#1 St Cloud State scores 38-3 victory over MSUM in Pierz

Thursday, January 30

Pierz, Minn.

7:00 p.m.

St. Cloud State

MSU-Moorhead

Kolton Eischens

1/30/2020 10:02:00 PM | Wrestling

The #1 St. Cloud State University wrestling team (13-0, 5-0 NSIC) continued its run through the NSIC schedule with a convincing 38-3 win over Minnesota State, Moorhead (1-6, 0-5 NSIC) on Thursday, Jan. 30 in a match wrestled on the mats at Healy High School in Pierz, Minn.

In a homecoming of sorts for senior 174-pounder Kolton Eischens, the Huskies were the host team in Pierz, Minn., which is hometown for Eischens. A top prep wrestler for the Pioneers during his high school career at Pierz, Eischens capped the night for the Huskies with a 21-5 tech fall win at 4:38 over MSUM's Evan Foster at 174-pounds.

The fourth ranked wrestler in NCAA DII wrestling at 174-pounds, Eischens now owns an 11-1 record for the Huskies.

The evening opened for the Huskies with a 6-2 win by Billy Pitzner at 184-pounds over MSUM's Mitchell Kotschevar. At 197-pounds, #9 ranked Noah Ryan added a 4-0 win over MSUM's Logan Rhode.

The Dragons gains their lone points of the night with a close 3-1 win by Jordan Magnuson over SCSU's Tyler Hugg at 285-pounds. The MSUM rally was short-lived as Brandon Betancourt posted a fall at 1:51 against Cameron Williams of MSUM at 125-pounds. The Huskies' Garrett Vos received a forfeit win at 133-pounds to move SCSU's lead in the match to 12-3.

At 141-pounds, Joey Bianchini scored a 15-1 major decision over MSUM's Mason Schulz and #2 James Pleski battled through a close bout at 149-pounds to gain a victory over MSUM's Zach Scott.

At 157-pounds, #2 Jake Barzowski posted a big 19-1 tech fall victory to gain the extra points at 4:10 against MSUM's Tell Ward. At 165-pounds, Devin Donovan added an 8-5 decision over MSUM's Braydon Ortloff to set the stage for Eischens' hometown heroics in the final bout of the day at 174-pounds.

The Huskies have now won 61 consecutive dual matches, which is an NCAA Division II record. SCSU will continue its NSIC season on Saturday, Feb. 1 with a match at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn.

SCSU 38, MSUM 3
184: William Pitzner (SCSU) over Mitchell Kotschevar (MSM) (Dec 6-2)
197: Noah Ryan (SCSU) over Logan Rhode (MSM) (Dec 4-0)
285: Jordan Magnuson (MSM) over Tyler Hugg (SCSU) (Dec 3-1)
125: Brandon Betancourt (SCSU) over Cameron Williams (MSM) (Fall 1:51)
133: Garrett Vos (SCSU) over (MSM) (For.)
141: Joey Bianchini (SCSU) over Mason Schulz (MSM) (MD 15-1)
149: James Pleski (SCSU) over Zachary Scott (MSM) (Dec 1-0)
157: Jake Barzowski (SCSU) over Tell Ward (MSM) (TF 19-1 4:10)
165: Devin Donovan (SCSU) over Braydon Ortloff (MSM) (Dec 8-5)
174: Kolton Eischens (SCSU) over Evan Foster (MSM) (TF 21-5 4:38)