GREELEY, Colo. - North Dakota State
began strong against Western Wrestling Conference Northern Colorado,
but the Bears rallied late to hand the Bison its first conference loss
21-18 on Saturday, Jan. 26. NDSU drops to 7-8 overall and 1-1 in
WWC action.
Redshirt freshman Kenny Moenkedick got the Bison off to a quick start
with a pin on Ed Matthews with just under a minute remaining in the
first period, while a decision by junior Jacob Bryce extended the NDSU
lead to 9-0 early.
Northern Colorado (4-5, 2-1 WWC) cut the gap to 9-8 following a
technical fall at the heavyweight and 5-3 decision at 125, but
decisions by senior Eric Sanders (133) and junior Gabriel Mooney (141)
would give the Bison a 15-8 advantage. Junior Adam Aho (157) also
recorded a decision at 157, giving NDSU an 18-11 lead with two weight
classes to go.
But the Bears came up big when they needed to, recording a fall at 165
and a major decision in the final class of the afternoon to give UNC
the 21-18 victory. The win was only the second for Northern
Colorado coach Jack Maughan against his father Bucky, as he improved to
2-19-1 all-time against the Bison. It also snapped a three-match
winning streak against the Bears, as NDSU is now 27-3-1 all-time
against Northern Colorado.
North Dakota State now travels to Orem, Utah, for another conference
showdown against Utah Valley (5-5, 1-0 WWC) on Monday, Jan. 28.
The meet against the Wolverines is scheduled for an 8 p.m. start in
Fargo.
Northern Colorado 21, North Dakota State 18
184 - Kenny Moenkedick (NDSU) fall Ed Matthews 2:09
197 - Jacob Bryce (NDSU) dec. Patrick Carey 6-1
Hwt - Reese Hopkin (UNC) tech fall Tyler Hemmesch 15-0
125 - Tony Mustari (UNC) dec. Eric Hoffman 5-3
133 - Eric Sanders (NDSU) dec. Blayze Bahe 6-5
141 - Gabriel Mooney (NDSU) dec. Richard Lohr 6-4
149 - Daniel Prater (UNC) dec. Andrey Patselov 8-7
157 - Adam Aho (NDSU) dec. Rocco DePaulo 8-2
165 - Devan Lewis (UNC) fall Vince Salminen 2:10
174 - Ryan Johnson (UNC) maj. dec. Shannon Fettig 11-3