St. Cloud, Minn. -- The St. Cloud State wrestling team honored their
lone senior, Tom Messerli (Lafayette) on Friday, at their final home
wrestling dual of the regular season where it charted all of the team
points, winning 31-12 over the Univesrity of Mary Marauders.
The Huskies recieved a quick six points at the 125-pound weight class
as a default by the University of Mary gavve Westy Hanson the victory.
Sonny Silva increased his overall duals record to 5-2 at 133-pounds
after beating the Marauder's Aric Tarr, 10-5, earning 8 of his points
on take-downs. Tim Whitley earned the Huskies second six-point default
after Mary forfeited at 141-pounds.
Grant Johnson earned a two point take-down in the first period of the
149-pound match, and followed with a single point escape in the second
after choosing to go down to start the period. A near pin late in the
third earned Johnson his additonal points, winning by decision 8-0 over
Mary's Shawn Sneva. A take-down and a reversal evened the score 2-2 in
the first thirty seconds of the 157-pounds match between Marauder's
Devin Nagel and SCSU's Adam Minnette. After being down, 6-4, at the end
of the first period, Minnette chose to be neutral at the start of the
second, with his decision paying off as he tallied his fifth pin of the
year at 4:39.
Tom Anderson increased SCSU's lead to 28-0, winning by decision, 6-3,
over Mary's Brady Nagel. Anderson, wrestling at 165-pounds, led 3-2
nearly the entire match, but picked up two points just before time
expired in the second and charted his final point from riding time.
Neil Russell picked up two points on a takedown in the third to lead
him to victory, 7-3, winning by decision over David Oliver at
174-pounds. Adam Hill, wrestling in his second dual match of the year
at 184-pounds, was unable to overcome Kurt Weidrich of Mary, falling at
2:25.
After a double-forfeit at 197-pounds, Jairo Sandoval from SCSU faced
off against Mary's heavyweight, Kevin McCleary. Despite earning the
first two points, Sandoval was unable to overcome the heavyweight
falling at 3:25.
February 16, 2007 at St. Cloud, Minn
St. Cloud State 31, Mary 12
125: Westy Hanson (SCSU) wins by forfeit
133: Sonny Silva (SCSU) dec. Aric Tarr (Mary) 10-5
141: Tim Whitley (SCSU) wins by forfeit
149: Grant Johnson (SCSU) dec. Shawn Sneva (Mary) 8-0
157: Adam Minnette (SCSU) pins Devin Nagel (Mary) 4:39
165: Tom Anderson (SCSU) dec. Brady Nagel (Mary) 6-3
174: Neil Russell (SCSU) dec. David Oliver (Mary) 7-3
184: Kurt Weidrich (Mary) pins Adam Hill (SCSU) 2:25
197: Double Forfeit
Hwt: Kevin McCleary (Mary) pin Jairo Sandoval (SCSU) 3:53