NDSU improved to 7-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12. The Bison host Boise State (1-2, 0-0 Pac 12) in a non-conference dual at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, in the Scheels Center. The Broncos lost 37-3 at South Dakota State on Friday night.
The Bison won four of the first five matches to build a 16-4 lead, but Northern Colorado (0-3, 0-2 Big 12) stormed back with a pair of pins from Keilan Torres and Dylan Gabel to close the deficit to 20-16 with two matches remaining.
That's where North Dakota State 197-pounder Cordell Eaton and 285 Ben Tynan took over. Eaton, a redshirt freshman from Iowa, grinded out a 4-1 decision over UNC's Jamarcus Grant, while senior Tynan recorded his third fall of the season at 5:30 over Jack Kuck to snuff out the Bears threat. Eaton is now 8-7 overall and 3-5 in duals, while Tynan has won 10 of 11 matches this season including 7 of 8 duals.
North Dakota State's No. 4-ranked 125-pound senior Josh Rodriguez hooked up with a former Western Wrestling Conference foe in Trey Andrews and fashioned a hard-fought 13-4 major decision. Rodriguez improved to 11-0 overall and 8-0 in duals. It was his first major decision of the season to go along with six tech falls and three pins.
It would be a preview of things to come as five of the seven Bison wins came via bonus points, major decision, tech fall or fall. Collectively, NDSU finished with 17-minutes and 43-seconds of riding time during the dual including 5:31 from Rodriguez.
North Dakota State upped its lead to 7-0 as 133-pound redshirt freshman Cam Sykora outlasted Rico Montoya 8-3. Sykora, a redshirt freshman from Wheaton, Minn., became eligible at the break and improved to 3-2 overall.
Northern Colorado's No. 18-ranked Timmy Box recorded a 13-3 major decision over Taylor Nein to trim the deficit to 7-4, but the Bison answered in a big way with 149 Mitch Friedman's 16-1 tech fall over Ben Polkowske and No. 16-ranked 157 Clay Ream's 16-5 major decision over Taylor Kinn to stretch the lead to 16-4. Friedman is now 9-5 overall and 3-2 in duals, while Ream stands at 13-2 overall including 8-0 in duals.
North Dakota State 174-pound redshirt sophomore Dylan Urbach interrupted UNC's rally with an impressive 17-3 major decision over Dalton Robertson. It was the first dual showing for Urbach, who improved to 6-3 overall.
Results:
125: #4 Josh Rodriguez (NDSU) major dec Trey Andrews (UNC), MD 13-4 / Bison 4-0
133: Cam Sykora (NDSU) dec Rico Montoya (UNC), 8-3 / Bison 7-0
141: #18 Timmy Box (UNC) major dec Taylor Nein (NDSU), MD 13-3 / Bison 7-4
149: Mitch Friedman (NDSU) tech fall Ben Polkowske (UNC), TF 16-1 / Bison 12-4
157: #16 Clay Ream (NDSU) major dec Tyler Kinn (UNC), MD 16-5 / Bison 16-4
165: Keilan Torres (UNC) fall Nick Mergen (NDSU), Fall 3:13 / Bison 16-10
174: Dylan Urbach (NDSU) major dec Dalton Robertson (UNC), MD 17-3 / Bison 20-10
184: Dylan Gabel (UNC) fall Tyler McNutt (NDSU), Fall 2:13 / Bison 20-16
197: Cordell Eaton (NDSU) dec Jamarcus Grant (UNC), 4-1 / Bison 23-16
285: Ben Tynan (NDSU) fall Jack Kuck (UNC), Fall 5:40 / Bison 29-16
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