"I didn't know how we'd react after the accident last week," head coach Robin Ersland said. "I was really concerned for those kinds of things but you know the guys, they're young enough to be resilient so I probably shouldn't have worried. They did a really good job of coming back, focusing on the match and doing a good job."
After Anthony Battle (So., 125, Wahiawa, Hawaii) won the first match of the night by forfeit, senior co-captain Joshua Douglas (133, Kissimmee, Fla.) took the mat and got the Beavers an early 10-0 lead, taking his match 11-2 by major decision.
"I was a little bit slow to start—gave up a quick takedown—but then reversed him and pretty much dominated the match after that," Douglas said. "I felt pretty good coming off the mat. I was able to pick up an extra team point by getting the major decision so I felt pretty good and I think that was a good start to the meet for us."
The Beavers continued their dominance early on in the dual as Tanner Crissler (Fr., 141, Belcourt, N.D.) and Cody Haugen (Fr., 149, Minot, N.D.) recorded pins in the next two duals in their respective weight classes, giving the Beavers two wins by fall in the first five matches Thursday night.
The Marauders picked up their first team points of the night when Paul Michaelson defeated Devin Combs (Fr., 157, Marianna, Fla.) in an 8-1 decision, but Jon Wilson (Sr., 174, Colorado Springs, Colo.) got the Beavers back on track in his match. Although Wilson had not faced live competition in over a week he managed to win a 15-10 decision over U-Mary's Kyle Schultz to give the Beavers a 25-6 lead going into the final three matches.
Tobias Baker (Fr., 197, Sarasota, Fla.) picked up the final team points for the Beavers in the dual as he pinned Wyatt Smith in just 1:35 giving Minot State their third win by fall in the dual.
Thursday's dual win marks the third consecutive victory for the Beavers in conference play dating back to last season when they defeated U-Mary on Feb. 7 and Northern State on Feb. 12 to end the season.
Both Minot State and U-Mary will take a week to get healthy and practice before they take the mat against each other again, this time in Bismarck, N.D. The dual is set for Dec. 18 at 7 p.m.
"I think the lineups will change," Ersland said. "I think they've got a couple guys that aren't in the lineup right now that will be in the lineup and obviously we want to get Ricard Avakovs back in our lineup. This give us another week to get Jon in shape. I think it'll be another tough match down there."
Results:
125 – Anthony Battle won by forfeit (6-0)
133 – Josh Douglas, MSU, won by major decision over Hunter Menendez, 11-2 (10-0)
141 – Tanner Crissler, MSU, pinned Alec Lindsey, 4:17 (16-0)
149 – Cody Haugen, MSU, pinned Jered Keller, 1:39 (22-0)
157 – Paul Michaelson, U-Mary, def. Devin Combs, 8-1 (22-3)
165 – Riley Nagel, U-Mary, def. Zachary Cummings, 11-5 (22-6)
174 – Jon Wilson, MSU, def. Kyle Schultz, 15-10 (25-6)
184 – John Devito, U-Mary, def. Kobina Henriques, 10-7 (25-9)
197 – Tobias Baker, MSU, pinned Wyatt Smith, 1:35 (31-9)
HWT – Travis Smith, U-Mary, def. Mitchell Eull, 2-1 (31-12)
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