The Huskies began the meet strong as freshman Westy Hanson won the first match of the night by a 12-2 decision over Casey Dschaak of MSU at 125. Hanson is now 8-9 on the season. In the second match of the evening, MSU's Troy McFarland gained a 13-9 win at 133 over SCSU's Nick Wasche, a sophomore from Cedar, Minn.
At 141-pounds, Tim Whitley rolled to a 9-3 win over Moorhead's Kelly Jahnke. Whitley, a freshman from Wenatchee, Wash. is now 13-7 on the season.
At 149-pounds, Cold Spring resident Grant Johnson gained another SCSU win with a 9-1 decision over Shane Walton of MSU. At 157-pounds, MSU gained a 10-3 win by Kyle Trout over Adam Minnette of SCSU. In action at 165-pounds, MSU's Nate Baker (the nation's top ranked DII wrestler at 165) posted a quick :15 pin over SCSU's Matt Steffenson.
SCSU got back into the thick of things at 174-pounds as Russell Smith (Owatonna) charted a 4-3 win over MSU's Tyler Tubbs to give SCSU a 14-12 edge. The Huskies ran the score to 17-12 with a win by Nick Wilkes (Onamia) at 184-pounds, as he gained a 13-6 decision over MSU's Mike Nelson.
The turning point for the Dragon's came when Josaih Bush was able to pick up two quick points in the overtime round in the 197 bout to defeat Jairo Sandovall moving Moorhead to within two points of the Huskies, 15-17. Heavyweight wrestler Joe Fracchinni sealed the victory for the Dragons as he won by a major decision over first-year Husky, Michael Carbone, 13-1.
The Huskies will travel to St. Olaf on Wednesday, Jan. 10 and then return to Halenbeck Hall on Saturday, Jan. 13 for a 3 p.m. match against Northern State University.
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