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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, February 17
Frost Arena
3 p.m.
South Dakota State University
6
vs
41
Northern Iowa
Wrestling drops match to conference foe
2/17/2007 12:00:00 PM | Wrestling
BROOKINGS, S.D. ? Jason Stripling upended Tyler Rhodes by fall at heavyweight, but South Dakota State dropped a 41-6 match to Northern Iowa in Western Wrestling Conference action Saturday afternoon.
Stripling, a junior from Minneota, Minn., scored the Jacks lone points of the match downing Rhodes by fall in 6 minutes, 32 seconds. For the match, Stripling scored a takedown in the second period and a three-point near fall in the third before downing Rhodes with 28 seconds remaining in the match. Overall, Stripling collected his 19th victory this season and 11th win by fall.
For the match, Northern Iowa posted five major decisions and two wins by fall. The Panthers currently have three wrestlers ranked in the top-20 of the InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Division I Individual rankings.
With the loss, South Dakota State dropped to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the WWC, while Northern Iowa improved to 7-9-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
South Dakota State will take on North Dakota State tomorrow to close out the regular season. Start time for the match against the Bison is set for 2 p.m. at Frost Arena. The match against NDSU will mark the final home match for five seniors and one junior.
NORTHERN IOWA 41, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6
197: Andrew Anderson, UNI, major dec. Travis Gottschalk, 18-6
Hwt: Jason Stripling, SDSU, def. Tyler Rhodes, by fall, 6:32
125: Grant Ruge, UNI, major dec. Marcus Waters, 18-8
133: Kyle Anson, UNI, win by forfeit
141: C.J. Ettelson, UNI, major dec. Derek Pirner, 9-1
149: Ryan Osgood, UNI, major dec. Brad Gregory, 10-0
157: Moza Fay, UNI, def. Nick Herrboldt, by fall, 4:35
165: Nick Baima, UNI, major dec. Nate Althoff, 12-4
174: Curt Zinnel, UNI, dec. Chris Moran, 11-4
184: Dallas Mitchell, UNI, def. Levi Krehmeyer, by fall, 4:07
Stripling, a junior from Minneota, Minn., scored the Jacks lone points of the match downing Rhodes by fall in 6 minutes, 32 seconds. For the match, Stripling scored a takedown in the second period and a three-point near fall in the third before downing Rhodes with 28 seconds remaining in the match. Overall, Stripling collected his 19th victory this season and 11th win by fall.
For the match, Northern Iowa posted five major decisions and two wins by fall. The Panthers currently have three wrestlers ranked in the top-20 of the InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Division I Individual rankings.
With the loss, South Dakota State dropped to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the WWC, while Northern Iowa improved to 7-9-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
South Dakota State will take on North Dakota State tomorrow to close out the regular season. Start time for the match against the Bison is set for 2 p.m. at Frost Arena. The match against NDSU will mark the final home match for five seniors and one junior.
NORTHERN IOWA 41, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6
197: Andrew Anderson, UNI, major dec. Travis Gottschalk, 18-6
Hwt: Jason Stripling, SDSU, def. Tyler Rhodes, by fall, 6:32
125: Grant Ruge, UNI, major dec. Marcus Waters, 18-8
133: Kyle Anson, UNI, win by forfeit
141: C.J. Ettelson, UNI, major dec. Derek Pirner, 9-1
149: Ryan Osgood, UNI, major dec. Brad Gregory, 10-0
157: Moza Fay, UNI, def. Nick Herrboldt, by fall, 4:35
165: Nick Baima, UNI, major dec. Nate Althoff, 12-4
174: Curt Zinnel, UNI, dec. Chris Moran, 11-4
184: Dallas Mitchell, UNI, def. Levi Krehmeyer, by fall, 4:07
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