#18 St. Cloud State Rolls to 33-6 Win at Northern State
January 10, 2008
Aberdeen, S.D. - The #18 St. Cloud State University wrestlng team won
eight of the 10 matches on the evening, as the Huskies rolled past NSIC
foe Northern State University 33-6, on Jan. 10, at Wachs Arena in
Aberdeen, S.D.
The win moves the Huskies to 5-0 in the dual portion of its schedule,
while Northern State drops to 3-3. The 5-0 start in duals for SCSU
marks the best start for the Huskies since the 1959-60 season when the
Huskies went 11-1-1.
After Westy Hanson (Crookston) fell to Corbin Surat 4-2 in the
evening's first match at 125-pounds, the Huskies rattled off four
straight decisions to push their lead to 13-3.
Josh Williams (Bend, Ore.) gained a 9-3 win at 133-pounds and Gabe
Suarez (Las Vegas, Nev.) scored an 11-6 win at 141-pounds. At
149-pounds, Chad Kusbach (New Germany) posted a 7-6 win and John
Sundgren (Coon Rapids) charted a 15-3 win at 157-pounds.
After Tom Anderson dropped a tough, 3-2 match to Phillip Downs at
165-pounds, SCSU went on a second, four-match tear to pull away from
the Wolves for good.
Derek Skala (Owatonna) pushed the Husky lead to 17-6 with a 14-5 major
decision over Donnie Bowden at 174-pounds. Brad Padgett (Buckley,
Wash.) lived up to his #6 national ranking by pinning Cale Cornemann at
the 6:45 mark, his second of the season at184-pounds. Nick Wilkes
(Onamia) then gave the Huskies a 10-2 major decision victory at
197-pounds, and Chris Schiewe (Chicago, Ill.) capped off the evening
with pin at the 3:53 mark over Jared Little at heavyweight.
The Huskies will return to Halenbeck Hall Friday for the first home
dual of 2008 against Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Huskies and Blugolds hit
the mat at 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 10, 2008 at Northern State
St. Cloud State 33, Northern State 6
125: Corbin Surat (NSU) def. Westy Hanson (SCSU, 4-2
133: Josh Williams (SCSU) def. Rick Schiley (NSU) 9-3
141: Gabe Suarez (SCSU) def. Dave Schiley (NSU) 11-6
149: Chad Kubasch (SCSU) def. Ryan Larsen (NSU) 7-6
157: John Sundgren (SCSU) def. Dustin Bonn (NSU) 15-3
165: Phil Downs (NSU) def. Tom Anderson (SCSU) 3-2
174: Derek Skala (SCSU) def. Donnie Bowden (NSU) 14-5
184: #6 Brad Padgett (SCSU) pinned Cale Cornemann (NSU) 6:45
197: Nick Wilkes (SCSU) def. Todd Naasz (NSU) 10-2
HWT: Chris Schiewe (SCSU) def. Jared Little (NSU) 3:53
Next Match for SCSU: Jan. 11 - SCSU will host UW-Eau Claire at the Halenbeck Hall - 7 p.m.