No. 18 sophomore 125-pounder Trent Sprenkle recorded three pins and a technical fall to lead four Bison with 4-0 records. Junior Justin Solberg at 133 pounds, senior Kenny Moenkedick at 184 pounds and junior Drew Ross at 197 pounds also went 4-0. Redshirt freshman Trevor Johnson went 3-0 at 141 pounds, while fellow redshirt freshman Steven Monk was 2-0 at 165 pounds.
Against Mercyhurst, the Bison captured five of their nine win by fall. Sprenkle opened with a pin of T.J. Stanton in 3:48 and Solberg followed up with a pin of his own of Levi Smeltzer in 5:28. Sophomore Mark Erickson recorded a pin of Shane Foster in 2:51 at 149 pounds and Monk then pinned Clint Schaefer in 1:53. Ross pinned Michael Pollard in 2:40 at 197 pounds. The Bison forfeited the heavyweight bout in all four duals.
The Bison continued their strong performance against Campbell, winning seven of nine by fall. Sprenkle, Erickson and Ross all picked up their second pins of the day. No. 16 Vince Salminen pinned Jake Fose in 3:44 at 157 pounds. In his first action of the day, junior Tyler Johnson pinned Joel Caudill in 1:05 at 165 pounds. Sophomore Mac Stoll won by fall at 174 pounds as did Kenny Moenkedick at 184 pounds.
Against Anderson, Sprenkle earned his third straight pin. Senior Geoff Martin and sophomore Tyler Wells both picked up wins in their first bouts of the day. Martin defeated Ian Harper by technical fall, 27-12, at 141 pounds and Wells pinned Brian Onofrio in 3:38 at 165 pounds.
Sprenkle again opened strong against North Carolina State, earning a technical fall win, 26-11, over Pedram Rahmatabadi. Solberg shut out Conor Hovis at 133 pounds, 11-0. After a forfeit win at 141 pounds by Trevor Johnson, the Bison dropped their first bout of the day as No. 1 Darrion Caldwell pinned Erickson in 45 seconds. Salminen then lost his first bout of the day in a 13-6 decision to Colton Palmer. The Bison bounced back to win the next four straight bouts to clinch the 27-18 win.
NDSU will host Northern Iowa on Friday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. to open Western Wrestling Conference action.
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