St. Cloud, Minn. -- St. Cloud State University's Nick Wilkes won by
decision over Northern State's Cale Cornemann, at the 184-pound weight
class, 10-4, to give St. Cloud University enough points to secure its
second victory of the season, at Halenbeck Hall on Jan. 13, winning by
a score of 27-16. SCSU is now 2-1 on the 2006-07 season in
wrestling this year.
Sonny Silva (133), Grant Johnson (149), and Matt Steffenson (165) all
added big points for SCSU as they all took home pins in their second
period of each match. This was Silva's first appearance at a duo meet,
and his first pin of the year.
Tim Whitley's match at 141 pounds kept Silva's high energy for the
Huskies as he won a triple-overtime, sudden-death, match over Dave
Schiley, 14-9, on a last minute take down. Hometown wrestler, Neil
Russell, also appeared for the Huskies in his first duo meet of the
year, picking up a 15-10 decision over Brunau Augustin at 174-pounds.
SCSU suffered three losses, as no. 6-ranked Chas Welch won a decision
over St. Cloud's Westy Hanson, 5-1 at 125-pounds. Todd Naasz picked up
a win over SCSU's Jairo Sandoval at the 197-pound weight class, 11-1.
Phillip Downs, NSU, defeated Adam Minnette, 6-1 at 157-pounds. The
Huskies forfeited the heavyweight match, making the final score 27-16.
The Huskies will prepare to travel to number two-ranked Nebraska-Omaha
on Friday, Jan. 19 and will face off against Augustana on Saturday,
Jan. 20.
January 13, 2007 at St. Cloud, MN
St. Cloud State 27, Northern State 16
125: Chas Welch-NSU def. Westy Hanson-SCSU, dec. 5-1
133: Sonny Silva-SCSU pins Phil Greenfield-NSU at 4:14
141: Tim Whitley-SCSU def. Dave Schiley-NSU in 3OT, 14-9
149: Grant Johnson-SCSU pins Dustin Bonn-NSU at 4:24
157: Phillip Downs-NSU def. Adam Minnette-SCSU, dec. 6-1
165: Matt Steffenson-SCSU pins Shawn Lewis-NSU at 4:52
174: Neil Russell-SCSU def. Brunau Augustin-NSU, dec. 15-10
184: Nick Wilkes-SCSU def. Cale Cornemann-NSU, dec. 10-4
197: Todd Naasz-NSU def. Jairo Sandoval-SCSU, major dec. 11-1
Hwt: SCSU forfeits to NSU