#3 St. Cloud State Wrestling Gains 32-3 Win Over Concordia

Tuesday, December 11

St. Cloud, Minn.

7 p.m.

St. Cloud State

Concordia-Moorhead

Jay Hildreth

12/11/2012 10:00:00 PM | Wrestling

St. Cloud, Minn. - The #3 St. Cloud State University wrestling team opened its 2012-13 dual season with a 32-3 victory over non-conference rival #12 Concordia-Moorhead (1-2) on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at SCSU's Halenbeck Hall.

The victory was SCSU's 27th consecutive dual match win and the Huskies dominated from start to finish in the match. The Huskies opened the night with a 10-3 win by Eric Forde at 125-pounds and then rolled with four more wins at 133-pounds (Jared Kust), 141-pounds (Jay Hildreth), 149-pounds (Josh Howk) and 157-pounds (Clint Poster).

CC's lone points were picked up at 165-pounds with a 6-4 win by Jake Krogstad over SCSU's Jack Barnes. SCSU got back on track with an 8-4 victory by SCSU's Ben McPhail at 174-pounds. #3 ranked Shamus O'Grady added a 12-8 win for the Huskies at 184-pounds and Chris Brassell rolled to a 12-6 win at 197.

Senior Jacob Kahnke, who is ranked #2 in the nation, finished the evening with a fall victory at 5:48 at 285-pounds.

The Huskies will continue their 2012-13 dual season on Dec. 12 with a match at nearby St. John's University in Collegeville.

#3 St. Cloud State 32

#12 Concordia 3

Match Results:

125 - Eric Forde, SCSU dec. Gabe Foltz, CC 10-3

133 - Jared Kust, SCSU dec. Jake Kostik, CC 6-2

141 - Jay Hildreth, SCSU dec. Chae Austvold, CC 6-1

149 - Josh Howk, SCSU dec. Kyle LeDuc, CC 8-5

157 - Clint Poster, SCSU tech. fall Kevin Fynboh, CC 17-1 4:50

165 - Jake Krogstad, CC. dec. Jack Barnes, SCSU 6-4

174 - Ben McPhail, SCSU dec. Peter Harrison, CC 8-4