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    St. Cloud State to host annual wrestling invitational on Dec. 10

    CSU TO HOST 36th ANNUAL SCSU INVITATIONAL: The St. Cloud State wrestling team will welcome many of the nation's top collegiate wrestling programs to Halenbeck Hall's South Fieldhouse on Saturday, Dec. 10, when it hosts the 36th annual St. Cloud State Wrestling Invitational. The action will begin that day at 9 a.m. Teams slated to scheduled to compete include defending champion Augsburg, Dakota County Community College, Dickinson State University, Itasca C.C., Jamestown College, MSU-Mankato, Minnesota West C.C., Northern State University, Ridgewater C.C., Rochester C.C., Southwest Minnesota State University, St. Olaf College, St. John's University, University of Mary and St. Cloud State. For complete information on the tournament, please call 320-308-2996 or 308-2141. Results will be available at the SCSU website throughout the day at the following website

    http://www.stcloudstate.edu/athletics

    2005-06 RESULTS: SCSU is 0-0 in dual meet competition this season. Last year, SCSU was 0-7 overall and 0-5 in the North Central Conference dual meet season. The Huskies placed sixth at the 2005 NCAA Division II North Regional, and also placed 30th at the 2005 NCAA Division II championships.

    HUSKIES AT UNI OPEN: Cedar Falls, Iowa - The St. Cloud State wrestling team competed at the annual University of Northern Iowa Open on Sunday, Dec. 4. The team was led by senior Nate Schut, who advanced to the quarterfinals at 165-pounds. In his first round at the UNI Open, Schut gained a fall at 5:35 over Ben Imdieke of North Dakota State. He followed that up with a 3-0 decision against Eastern Illinois' Kevin Knabijan. In the championship quarterfinals, Schut dropped a tough 5-0 match to #1 seed Eric Luedke of Iowa. In the wrestlebacks, Schut added a 5-3 win over Trevor Madsen of Luther and then lost in the wrestleback quarterfinals to Mark Lukaszewski of Illinois (fall at 3:59).

    Shane Tappe was also impressive at 149 for the Huskies. In first round action, Tappe gained a 5-1 win over Ben Kissling of Luther. In the second round, Tappe added a 2-1 win over Missouri's Nathan Hewitt. At 125-pounds, Nick Wasche posted a 1-2 record at UNI that included an 8-0 win over Minnesota's Daniel Jackson. At 133-pounds, Matt Jackson was 0-2 and Brent Johnson was 1-2 for the Huskies. Johnson posted a solid 11-7 win over Tony Metzger of Eastern Illinois in the wrestlebacks. In action at 141-pounds, Tom Messerli was 0-2, while Adam Hill was 0-2 at 174-pounds. Jairo Sandoval opened his day at UNI with a 5-2 win over Nate Mohr (unattached) at 174-pounds. He finished his run at UNI with a 1-2 record. The SCSU team was completed by Chad Emery, who compiled a 0-2 record at 197-pounds.

    HUSKY BITES: SCSU senior Nate Schut is back after posting a 1-2 record at the NCAA Division II championships in the 165-pound bracket. He was SCSU's lone national qualifier in 2004-05, and he helped the Huskies gain a 30th place finish at the NCAA championship last year...SCSU will begin dual meet action this year on Jan. 6, with a 6 p.m. home meet against Augustana College. As always, admission is free to all home dual meets this season in Halenbeck Hall.
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