MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead wrestling team lost a close NSIC dual to No. 10 Minnesota State on Sunday afternoon at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse by an 18-16 score.. MSUM won five matches on the afternoon but came up just short in its upset bid.

Dragon seniors Dylan Connell and Adam Blees were honored prior to their final regular-season home dual (pictured at right, photo by Jenna Britz).

The dual started at 125 pounds with sophomore Cole Jones (23-7) winning a major decision over Andrew McFall.

After Minnesota State won at 133 pounds redshirt freshman Mason Schulz picked up a win via decision at 141 pounds to put MSUM up 7-0. MSUM picked up another win right before the intermission when freshman Braydon Ortloff won a 14-7 decision over Daniel Close to put MSUM up 10-7.

Coming out of the intermission MSUM lost three straight matches, but won the last two as Mitch Kotschevar won a decision over Dylan Butts, who is ranked No. 6 in the region. At 285 pounds sophomore Jordan Magnuson won a 4-1 decision over Max Villnow.

MSUM now gets almost two weeks off before hosting the Super Region 5 tournament on Feb. 23 at Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.

125: Cole Jones (MSUM) maj dec. Andrew McFall (MSU) 13-1

133: George Farmah (MSU) dec. Seth Hutchison (MSUM) 7-3

141: Mason Schulz (MSUM) dec. Louie Sanders (MSU) 11-5

149: Kyle Rathman (MSU) maj dec. Dylan Connell (MSUM) 10-2

157: Braydon Ortloff (MSUM) dec. Daniel Close (MSU) 14-7

165: Logan Saltou (MSU) maj dec. Justin Dravis (MSUM) 14-3

174: Zach Johnston (MSU) SV-1 Adam Blees (MSUM) 3-1

184: Trevor Turriff (MSU) maj dec. Evan Foster (MSUM) 19-9

197: Mitch Kotschevar (MSUM) dec. Dylan Butts (MSU) 3-1

285: Jordan Magnuson (MSUM) dec. Max Villnow (MSU) 4-1?