Men's Wrestling | February 12, 2015

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MINOT, N.D. – In the final dual of the career of seniors Jon Wilson (174, Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Kobina Henriques (184, Miami, Fla.), Minnesota State Moorhead came away with a close 25-15 victory inside the Minot State Dome.

With the dual beginning in the 141 weight class, the Beavers got off to a quick start courtesy of Tanner Crissler (Fr., 141, Belcourt, N.D.). Crissler's 7-4 decision along with Cody Haugen's (Fr., 149, Minot, N.D.) 11-6 decision gave the Beavers a 6-0 lead after the first two matches.

After losing the next two matches, Wilson pinned Moorhead's Michael Joseph in his final dual match as a Beaver.

"It was just fun," Wilson said. "My very first dual here I did the exact same move and pinned a kid so it was kind of cool I got to do the exact same thing in my last match."

Coming out of the intermission, Minot State looked to keep the momentum going from Wilson's pin, but Henriques was unable to get a victory in his final dual. He fell in an 8-2 decision.

The Dragons took three of the next four matches, two by fall, to end the match 25-15. Mitchell Eull (So., HWT, Buffalo, Minn.) was the lone Beaver to pick up a win in the final stretch.

"Out of 165, 184 and 194, we needed to win two of those since we lost at 157," Minot State head coach Robin Ersland said. "Now if we'd won 157 we could have won one of those and still probably be in the meet, but we had good close matches and just didn't get it done.

With the loss, Minot State ends the regular season with an overall record of 5-14 and a conference record of 2-6.

Over the next two weeks the Beavers will prepare for the NCAA Super Region III championships held in Mankato, Minn. The regional is set to begin on Feb. 28 at 10 a.m.

MSU MOORHEAD 25, MINOT STATE 15
125 – Shane Novak, MSUM, pinned Anthony Battle, 3:40 (15-19)
133 – Blake Bosch, MSUM, pinned Jason Huger, 3:56 (15-25)
141 – Tanner Crissler, MINOT, def. Philippe Walker, 7-4 (3-0) *
149 – Cody Haugen, MINOT, def. Isaac Novacek, 11-6 (6-0)
157 – Garrett Horrner, MSUM, def. Ricard Avakovs, 9-7 (6-3)
165 – Daniel Murakami, MSUM, won by major decision over Devin Combs, 10-2 (6-7)
174 – Jon Wilson, MINOT, pinned Michael Joseph, 3:10 (12-7)
184 – Shawn Porter, MSUM, def. Kobina Henriques, 8-2 (12-10)
197 – Christopher Bascon, MSUM, def. Taylor Barstad, 6-4 (12-13)
HWT – Mitchell Eull, MINOT, def. Nader Abdullatif, 6-0 (15-13) 
* Match started at 141 pounds