#2 St. Cloud State 37, #9 Parkside 3
The No. 2 ranked St. Cloud State wrestling program, who are the 3-time defending National Champions and haven't lost a dual since the 2016-17 season, took down No. 9 ranked Parkside in the Rangers' first NSIC dual of the season Friday night at De Simone Gymnasium. No. 4 Shane Gantz was the lone member of the Parkside squad to come away with a win against the Huskies.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Huskies came out and earned decisions in the first three matches, taking a quick 9-0 lead on the Rangers. The decisions came at 141 with the No. 1 ranked wrestler, 149 with the No. 10 ranked wrestler and 157 with the No. 3 ranked wrestler for SCSU. That was followed by Gantz earning Parkside's first and only individual win of the night as he beat No. 8 Devin Donovan in a tough 5-2 decision.
 
Following Gantz' win, No. 12 ranked Job Ayala was pinned at 174 pounds by No. 13 Dom Murphy to put SCSU up 15-3 and No. 13 Reece Worachek dropped a tough decision at 184 to No. 10 William Pitzner to make it 18-3. Before the match came back around to the 125 weight class, SCSU's No. 5 Noah Ryan won by fall at 197 and Nate Lloyd dropped a hard-fought 5-4 decision at 285. The Huskies earned a win by forfeit at 125 and the final match of the day went to No. 6 Garrett Vos over freshman Joey Roti at 133 pounds.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The next time Parkside is in action is Dec. 18-19 at the Midwest Classic, which is held in Indianapolis, Ind. They'll return home on Friday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.
 
141: Joey Bianchini (SCSU) over Cayden Henschel (UWP) (Dec 12-6)
149: Jake Barzowski (SCSU) over Nathan Hensley (UWP) (Dec 6-4)
157: Colby Njos (SCSU) over Ben Durocher (UWP) (Dec 5-2)
165: Shane Gantz (UWP) over Devin Donovan (SCSU) (Dec 5-2)
174: Dominic Murphy (SCSU) over Job Ayala (UWP) (Fall 2:33)
184: William Pitzner (SCSU) over Reece Worachek (UWP) (Dec 2-0)
197: Noah Ryan (SCSU) over Ben Hakes (UWP) (Fall 6:00)
285: Kaleb Haase (SCSU) over Nate Lloyd (UWP) (Dec 5-4)
125: Robby Horsman (SCSU) over (UWP) (For.)
133: Garrett Vos (SCSU) over Joey Roti (UWP) (MD 10-0)