True freshman 125-pounder picked up his 16th individual win of the season to open the competition, recording a 10-1 major decision victory against SDSU's Aaron Pickrel. The Wildcats then gained a 10-0 advantage in the team score after the Jackrabbits opted to forfeit the 133-pound match and hand six points to the visitors.
Sophomore Pat Greco kept momentum in NU's favor by dismissing Ben Gillette by major decision, 17-4, improving to 11-8 on the season.
South Dakota State came up with its lone win of the afternoon when Dustin Walraven -- ranked No. 31 in the recently released NCAA Coaches Rankings -- managed to win with bonus points (8-0) in the 149-pound contest. But Northwestern turned to its two-time All-American at 157 pounds, Jason Welch, to set things right with a 20-3 technical fall of Tyler Johnson midway through the second period.
Seventeenth-ranked Pierce Harger improved to a stellar 21-5 on the year by pulling out a 4-1 decision against Joe Brewster at 165 pounds, lifting Northwestern's lead in the team score to a dominating 22-4. His classmate Lee Munster needed less than one period to dismiss his opponent, John Nething II, with a quick 17-0 technical fall.
At 184, freshman Jacob Berkowitz earned a 10-6 decision against South Dakota State's Shea Nolan, while Alex Polizzi recorded an efficient 9-0 major decision over the Jackrabbits' Joe Skow. Northwestern's final win of the afternoon came courtesy of seventh-ranked heavyweight Mike McMullan, who ended the match with a 19-4 tech fall win late in the third period of his match with J.J. Everard.
Play-by-play and complete scoring from each individual bout is available in PDF format at the top of the page. Northwestern (8-8) concludes the dual portion of its schedule Saturday, Feb. 23 at Indiana, where start time is set for 1 p.m. CT in Bloomington, Ind.
Results:
125: No. 20 Dominick Malone (NU) maj. dec. Aaron Pickrel (SDSU), 10-1 (NU 4-0)
133: Garrison White (NU) won by forfeit, (NU 10-0)
141: Pat Greco (NU) maj. dec. Ben Gillette (SDSU), 17-4 (NU 14-0)
149: Dustin Walraven (SDSU) maj. dec. Dylan Marriott (NU), 8-0 (NU 14-4)
157: No. 2 Jason Welch (NU) Tech Fall Tyler Johnson (SDSU), 20-3 (4:21) (NU 19-4)
165: No. 17 Pierce Harger (NU) dec. Joe Brewster (SDSU), 4-1 (NU 22-4)
174: No. 9 Lee Munster (NU) Tech Fall John Nething II (SDSU), 17-0 (2:50) (NU 27-4)
? 184: Jacob Berkowitz (NU) dec. Shea Nolan (SDSU), 10-6 (NU 30-4)
197: Alex Polizzi (NU) maj. dec. Joe Skow (SDSU), 9-0 (NU 34-4)
285: No. 7 Mike McMullan (NU) Tech Fall J.J. Everard (SDSU), 19-4 (6:19) (NU 39-4)
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