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    St. Cloud State wins, Costanzo picks up 100th victory

    Mankato, Minn. -- St. Cloud State University coach Steve Costanzo gained his 100th career victory as a collegiate wrestling coach on Feb. 19, with a big 32-7 victory at #9 Minnesota State University in Mankato.

    Coach Costanzo now owns a 100-51-2 career record over his 11 seasons as a collegiate coach. At SCSU, Costanzo is in his 4th season with the Huskies, and his career record at SCSU is 39-21.

    The match at MSU opened at 125-pounds as the Mavericks' #5 Andy Forstner posted a 10-2 victory over SCSU's Trent Herold. The Huskies charged back at 133-pounds with an 8-3 decision by Shane McQuade over MSU's Brian Reisenauer.

    SCSU took a 6-4 lead in the match at 141-pounds with a 14-7 victory by Gabe Suarez over MSU's Robby Fisher. SCSU charged to a 12-4 lead at 149-pounds thanks to a pin by Jake Horn at 1:45 against MSU's Travis Elg. At 157-pounds, John Sundgren added a 5-1 decision over Justin Jurek of MSU to push SCSU's lead to 15-4.

    The points continued to roll in at 165-pounds as SCSU's #5 Tad Merrit charted a pin fall win over MSU's Darren Olsen. At 174-pounds, Shamus O'Grady added a 14-0 major decision against MSU's Ben Becker, who was ranked #6 in the latest DII polls this week. The victory pushed the match score to 25-4.

    At 184-pounds, #2 Derek Skala added to his season totals with an 11-5 win over MSU's Aaron Norgren. SCSU finished its scoring at 197-pounds with a 16-7 major decision victory by #6 Lucas Munkelwitz over MSU's John Makabe.

    To complete the match, MSU's #1 Brady Wilson scored a close 6-3 victory over SCSU's #6 Jake Kahnke at 285-pounds.

    Results:
    125- #5 Andy Forstner (MSU) maj. dec. Trent Herold (SCSU) 10-2
    133 - Shane McQuade (SCSU) dec. Brian Reisenauer (MSU) 8-3
    141 - Gabe Suarez (SCSU) dec. Robby Fisher (MSU) 14-7
    149 - Jacob Horn (SCSU) fall Travis Elg (MSU) 1:45
    157 - John Sundgren (SCSU) dec. Justin Jurek (MSU) 5-1
    165 - #5 Tad Merritt (SCSU) fall Darren Olsen (MSU) 2:20
    174 - Shamus O'Grady (SCSU) maj.dec. #6 Ben Becker 14-0
    184 - #2 Derek Skala (SCSU) dec. Aaron Norgren (MSU) 11-5
    197 - #6 Lucas Munkelwitz (SCSU) maj. dec. John Makabe (MSU) 16-7
    285 - #1 Brady Wilson (MSU) dec. #6 Jake Kahnke (SCSU) 6-3

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