Wrestlers fall to No. 21 Northern Iowa on Senior Night

Saturday, February 21

Frost Arena

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Northern Iowa

2/21/2009 1:00:00 AM | Wrestling

By: SDSU Sports Info

Senior Jason Stripling won the first match of the night for the South Dakota State wrestling team on Senior Night but No. 21 Northern Iowa rattled wins in the final nine matches to defeat the Jackrabbits 33-3 at Frost Arena Saturday night.

Stripling started the night off with a win at heavyweight, improving his record to 31-10 on the season. The match went scoreless through the first two periods, but Stripling scored a reversal in the third, which was all he needed. He would add a riding time bonus to up the final to 3-0. The win moves Stripling into a tie with former Jackrabbit Al Holleman for 22nd all-time on the SDSU wins list with an 82-40 record.

After the Stripling win, UNI poured it on winning nine-straight matches to end the night. The Panthers improve to 9-6 on the season at stay perfect in the Western Wrestling Conference at 3-0. SDSU falls to 9-11-1 and winless in the conference at 0-5.

The match of the night pitted two ranked opponents at 197 pounds with No. 13-ranked Tyler Sorenson of SDSU taking on UNI's No. 14-ranked Andrew Anderson. Anderson would record a takedown to Sorenson's reversal, making the score 2-1 after the first. Sorenson would tie things up at 2-all in the second with an escape. In the third period, Anderson would prove to be too much, recording a reversal and an escape to Sorenson's escape and a stall-warning point. The 6-5 loss marks Sorenson's first loss of the season and drops him to 12-1 on the year.

Two other seniors would wrestle their last matches at Frost Arena with Alan Marvin falling in an energetic match at 125 pounds 9-7 and Justin Retallic dropping a 10-3 decision.

The Jacks return to the mat March 7 when they travel to Greeley, Colo., to compete at the West Regional for a chance to represent SDSU at the national tournament.

Match by Match:
HWT ? Jason Stripling dec. Bauman, 3-0
125 ? Cruse Aarhus def. Alan Marvin, 9-7
133 ? Steven Fitzgerald def. Brock Edgar, 6-1
141 ? Trent Washington def. Dustin Walraven, 8-6
149 ? Trevor Kittleson tech falls Nick Flynn, 17-2 at 5:45
157 ? Tyson Reiner def. Weston Blasius, 9-5
165 ? No. 4 Moza Fay tech falls Weston Ginther, 20-3, at 4:53
174 ? Scott Hazen dec. Justin Retallic, 10-3
184 ? No. 15 Alex Dolly tech falls David Michaud, 18-3, at 5:14
197 ? No. 14 Andrew Anderson def. No. 13 Tyler Sorenson, 6-5