Long picked up the first win for the Augies as he came up with a
13-2 major decision win before the Mavericks got back-to-back pinfall
wins to go up 21-4 from Jason Rhoten (Kasson, Minn.) and Brandon Girtz
(Forrest Lake, Minn.).
The Mavericks won four of the next five matches to close out the night
including Tim Matheson’s upset of 4-3 upset of #5 Cody Henrickson.
On Deck:
The Mavericks will continue NCC conference action this Friday between
to top-four rated NCAA Division II rated teams as the Mavericks return
to the Taylor Center for a match-up against #3 Nebraska-Omaha. The
match has a 7:00 pm start. Prior to the MSU/UNO dual, Mankato East and
Mankato West will wrestle a varsity dual meet at 5:00 pm and a junior
varsity match at 4:00 pm.