The Augustana wrestling team opened North Central Conference dual
action by dropping a 30-12 decision to 18th-ranked St. Cloud State
Friday night in St. Cloud, Minn.
The loss evens the Vikings' dual record at 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the
NCC, while St. Cloud State improved to 7-0 overall and 1-0 in the NCC.
The Vikings got a big win at 184 pounds when Beau Severtson upset
SCSU's Brad Padgett, ranked sixth in the nation. Severtson fell behind
early when Padgett scored a takedown. But Severtson was able to get a
reverse and then pin Padgett in 2:41.
Severtson was 1 of 3 Vikings to pick up victories. Al Meger got the
Vikings off to a good start at 125 pounds when he defeated Westy Hanson
4-2 in the first bout of the night.
After SCSU won the next 2 matches by decision, Mike Wubbena tied the
score at 6-6 with a 5-2 win over Chad Kusbach in the 149-pound match.
The dual remained close at 12-6 in favor of SCSU with 4 matches
remaining. However the Huskie put the dual away by registering pins in
3 of those final 4 matches.
Augustana continues its weekend road trip on Saturday when the Vikings
take on No. 4 Minnesota State University, Mankato in a 7 p.m. dual.
#18 St. Cloud State 30, Augustana 12
125: Al Meger (Augie) dec. Westy Hanson (SCSU), 4-2 (Augie 3-0)
133: Josh Williams dec. Jason Jeremiason (Augie), 4-2 (tied 3-3)
141: Gabe Suarez (SCSU) dec. Jay Sherer (Augie), 8-3 (SCSU 6-3)
149: Mike Wubbena (Augie) dec. Chad Kusbach (SCSU), 5-2 (tied 6-6)
157: John Sundgren (SCSU) dec. Gavin Nelson (Augie), 15-10 (SCSU 9-6)
165: Tom Anderson (SCSU) dec. Matt Morris (Augie), 7-5 (SCSU 12-6)
174: Derek Skala (SCSU) pinned Mitch Lunning (Augie), 4:07 (SCSU 18-6)
184: Beau Severtson (Augie) pinned #6 Brad Padgett (SCSU), 2:41 (SCSU 18-12)
197: Nick Wilkes (SCSU) pinned Andrew Sorenson (Augie), 6:18 (SCSU 24-12)
285: Chris Schiewe (SCSU) pinned Lance Peters (Augie), 2:36 (SCSU 30-12)