Wrestling | 1/18/2017 1:36:00 PM
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MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team will travel to St. Cloud on Thursday night for a matchup with the No. 1 ranked Huskies. The dual begins at 7 p.m. on the campus of St. Cloud State University.
The match is the lone dual for MSUM this week.
About the Dragons
The Dragons are coming off a weekend where they lost two close conference duals. On Friday night, the Dragons lost 19-13 to Upper Iowa. Senior
Blake Bosch picked up a 9-4 win at 133 pounds, while
Kristian Vazquez won a 7-3 decision at 141 pounds. Sophomore
Adam Blees picked up another win at 174 pounds, while senior
Nader Abdullatif ended the night with a 12-1 major decision victory.
On Saturday, the Dragons fell to Minnesota State Mankato 22-18. Bosch picked up his second win of the weekend in that dual, and was joined in victory by sophomore
Dylan Connell, who won his 149 pound match via fall and
Isaac Novacek, who won a 6-4 decision at 157. Abdullatif again finished the match off with a win, this one a pin over Chris Zimmer, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Mavericks.
The trip to St. Cloud begins a stretch for the Dragons that will see them wrestle five road matches, with just one home match before the Super 3 regional tournament, which will be hosted by MSUM.
Bosch leads MSUM with a 20-1 record while Abdullatif is 14-7 at 285. Sophomore
Adam Blees is 12-6 at 174, sophomore
Dylan Connell is 11-9 at 149 while Novacek is 12-10 at 157.
Head coach
Kris Nelson is in his eighth season as head coach of the Dragons.
About the Huskies
St. Cloud State enters the match ranked No. 1 in the nation in the latest D2 Wrestling Coaches Association Poll conducted by D2wrestle.com. They have seven wrestlers ranked nationally, including Brett Velasquez (No. 1, 125) and Austin Goergen (No. 2, 285).
The Huskies were last in action on Saturday, when they went 2-1 at the Ranger Duals in Wisconsin. They picked up wins over McKendree and Findlay, while they lost to Indianapolis for their first loss of the season.
The Huskies are led by redshirt senior Austin Goergen, who is 17-0 on the season. Redshirt senior Clayton Jennissen is 18-5 on the season, while redshirt sophomore Vince Dietz is 19-1 on the season.
SCSU is led by head coach Steve Costanzo, who is in his 11th season as head coach of the Huskies.
Ranked Dragons
Dragon senior
Blake Bosch is ranked No. 3 in the nation at 133 pounds in the latest D2wrestle.com rankings, while the Dragons as a team are receiving points. In the latest regional rankings, the Dragons are ranked ninth, with two wrestlers ranked. Bosch is ranked No. 1 at 133 pounds, while Vazquez is ranked No. 6 at 141 pounds.
Bosch picks up 100th career win
Before the Upper Iowa dual on Friday, the Dragons recognized Bosch for picking up his 100th career win at the Desert Duals. His career record now stands at 103-34, just 19 wins away from tying the school's all-time wins record, held by Nate Hendrickson.
