#16 Minnesota State Moorhead Edges St.
Cloud State, 19-17
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
St. Cloud, Minn. - In its first dual meet of the season, and the first
dual meet under the leadership of new coach Steve Costanzo, the St.
Cloud State University wrestling team (0-1) suffered a tough 19-17 loss
to #16 Minnesota State Moorhead on Tuesday, Jan. 9 in St. Cloud.
The Huskies began the meet strong as freshman Westy Hanson won the
first match of the night by a 12-2 decision over Casey Dschaak of MSU
at 125. Hanson is now 8-9 on the season. In the second
match of the evening, MSU's Troy McFarland gained a 13-9 win at 133
over SCSU's Nick Wasche, a sophomore from Cedar, Minn.
At 141-pounds, Tim Whitley rolled to a 9-3 win over Moorhead's Kelly
Jahnke. Whitley, a freshman from Wenatchee, Wash. is now 13-7 on
the season.
At 149-pounds, Cold Spring resident Grant Johnson gained another SCSU
win with a 9-1 decision over Shane Walton of MSU. At 157-pounds,
MSU gained a 10-3 win by Kyle Trout over Adam Minnette of SCSU.
In action at 165-pounds, MSU's Nate Baker (the nation's top ranked DII
wrestler at 165) posted a quick :15 pin over SCSU's Matt Steffenson.
SCSU got back into the thick of things at 174-pounds as Russell Smith
(Owatonna) charted a 4-3 win over MSU's Tyler Tubbs to give SCSU a
14-12 edge. The Huskies ran the score to 17-12 with a win by Nick
Wilkes (Onamia) at 184-pounds, as he gained a 13-6 decision over MSU's
Mike Nelson.
In the last two matches of the night, MSU gained the upper hand with a
9-7 overtime win by Josiah Bush over SCSU's Jairo Sandoval (Miami,
Fla.) at 197-pounds; and a 13-1 win by heavyweight Joe Facchinni over
SCSU's Michael Carbone (Avon Lake, Ohio).
The Huskies will travel to St. Olaf on Wednesday, Jan. 10 and then
return to Halenbeck Hall on Saturday, Jan. 13 for a 3 p.m. match
against Northern State University.
The turning point for the Dragon's came when Josaih Bush was able to
pick up two quick points in the overtime round in the 197 bout to
defeat Jairo Sandovall moving Moorhead to within two points of the
Huskies, 15-17. Heavyweight wrestler Joe Fracchinni sealed the victory
for the Dragons as he won by a major decision over first-year Husky,
Michael Carbone, 13-1.
The Huskies will travel to Northfield to face off against St. Olaf
College on Wednesday, January 10, with the duo beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at St. Cloud
MSU-Moorhead 19, St. Cloud State 17
125: Westy Hanson-SCSU def. Casey Dschaak-MSUM, 12-2
133: Troy McFarland-MSUM def. Nick Wasche-SCSU, 9-13
141: Tim Whitley-SCSU def. Kelly Jahnke-MSUM, 9-3
149: Grant Johnson-SCSU def. Shane Walton-MSUM, 9-1
157: Kyle Trout-MSUM def. Adam Minnette-SCSU, 10-3
165: #1Nate Baker-MSUM def. Matt Steffenson-SCSU, Fall at :15
174: Russell Smith-SCSU def. Tyler Tubbs-MSUM, 4-3
184: Nick Wilkes-SCSU def. Matt Nelson-MSUM, 13-6
197: Josaih Bush-MSUM def. Jairo Sandovall-SCSU, 9-7 OT
HWT: Joe Fracchinni-MSUM def. Michael Carbone-SCSU, 13-1