No. 5 St. Cloud State Wrestling Clinches NSIC Championship with Win over UMary

Sunday, February 18

St. Cloud, Minn.

2:00 P.M.

St. Cloud State

Mary

No. 5 St. Cloud State Wrestling Clinches NSIC Championship with Win over UMary

2/18/2024 6:05:00 PM | Wrestling

Huskies clinch 12th NSIC title in the last 13 seasons, finishes dual season 14-1 and 9-0 in NSIC duals

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – No. 5 St. Cloud State Wrestling (14-1, 9-0 NSIC) erased a 10-0 deficit after three matches to comeback and defeat No. 13 UMary (11-5, 6-3 NSIC), 23-13, on Sunday afternoon at Halenbeck Hall in St. Cloud. With the win, SCSU closed out its conference dual schedule with a perfect 9-0 mark to clinch a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Regular Season Championship, its 12^th NSIC title in the last 13 seasons.

In addition to its 12^th conference title in the last 13 season, the Huskies won their 17^th overall conference championship in program history and recorded its 12^th undefeated conference record in dual competition under head coach Steve Costanzo. SCSU is now 19-0 all-time against UMary, winning every dual since its first match on Feb. 16, 2007.

After dropping the first three matches of the dual, redshirt sophomore 141-pounder Alyeus Craig (Wichita, Kan.) swung the momentum back into SCSU's favor by defeating Kaden DeCoteau, 12-0. The win began a five-match win streak for the Huskies with redshirt junior 149-pounder Colby Njos (Anoka, Minn.), junior 157-pounder Nick Novak (New Prague, Minn.), graduate 165-pounder Anthony Herrera (Stansbury Park, Utah) and freshman 174-pounder Cole Glazier (Kasson, Minn.) to follow. Njos, Herrera and Glazier won by major decision, while Novak and Glaizer both recorded wins over ranked opponents. Novak defeated No. 11-ranked Braydon Huber, 7-0, while Glazier earned arguably the most impressive win of the dual, beating No. 8-ranked Max Bruss, 13-4.

Redshirt senior 197-pounder Dominic Murphy (Evergreen, Ill.) closed out the match for the Huskies with yet another win over a ranked opponent, beating No. 6-ranked Matt Kaylor, 13-3.

No. 5 St. Cloud State 23, No. 13 UMary 13
Feb. 18, 2024 | Halenbeck Hall | St. Cloud, Minn.
HWT: No. 8 Luke Tweeton (MARY) dec. Elijah Novak (SCSU), 2-0
125: Jaden Verhagen (MARY) dec. No. 7 Conor Knopick (SCSU), 8-5
133: No. 5 Reece Barnhardt (MARY) MD Caleb Meekins (SCSU), 12-4
141: No. 12 Alyeus Craig (SCSU) MD Kaden DeCoteau (MARY), 12-0
149: No. 8 Colby Njos (SCSU) MD Kaden Renner (MARY), 16-4
157: No. 1 Nick Novak (SCSU) dec. No. 11 Braydon Huber (MARY), 7-0
165: No. 10 Anthony Herrera (SCSU) MD Leo Mushinsky (MARY), 9-1
174: Cole Glazier (SCSU) MD No. 8 Max Bruss (MARY), 13-4
184: No. 11 Wyatt Lidberg (MARY) dec. Tyson Meyer (SCSU), 7-3
197: No. 4 Dominic Murphy (SCSU) MD No. 6 Matt Kaylor (MARY), 13-3
Extra 165: Ethan Hendrickson (SCSU) MD Joe Muchinsky (MARY), 14-0
Extra 174: Bryce Dagel (SCSU) MD Dante Roggio (MARY), 15-2

UP NEXT

SCSU will now head to postseason competition, first with the NCAA Super Region V Tournament on Saturday, March 2. The tournament is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. CT in Minot, N.D.

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