JAMESTOWN, N.D.- The MSU Men's Wrestling team took to the mat for their first regular season match at the Jimmie Open Saturday. The Beavers had themselves a champion in the process as junior Shadi Mitwalli won the bracket in the 149 pound weight class. Mitwalli defeated Kyle Boeke of Augustana (S.D.) 7-0 to secure the championship. Enroute to the championship Mitwalli also defeated Tommy Klemesrud of Dakota Wesleyan with a fall at the 2:33 mark, followed by a 5-1 win over freshman teammate Brendan Barnes. Junior Marco Ramirezlazos rounded out the top finishers for the Beavers in the 149 pound weight class with a 4th place finish. Ramirezlazos lost the opening round to runner up Boeke, but followed up with a 6-1 win of Jamestowns' Jesus Murillo and a 6-2 win over teammate Barnes to secure the 4th place finish.

In the 125 weight class MSU almost had another champion. Junior Oscar Nellis made his way to the championship round only to fall 6-4 to Augustanas' Jaxson Rohman. Nellis had to trudge his way to a fall at the 3:00 mark in the opening round against Jared Engel of Wayne State (Neb.), which he followed up by taking out Teagan Block of Northern State 3-1 to reach the championship. 

The Beavers also had a fourth-place finisher in the 133 pound bracket. Junior Brandon Meikel  swept past Augustanas' Donovan Adams with a fall at the 4:08 mark of the match. Meikel wound up with a loss to Dakota Wesleyans' Darien Malone by a decision of 3-2 in the second round. Meikel followed it up with a 9-5 win over Jamestowns' Roman Carrillo, but ultimately fell due to an injury at the 2:28 mark of the third-place match again against Adams. 

MSU had a pair of finishers in the top four of the 141 pound bracket. Sophomore Lincoln Stormer wound up with a second-place finish while North Dakota native freshman Ethan Wonser finished right behind in third-place. Stormer started off the match with a dominant fall at the 4:26 mark over Augustanas' Kade Sammons, and then followed up with a 17-0 defeat over teammate Wonser to only be slightly edged 5-4 in the final by Kenneth Lenger of Augustana. Wonser had a bit of a different route, defeating Seth Nebel of Augustana in the opening round 7-4. The second-round provided a bit more of a scare as Wonser won 10-9 over Antonio Ruiz of Jamestown, before suffering the defeat to teammate Stormer. Wonser wrapped up the day with a couple of wins over Jamestowns' Tommy Beringer 9-6, and to secure third-place a 3-2 decision over Northern States' Robert Coyle III, respectively. 

The Beavers received another second place finish from junior Nathan Baca who fell 8-1 in the championship to Tyler Wagener of Augstana. Baca started out by getting a fall on Augustanas' Payton Anderson which he followed up with a decisivie 8-1 final over Northern States' Izaak Hunsley in the semifinals. 

MSU had another pair of finishers in the 174 pound  bracket as two freshman were on display for the Beavers. Noah Gallardo came in second-place losing 10-4 in the championship to Cade Mueller of Augustana. However, Gallardo opened the day with a win over teammate Austin Frantzich by getting a fall at the 5:43 mark. He then went on in the semifinals to defeat another teammate Isaac Bertalotto by pinning another fall, this time at the 2:53 mark. Cannon Potts had himself a third-place finish in his first official match by nailing a fall at the 2:13 mark over Nathan Simmonds of Augustana. Potts opened the day with a fall at the 2:11 mark over Alex Neefe of Wayne State. He then lost to the eventual champion Mueller in the second-round by an 8-0 decision. However, he didn't lose the rest of the day, posting a dominating 21-2 win over another Wildcat of WSC, Isaac Voboril. He then proceeded to a win over teammate Kale Farrington by getting a fall at the 1:56 mark, following that win with another match against a fellow Beaver in Bertalotto in a 9-2 victory. 

The Beavers continued their success by getting another top-four finish, this time by freshman Cayden White. White finished fourth in the 184 pound bracket after losing to a fall at the 5:52 mark to Kolby Kost of Augustana. White started the day with a fall over Jamestowns' Orlando Rosa at the 1:22 mark. Unfortunately the winning-streak didn't last long as White fell to eventual champion Jackson Sweeney of Augustana by getting pinned only 36 seconds into the match. White bounced back with fall wins over Cullen Glatt of Jamestown at the 3:25 mark and Corey Dawe of Wayne State at the 2:10 mark. White then advanced to face Kost due to a medical forfeit by teammate Keegan Berry, who was the next opponent for White.
 
MSU rounded out the day with two more top-four finishers, this time in the 197 pound bracket. Senior and transfer from division one California State Bakersfield Noe Garcia finished with a second-place award losing to Daniel Bishop of Augustana by a score of 10-3. To get to the championship though, Garcia made his way past Joshua Goeden of Jamestown by a 5-1 decision, only to follow that match with a 3-1 victory over teammate sophomore Dustin Swisher. Swisher was the other top-four finisher for the Beavers, finishing third in the 197 pound bracket. Swisher opened the day with a dominating 15-0 win over Jamestowns' Austin Morris. Swisher followed up that match with a victory via fall over Wayne States' Ramiro Castillo at the 2:56 mark. Following the loss to Garcia, Swisher then swept his way to third with victories over fellow teammate Shane Hansen by an 8-6 decision and a 7-1 victory to secure third over Derek Werner of Augustana. 

Following the outsanding performances at the Jimmie Open, the Beavers will head just a little bit further past Jamestown to Fargo, N.D. There MSU will participate in the Bison Open next Saturday Nov. 13th.