St. Cloud, Minn. -- The nationally ranked St. Cloud State University
wrestling team was back in action for a meet with St. Olaf College on
Jan. 25, in Halenbeck Hall, and it was another impressive outing for
the Huskies as they won 33-6, which improved their record to a perfect
8-0 on the 2007-08 season.
The match started out with a pair of forfeits by the Ole’s at 125 and
133 giving the Huskies a 12-0 advantage before they even began. From
there Gabe Suarez (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Chad Kusbach (New Germany) each
recorded wins at 141 and 149 respectively to push the SCSU lead to
18-0. St. Olaf finally got on the board when Josef Wapels scored a win
over the Huskies' Michael Markey at 157 pounds.
SCSU then rattled off two more wins, at 165 with Tom Anderson (Belview)
and at 174 with Derek Skala (Owatonna). St. Olaf got on the board for
the last time at 184 pounds when Josh Bain scored a win over the
Huskies Jairo Sundoval (Miami, Fla.). The Huskies wrapped up the meet
with a win at 197 from Eric Rogness (Bufallo), and at 285 Nolan Boucher
put an exclamation point on the victory with the meet’s only pin at the
2:00 minute mark.
The Huskies stay undefeated at 8-0, and will put their 1-0 NCC mark on
the line tomorrow afternoon when the University of Nebraska-Omaha
visits Halenbeck Hall for a conference dual meet at 2 p.m.
The Mavericks are currently the #2 ranked team in the country and sport
a 3-1 record. This will be the first conference test for UNO.
St. Cloud State 33, St. Olaf 6
125: Westy Hanson (SCSU) wins by forfeit
133: Josh Williams (SCSU) wins by forfeit
141: Gabe Suarez (SCSU) dec. Dan Rysavay 12-8
149: Chad Kusbach (SCSU) dec.Landon Peppel 9-7
157: Josef Waples (STO) dec. Michael Markey 14-8
165: Tom Anderson (SCSU) dec. Thomas Kopietz 3-2
174: Derek Skala (SCSU) dec.Justin Bain 6-1
184: Josh Bain (STO) dec. Jairo Sundoval 6-2
197: Eric Rogness (SCSU) dec.Paul Shepard 9-2
285: Nolan Boucher (SCSU) fallJustin Luthey 2:00