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Aberdeen, S.D. – Wrestling welcomes a pair of nationally ranked NSIC opponents to town this Friday and Saturday. The Wolves first match-up with the No. 8 Peacocks at 7 p.m. on Friday. NSU will then return to the match for a 2 p.m. match on Saturday versus the defending National Champs, No. 2 St. Cloud State.
 
Northern is coming off a 1-3 weekend at the UNK Midwest Duals. The Wolves came away with a 25-14 victory over No. 20 Colorado Pueblo and wrestled tough throughout the four match day. Tyler Stenberg led NSU at 149 pounds going a perfect 4-0 on the day. Close behind was Sean Havlovic and Joe Gomez each with a 3-1 record. Matt Bettencourt wrestled his first matches of the season for the Wolves at 141 pounds. Bettencourt finished the day 2-2, with a key victory versus Pueblo. Heading into the weekend the Wolves tallied three wrestlers ranked in the top five of the league: No. 3 Tyler Stenberg (149), No. 3 Sean Havlovic (165), and No. 1 Joe Gomez (197). Gomez also ranks No. 7 in the nation at 197 pounds.
 
About No. 8 Upper Iowa

• The Peacocks enter the weekend 10-1 in duals this season, and a perfect 3-0 in the league
• Upper Iowa is led by head coach Heath Grimm in his 16^th season with the program
• UIU tallies nine wrestlers ranked in the top five in the league in: No. 2 Garrett Wangsness (125), No. 2 Matt Paulus (133), No. 3 Jordan Roths (141), No. 2 Damian Penichet (149), No. 2 Jordan Rinken (157), No. 2 Zak Benitz (165), No. 3 Colbey Vance (174), No. 3 Dalton Westerlund (184), and No. 3 Ryan Parmely (197).
• Zak Benitz is also ranked No. 6 in the nation at 165 pounds

 
About No. 2 St. Cloud State

• The Huskies enter the weekend 8-1 overall in duals this season, and will open NSIC wrestling versus MSU Moorhead on Friday
• St. Cloud State is led by head coach Steve Costanzo in his 10^th season with the program
• The defending National Champions have placed top ten in the country for the past seven seasons
• SCSU tallies ten wrestlers ranked in the top five in the league in: No. 1 Tim Prescott (125), No. 3 Jarred Oftedahl (133), No. 4 Tanner Trembley (141), No. 1 Jay Hildreth (149), No. 3 Larry Bomstad (157), No. 1 Clint Porter (165), No. 1 Clayton Jennissen (174), No. 4 Uthman Rabiu (184), No. 2 VJ Giulio (197), and No. 1 Austin Goergen (285).
• The Huskies also tally nationally ranked wrestlers in: No. 1 Tim Prescott, No. 6 Jay Hildreth, No. 1 Clint Poster, No. 4 Clayton Jennissen, and No. 1 Austin Goergen.

 

	Upper Iowa	Northern State	St. Cloud State
125	Garrett Wangsness -or- Lincoln Monroe	Ben Cauffman	Tim Prescott -or- Brett Velasquez
133	Matt Paulus	Carson Henry	Jarred Oftedahl -or- Tyler Pasvogel
141	Jordan Roths	Matt Bettencourt	Tanner Trembley -or- Travis Swanson
149	Damian Penichet	Tyler Stenberg	Jay Hildreth -or- Noah Cuzzetto
157	Jordan Rinken	Blake Perryman	Larry Bomstad -or- Travis Holt
165	Zak Benitz	Grant Steen	Clint Poster -or- Josh Berg
174	Colbey Vance	Anthony Navarro	Clayton Jennissen -or- Vince Dietz
184	Dalton Westerlund	David Murphy	Uthman Rabiu -or- Chavez Farris
197	Ryan Parmely	Joe Gomez	VJ Giulio -or- Trae Story
285	Avery Jacobs	OPEN	Austin Goergen -or- Michael Hobbs