The Vikings, ranked No. 11 in the NCAA Division II Top 20 poll, improved to 5-3 overall and 1-0 in the NCC, while SCSU dropped to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in the NCC.
Chris Trampe, Cody Henriksen and Nate Buys all earned major decisions in their matches, while the fourth nationally-ranked Viking, Austin Scarset, came close. The Vikings also picked up a forfeit win by Ray O'Connor at heavyweight.
Trampe, ranked No. 7 at 125 pounds, got the Vikings off on the right foot with an 8-0 win over SCSU's Westy Hanson to give Augie a 4-0 lead. It was Trampe's team-high 20th win of the season. He is now 20-6
The Huskies then took a 9-4 lead with Nick Wasche decisioned Adam Schlee 5-1 at 133 pounds and Tim Whitley pinned Jordan Burmeister at 141 pounds.
But Jarred McCarthy righted the Viking ship with an 11-5 win over Grant Johnson at 149 pounds. Next, Scarset, ranked No. 2 at 157 pounds, put Augustana in the lead for good with an 11-5 win over Adam Minnette.
Aaron Haddorff made it 13-9 in Augie's favor with an 8-3 decision over Matt Steffenson before Henriksen, ranked sixth at 174 pounds, earned a 13-2 major decision over Neil Russell.
The closest match of the afternoon came at 184 pounds where SCSU's Nick Wilkes edged Beau Severtson 4-3 in double overtime. Wilkes recorded a reversal with 37 seconds left in the final period to tie the score at 3-3. In the second overtime, Severtson could not escape from the down position in his 30-second session. Wilkes then escaped with 27 seconds left in his 30-second session and then fought off several late takedown attempts by Severtson to hold on for the win.
Buys, ranked No. 3 at 197 pounds, put an exclamation point on the dual for Augustana with a 15-3 major decision over Jairo Sandoval. Buys led 7-1 after 1 period and 10-1 after 2 periods as he improved to 19-2.
Augustana returns to the mat on Wednesday when the Vikings travel to Mitchell, S.D., to face Dakota Wesleyan in a 7 p.m. dual.
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