MINOT, N.D.- The Minot State Beavers (0-1) men's wrestling team opened NSIC action against the Northern State Wolves (2-0). The Beavers got off to a hot start but ultimately fell to the Wolves 19-13. 

The Beavers got off to a fiery start as they took the 10-0 lead after three matches. The dual started out in a 10-4 victory to Beaver junior Oscar Nellis over Brenden Salfrank. Senior Brandon Meikel followed Nellis' lead by securing the 8-2 victory over Landon Fischer. The hot streak continued as sophomore Lincoln Stormer racked up another win for MSU thanks to an 8-0 major decision over Robert Coyle. 

The Wolves then turned on a hot streak of their own winning six consecutive matches. It started out with junior Shadi Mitwalli falling in a 3-10 major decision to Wyatt Turnquist. The Wolves followed that up with a 9-7 victory over junior Nathan Baca. Another close battle between Chase Bloomquist and freshman Cannon Potts saw Bloomquist come out on top 7-6. Kelby Hawkins soared his way past freshman Cayden White by a score of 14-5. Freshman Noah Gallardo fought but came up short to Treyton Cacek by a score of 10-4. Rounding out the hot streak for the Wolves was Cole Huss sneaking his way past senior Noe Garcia by a score of 5-3. 

Rounding out the night, freshman Jake Swirple gave the Beavers a jolt to end the night by securing the 5-3 win over Josh Trumble. 

The Beavers will be back in action on Sunday as they travel to Moorhead, Minn. to participated in the Dragon Open, set to start at 10 a.m.