St. Cloud State falls to #4
Minnesota State Mankato
February 15, 2007
St. Cloud, Minn. -- St. Cloud State University sophomore, Nick Wilkes
(Onamia) charted the only Husky victory in a 38-3 loss to #4 ranked
Minnesota State Mankato on on Thursday, Feb. 15, at Halenbeck Hall on
the SCSU campus. SCSU is now 0-3 NCC, 2-6 overall.
The last conference dual for the Huskies started off strong as a late
escape in the third period by SCSU's Westy Hanson gave the match a
shift in gears to move the score to 3-2. MSU's No.2 Nick Smith battled
to keep his victory, sliding around on the mat and managing to get out
of bounds three times in the final thirty seconds to win by decision.
At 133 pounds, MSUM's Jeff Pfaffinger controlled the tempo and picked
up a major decision over SCSU's Sonny Silva, 14-5.
MSUM's John Putman gained an 11-6 win over Tim Whitley at
141-pounds. At 149 pounds MSUM picked up another major decision
at the hands of Willie McKeel, winning over Grant Johnson, 14-3.
The Mavericks earned a pin at 4:18 in the 157-pound match, as Adam
Minnette fell to #6 Brandon Girtz.
SCSU's Tom Anderson put up a fight against No.2 Andy Pickar, escaping
all of the three take-downs, but couldn't overcome the score losing by
decision, 7-3 at 165-pounds. Tim Matheson tallied another six points
for the Mavericks by pinning Neil Russell at 5:52 in the 174-pound
match.
Wilkes, wrestling at 184 pounds, got a slight scare as he went down
early and used his injury time-out but was able to fight back charting
a 14-9 decision over MSUM's Kevin Wallraff. The final match, at
197-pounds, Jairo Sandoval battled until the end, but was unable to
capitalize on any moves losing to MSU's Ben Janike by decision 6-2.
The Huskies will return to the mat on Friday, February 16, at 7:00 p.m.
hosting the Universtiy of Mary on SCSU's senior night.
February 15, 2007 at St. Cloud, MN
MSU-Mankato 38, St. Cloud State 3
125: #2 Nick Smith (MSU) dec. Westy Hanson (SCSU) 3-2
133: Jeff Pfaffinger (MSU) dec. Sonny Silva (SCSU) 14-5
141: John Puman (MSU) dec. Tim Whitley (SCSU) 11-6
149: Willie McKeel (MSU) dec. Grant Johnson (SCSU) 14-3
157: #6 Brandon Girtz (MSU) pinned Adam Minnette (SCSU) 4:18
165: #2 Andy Pickar (MSU) dec. Tom Anderson (SCSU) 7-3
174: Tim Matheson (MSU) pinned Neil Russell (SCSU) 5:52
184: Nick Wilkes (SCSU) dec. Kevin Wallraff (MSU) 14-9
197: Ben Janike (MSU) def. Jairo Sandoval (SCSU) 6-2
Hwt: #3 Brady Wilson (MSU) won by forfeit