RECORD: MSU Moorhead is 12-9-0 overall and 2-2-0 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
COACH: Ex-Dragon Keenan Spiess is in his fifth season as head coach at
MSU Moorhead this winter. Spiess is assisted by Desmond Radunz.
LAST WEEK: MSU Moorhead placed seventh with 20.5 points at the 2008
NCAA Division II North Regional tournament on Sunday in Mankato as host
MSU, Mankato captured the team title with 104.5 points. Tyler Tubbs
finished second at 174 pounds.
RANKINGS: Minnesota State Moorhead fell a notch to 15th on the latest
NCAA Division II wrestling rankings. Two Dragons are ranked
individually, including Kelly Janke, seventh at 133, and Tyler Tubbs,
eighth at 174. MSUM is ranked second in the NSIC and tied for fifth on
the nine-team North Regional poll. Janke, 133, is ranked first in the
region.
RECORD: MSUM finished 14-8 overall and 3-1 in the NSIC in 2006-07.
2007 NATIONALS: MSUM placed 18th with 20.5 points at the 2007 NCAA
Division II National Championships at Kearney, NE. Senior Nate Baker
placed third at 165 pounds and senior Kyle Trout was eighth at 157.
Both earned NCAA II All-American honors.
2007 REGIONALS: MSU Moorhead qualified six wrestlers for the 2007 NCAA
Division II National Championships at the NCAA II North Central
Regionals at Alex Nemzek Hall February 25 and placed fifth. Senior Nate
Baker finished second at 165, sophomore Tyler Tubbs was third at 174,
and the Dragons received fourth place finishes from Troy MacFarland at
133, Kelly Janke at 141, Shane Walton at 149, and Kyle Trout, 157. MSU,
Mankato captured the team title with 146.5 points, followed by Upper
Iowa, 122, Nebraska-Omaha, 114.5, Augustana, 85.5, MSU Moorhead, 76,
Southwest Minnesota State, 34, Northern State, 31, and St. Cloud State
University, 31. Nick Smith, the 125-pound champion from MSU, Mankato,
was voted the Outstanding Wrestler.
NEXT: MSU Moorhead completes the 2007-08 season at the NCAA Division II National Championships March 14-15 at Cedar Rapids, IA.