UNI moved to 7-9-1 overall, while SDSU fell to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in WWC duals.
"The whole team wrestled well," UNI head coach Brad Penrith said. "We didn't give up hardly any takedowns and we got five major decisions and two pins. It is a nice honor to win the dual team championship in the first year of our new league and to win all four on the road makes it pretty special."
Andrew Anderson got the dual underway with an 18-6 major decision over SDSU's Travis Gottschalk at 197 pounds. SDSU's Jason Stripling followed with the lone Jackrabbits' win of the day when he pinned UNI heavyweight Tyler Rhodes at the 6:32 mark of their match.
True freshman Grant Ruge notched his first collegiate dual win with an 18-8 major decision over SDSU's Marcus Waters. Ruge had lost his previous 12 duals before breaking through with a dominant effort against Waters.
"Grant wrestled tough and really well," Brad Penrith said.
Kyle Anson was awarded a forfeit win at 133 pounds to boost the Panthers' lead to 14-6 after four matches.
UNI's 141-pounder C.J. Ettelson returned to action after missing a month of wrestling with a knee injury. Ettelson made his return count with a 9-1 major decision over SDSU's Derek Pirner.
"It was good for C.J. to get a match under his belt before the regional on March 3," Penrith said. "He's got to learn how to battle again after all the time away from the mat and this match was good for him. He needed it."
The Panthers continued to roll at the mid-weights as Moza Fay topped Nick Herrboldt with a fall at 157 pounds, 165-pounder Nick Baima majored Nate Althoff, 12-4, and Curt Zinnel just missed a major with an 11-4 win over Chris Moran at 174 pounds. Dallas Mitchell then closed out the Panther win with a fall at 4:07 over SDSU's Levi Krehmeyer.
UNI will now ready itself for the NCAA West Regional that will be held March 3 in the McLeod Center. The West Regional participants for this season include: UNI, Air Force, Eastern Illinois, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State and Wyoming. The West Regional has been alloted 21 qualifiers for this year's NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which will be held March 15-17 at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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