2008-09 College Results
SDSU downs Pacific and Portland State in non-conference wrestling
February 13, 2009
FOREST GROVE, Ore. -- The Jackrabbits ended their four-match skid by knocking out the Pacific Boxers 43-9 at the Pacific Athletic Center Friday afternoon.
Weston Ginther put the Jackrabbits on the board to open the match with a 7-2 victory at 165 pounds.
After that, every Jacks victory came with bonus points as SDSU jumped
out to a 31-0 lead. The Jacks dropped only two matches, one by decision
in the last match of the day at 157 pounds with the other by forfeit at
133 pounds.
At the upper weights, the Jacks recorded a pair of wins by fall and a
pair of forfeits. Justin Retallic at 174 pounds and Jeremy Swier at 197
pounds notched pins to help the Jacks extend the score to 27-0.
Alan Marvin picked up a major decision while wrestling at 125 pounds
for SDSU. Marvin improves his record to 12-11 on the season.
After surrendering the 133-pound weight class, freshman Dustin Walraven
recorded a pin at the 1:27 mark of the first period and Nick Flynn won
by forfeit at 149 pounds to end SDSU’s scoring.
The match improved the Jacks to 8-9-1 on the season while the Boxers fall to 1-12.
February 13, 2009 at Forest Grove, OR
South Dakota State 43, Pacific 9
165: Weston Ginther (SDSU) dec. Nathan Shay (PAC), 7-2 (3-0 SDSU)
174: Justin Rettalic (SDSU) win by fall over Lane Wiltshire (PAC), 1:46 (9-0 SDSU)
184: Zach Blindert (SDSU) win by forfeit (15-0 SDSU)
197: Jeremy Swier (SDSU) win by fall over Jordan Branson (PAC), 4:57 (21-0 SDSU)
Hwt: Jason Stripling (SDSU) win by forfeit (27-0 SDSU)
125: Alan Marvin (SDSU) maj. dec. John Cushman (PAC), 12-2 (31-0 SDSU)
133: Andrew Wolfe (PAC) win by forfeit (31-6 SDSU)
141: Dustin Walraven (SDSU) win by fall over Andy Duncan (PAC), 1:27 (37-6 SDSU)
149: Nick Flynn (SDSU) win by forfeit (43-6 SDSU)
157: Kody Kramer (PAC) dec. Marc Wermsen (SDSU), 4-2 (43-9 SDSU)
SDSU vs. Portland State
PORTLAND, Ore. -- South Dakota State wrestling team
recorded three wins by fall and improved to 2-0 on the day as they
defeated Portland State 30-16 Friday night at the Stott Center.
The Jacks surrendered a major decision in the first match of the night
at 165 pounds but battled back to record pins at 174, 197 and
heavyweight to take control of the match.
Freshman Scott Elliott got things rolling for the Jacks as he notched a
pin at 174 pounds. Elliott improves to 25-5 overall and 9-2 in duals
this season.
No. 14 Tyler Sorenson kept his perfect record intact with a pin at 197
pounds. Sorenson’s pin at 3:15 put the Jacks in the lead for good as he
improves to 11-0 on the season.
Jason Stripling followed Sorenson’s performance with a pin of his own
at heavyweight at the 2:49 mark as he improves to 30-9 on the season.
Stripling’s win marks the 29th time an SDSU wrestler has broke the 30
win mark in a season. Stripling also moves within one win of 22nd on
SDSU’s all-time wins list with a career record of 81-39.
The win brings SDSU back to .500 on the season at 9-9-1 while Portland State falls to 6-9 overall.
The Jacks will round out the season at home against North Dakota
State on Friday and against No. 21 Northern Iowa on Saturday with both
matches starting at 7 p.m. at Frost Arena.
February 13, 2009 at Portland, OR
South Dakota State 30, Portland State 16
165: Bryan Cantrell (PSU) won by maj. dec. over Weston Ginther (SDS) 16-5 (4-0 PSU)
174: Scott Elliot (SDS) won by fall over Ryan Sonderegger (PSU) 4:43 (6-4 SDS)
184: Brady Garner (PSU) won by dec. over Zach Blindert (SDS) 6-4 OT (7-6 PSU)
197: #14 Tyler Sorenson (SDS) won by fall over Keena Washington (PSU) 3:15 (12-7 SDS)
Hwt: Jason Stripling (SDS) won by fall over Levi Cooper (PSU) 2:49 (18-7 SDS)
125: Alan Marvin (SDS) won by forfeit (24-7 SDS)
133: Thomas Cottrell (PSU) won by forfeit (24-13 SDS)
141: Dustin Walraven (SDS) won by dec. over Camrun Arkills (PSU) 8-2 (27-13 SDS)
149: Henry Kofa (PSU) won by dec. over Adam Everson (SDS) 3-2 (27-16 SDS)
157: Weston Blasius (SDS) won by dec. over Steven Dailey (PSU) 6-4 (30-16 SDS)
