No. 5 St. Cloud State Wrestling Tears Through No. 25 SMSU, 44-3

Saturday, January 27

St. Cloud, Minn.

2:00 P.M.

St. Cloud State

Southwest Minnesota State

No. 5 St. Cloud State Wrestling Tears Through No. 25 SMSU, 44-3

1/28/2024 12:09:00 AM | Wrestling

Huskies win nine matches and eight by bonus points to improve to 11-1 on season

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 5 St. Cloud State Wrestling (11-1, 6-0 NSIC) won its fifth consecutive dual and remained perfect in conference action with a 44-3 dismantling of No. 25 Southwest Minnesota State (3-5, 1-5 NSIC) on Saturday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall. The Huskies won nine of 10 matches and earned bonus points in eight victories to move to 6-0 in NSIC duals.

The win was the 17^th consecutive victory for the Huskies over the Mustangs dating back to Jan. 23, 2007, the first season under head coach Steve Costanzo.

It didn't take long for SCSU to make a statement against SMSU, as redshirt sophomore Conor Knopick (Omaha, Neb.) wasted no time earning a takedown and back points before recording a fall at 1:21 over Carlo Arreola. After the Huskies earned another six points due to an injury default at 133 pounds, redshirt sophomore 141-pounder Alyeus Craig (Wichita, Kan.) earned a 12-3 major decision victory over Jake Messner to improve to 11-3 on the season.

At 149 pounds, redshirt junior Nolan Throne (Moline, Ill.) won 4-3 over Luke Peterson, leading way to back-to-back technical falls from 157-pounder Nick Novak (New Prague, Minn.) and graduate 165-pounder Anthony Herrera (Stansbury Park, Utah). Novak's match lasted 4:46 against Sean Howk as he won 16-1, while Herrera's 20-4 win took 5:59. Novak increased his team-lead in technical falls to seven while Herrera recorded his third technical fall of the season.

Freshman 174-pounder Cole Glazier (Kasson, Minn.) continued his impressive debut campaign with a 13-1 major decision over Lucas Hodges to improve to 16-1 on the season with four major decisions, five technical falls and five falls. Redshirt sophomore 184-pounder Tyson Meyer (Glenwood, Minn.) got the start at 184 and earned a 15-0 technical fall over Adam Slyvester. Following SMSU's lone win of the match at 197 pounds, SCSU then finished the match with a win at heavyweight from sophomore heavyweight Elijah Novak (Foley, Minn.). They Husky senior scored a fall right before the end of the first period over Jackson Esping to finish the match at 44-3.

No. 5 St. Cloud State 44, No. 25 Southwest Minnesota State 3
Jan. 27, 2024 | Halenbeck Hall | St. Cloud, Minn.
125: No. 7 Conor Knopick (SCSU) Fall Carlo Arreola (SMSU), 1:21
133: Caleb Meekins (SCSU) Inj. default Chase Hanson (SMSU), 2:22
141: No. 12 Alyeus Craig (SCSU) MD Jake Messner (SMSU), 12-3
149: Nolan Throne (SCSU) dec. Luke Peterson (SMSU), 4-3
157: No. 1 Nick Novak TF Sean Howk (SMSU), 16-1 (4:46)
165: No. 10 Anthony Herrera TF Ashton Labelle (SMSU), 20-4 (5:59
174: Cole Glazier (SCSU) MD Lucas Hodges (SMSU), 13-1
184: Tyson Meyer (SCSU) TF Adam Sylvester (SMSU), 15-0 (5:18)
197: No. 3 Caden Steffen (SMSU) dec. No. 4 Dominic Murphy (SCSU), 4-1
HWT: Elijah Novak (SCSU) Fall Jackson Esping (SMSU), 2:56
Exh. 165: Ethan Hendrickson (SCSU) MD Alex Ibanez (SMSU), 15-1

UP NEXT

The Huskies will next compete in the Don Parker Open on Saturday, Feb. 3 in Eau Claire, Wis. Wrestling is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. CT.

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