#1 Huskies continue winning ways in Louisville with 39-3 victory

Friday, January 10

Louisville, Ky.

3:00 p.m. ET

St. Cloud State

Tiffin

Tyree Overton

#1 Huskies continue winning ways in Louisville with 39-3 victory

1/10/2020 3:18:00 PM | Wrestling

The #1 ranked St. Cloud State University wrestling team (8-0, 2-0 NSIC) punched its ticket to the semifinals of the 2020 NWCA Division II National Duals with an impressive 39-3 vicory over #7 ranked Tiffin University on Friday, Jan. 10. The NWCA tournament is being held on Jan. 10-11 in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Huskies will now face #6 University of Central Oklahoma in the semifinals of the NWCA DII National Duals on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. In the other semifinal match scheduled for Jan. 11, #4 Nebraska-Kearney will face #5 McKendree. To reach the semi's, Nebraska-Kearney beat #2 Pitt-Johnstown 24-16, Central Oklahoma defeated Notre Dame (Ohio) 28-10 and McKendree edged #8 Upper Iowa.

In the victory over Tiffin, SCSU kicked off the match with a 14-8 win by Robby Horsman over Tiffin's Ray Adams III. At 133, #2 Garrett Vos posted a big 13-1 major decision win over Tiffin's Richetshaye Puente. At 141, #4 Garrett Aldrich added bonus points for the Huskies with a quick 1:07 fall over Tiffin's Dylan Mansor.

The wins continued at 149 pounds as #2 James Pleski battled to a 3-2 victory over #5 ranked Chris Donathan of Tiffin. The Huskies' lone loss of the day was at 157 pounds as #1 ranked Jake Barzowski lost a close 3-1 match in sudden death against #2 ranked Trey Grine of Tiffin.

SCSU bounced back quickly as Devin Donovan scored another first period fall at 1:43 against Tiffin's Bryan LaVearn, which gave SCSU a commanding 22-3 lead. At 174, #2 Kolton Eischens added a 6-2 win and then #3 Tyree Overton scored a 12-3 major decision at 184 pounds to push SCSU's winning margin to 29-3.

To end the contest, Riley Vanik majored with a 12-3 win over Tiffin's Nick Smythe at 197 pounds, and #9 Ezayah Oropeza received a forfeit win and six points at 285 pounds to wrap the score at 39-3.

This was SCSU's 56th consecutive dual match victory, which is an NCAA Division II record. The last time SCSU lost a dual match was on Jan. 14, 2017 vs. Indianapolis.

	Match Summary	SCSU	TU
125	Robby Horsman (St. Cloud State) over Raymond Adams III (Tiffin) Dec 14-8	3.0	0
133	Garrett Vos (St. Cloud State) over Richetshaye Puente (Tiffin) Maj 13-1	4.0	0
141	Garrett Aldrich (St. Cloud State) over Dylan Mansor (Tiffin) Fall 1:07	6.0	0
149	James Pleski (St. Cloud State) over Christopher Donathan (Tiffin) Dec 3-2	3.0	0
157	Trey Grine (Tiffin) over Jake Barzowski (St. Cloud State) SV-1 3-1	0	3.0
165	Devin Donovan (St. Cloud State) over Bryan LaVearn (Tiffin) Fall 1:43	6.0	0
174	Kolton Eischens (St. Cloud State) over Hayden Bronne (Tiffin) Dec 6-2	3.0	0
184	Tyree Overton (St. Cloud State) over Richard Screptock (Tiffin) Maj 12-3	4.0	0
197	Riley Vanik (St. Cloud State) over Nicolas Smythe (Tiffin) Maj 12-3	4.0	0
285	Ezayah Oropeza (St. Cloud State) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf	6.0	0
Dual Meet Score		39.0	3.0