Bison Blank Utah Valley State
46-0 in Western Wrestling Conference Opener
FARGO, N.D. -- North Dakota State (3-2, 1-0 WWC) won its first Western
Wrestling Conference match defeating Utah Valley State (3-7, 0-2 WWC)
46-0 in front of a crowd of 604 at the Bison Sports Arena on Friday,
January 19. The last time the Bison shutout an opponent was on
February 14, 2004, when NDSU upended Air Force 42-0.
After forfeits at 125 and 133 pounds, Gabe Mooney got the duel rolling
by defeating Justin Morrill 8-4 at 141 pounds. Ryan Adams,
wrestling in his first home dual for the Bison, followed that effort
up, winning 11-6 over Justin Rawle at 149 pounds.
Adam Aho and Mike Quamme each earned four points for NDSU after major
decisions at 157 and 165 pounds, respectively. Aho defeated
Clayton Wolf 13-4 and Quamme took care of Dustin Olsen 12-3. The
12-3 decision for Quamme was his first career dual win.
The most exciting match of the night came at 174 pounds between NDSU's
Matt Hermann and UVSC's Marc Fenwick Fenwick had a 10-8 advantage
with less than a minute remaining in the final period. But with
34 seconds remaining, Hermann scored a takedown to tie the match at 10
and send it into overtime. The extra session would be a short one
though as Hermann notched a takedown 23 seconds into sudden victory to
earn a 12-10 decison.
Reigning WWC Wrestler of the Week Matt Wetterling increased his winning
streak to five and his pinning streak to four at 184 pounds after
sticking Brock Jardine's shoulders to the mat in 1:57. At
197 pounds, Jacob Bryce recorded his first technical fall of the
season, defeating Eric McCalister 23-8 with 35 seconds remaining in the
final period.
Heavyweight Justin LaGosh secured the shutout for North Dakota State
with a first period pin of Mike Smith. The pin was LaGosh's
fourth of the season.
The Bison will be back on the road for a pair of Western Wrestling
Conference matches. The Bison will wrestle Wyoming on Friday,
January 26, at 8 p.m. CST and will be back on the mat the following
afternoon against Air Force at 3 p.m. CST.
January 19, 2007 at Fargo, ND
North Dakota State 46, Utah Valley
State 0
125: Eric Hoffman (NDSU) wins via forfeit
133: Eric Sanders (NDSU) wins via forfeit
141: Gabe Mooney (NDSU) dec. Justin Morrill (UVSC) 8-4
149: Ryan Adams (NDSU) dec. Justin Rawle (UVSC) 11-6
157: Adam Aho (NDSU) maj. dec. Clayton Wolf (UVSC) 13-4
165: Mike Quamme (NDSU) maj. dec. Dustin Olsen (UVSC) 12-3
174: Matt Hermann (NDSU) dec. Marc Fenwick (UVSC) 12-10; SV1
184: Matt Wetterling (NDSU) pin Brock Jardine (UVSC) 1:57
197: Jacob Bryce (NDSU) tech fall Eric McCalister (UVSC) 23-8; 6:25
Hwt.: Justin LaGosh (NDSU) pin Mike Smith (UVSC) 0:56