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Northern Heads South for Final NSIC Road Dual of 2019-20

2/14/2020 9:37:00 AM

By: NSU Sports Information
Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 23 Northern State University wrestling team hits the road for a Saturday match-up with No. 17 Minnesota State tomorrow. The Wolves and Mavericks will face off at 4 p.m. from Mankato.
 
QUICK HITS ON THE NORTHERN STATE WOLVES
  • Northern enters the NSIC dual with a 9-6 record overall and 2-4 mark in the NSIC
  • Northern is coming off three straight victories over No. 22 Fort Hays State (24-19), No. 23 Minot State (29-12), and Dickinson State (33-9)
  • NSU is currently ranked No. 23 in the nation and No. 5 in Super Region 5
  • The nationally ranked wrestlers include No. 5 James Burks (157), No. 10 Caden Moore (149), and No. 11 Marcus Placide (184)
  • The regionally ranked Wolves include No. 6 Dayne Morton (133), No. 6 Kenny Jones (141), No. 4 Moore (149), No. 2 Burks (157), No. 4 Billy Holtan (165), No. 2 Placide (184), and No. 6 Caleb Lefferdink (285)
  • Placide leads the team with a 24-4 record on the year and 5-1 mark in league action, followed by Dayne Morton and Caden Moore at 18-5 and 16-4 respectively
 
ABOUT THE MAVERICKS
  • Minnesota State enters their final NSIC weekend with a 9-2 record overall and 5-1 mark in the NSIC
  • The Mavericks will face off against Augustana on Friday evening
  • MSU is currently ranked No. 17 in the nation with two individually ranked wrestlers in No. 9 Louis Sanders (141) and No. 3 Kyle Rathman (149)
  • Minnesota State is led by head coach Jim Makovsky in his 27th season at the helm
 
A SEASON AGO
  • The Wolves fell to the Mavericks 25-9 in 2018-19
  • Billy Holtan, Diego Gallegos, and Caleb Lefferdink tallied wins for NSU defeating Logan Saltou, Dylan Butts, and Max Villnow
  • Northern is 1-19 all-time versus Minnesota State with the lone win coming in 2011-12 (18-17)
 
PROBABLE LINEUPS
  Northern State Minnesota State
125 Landen Fischer Trenton McManus or Lucas Hagel
133 Dayne Morton Cole Gille
141 Kenny Jones #9 Louis Sanders
149 #10 Caden Moore #3 Kyle Rathman
157 Walker Carr Cooper Seibrecht
165 Billy Holtan Logan Saltou
174 Tanner Wiese Zach Johnston
184 #11 Marcus Placide Trevor Turriff
197 Diego Gallegos Matt Blome
285 Caleb Lefferdink Max Villnow
 

 
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