Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 23 Northern State University wrestling team closes out the regular season this Thursday versus (RV) UMary. The dual was rescheduled from earlier this season and will start at 7 p.m. from Wachs Arena.
 
QUICK HITS ON THE WOLVES

• Northern returns to Wachs Arena with a 9-7 record overall and 2-5 mark in the NSIC
• The Wolves are coming off a 27-8 loss at No. 17 Minnesota State
• 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 24-5 record on the year and 5-2 mark in league action, followed by Dayne Morton and Caden Moore at 19-5 and 16-5 respectively
• James Burks is the only undefeated Wolf in NSIC action, holding a 6-0 record and 16-2 mark this season

 
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS

• UMary enters the dual with a 5-7 record overall and 3-4 mark in the NSIC
• They tallied NSIC victories over Southwest Minnesota State (18-16), MSU Moorhead (31-13), and Minot State (35-6)
• The Marauders are receiving votes in the recent NWCA Top-25 Poll with two wrestlers individually ranked; No. 12 Braydon Huber at 157 pounds and No. 7 Phillip Springsteen at 174 pounds
• Mary is led by head coach Adam Aho in his seventh season at the helm

 
A SEASON AGO

• The Wolves defeated the Marauders 24-12 a season ago
• Kolton Roth defeated Hunter Eckert 12-10 in overtime
• Caden Moore defeated Max Bruss in a 5-3 decision
• Walker Carr defeated Isaac Berger in a 13-3 major decision
• Billy Holtan downed Austin Eichmann in a 10-6 decision
• Diego Gallegos tallied a 9-4 decision win over Ryan Stottler
• Northern is 13-11 all-time versus the Marauders

 
PROBABLE LINEUPS

	Northern State	UMary
125	Landen Fischer	Jeremy Leintz
133	Dayne Morton	Laken Boese
141	Kenny Jones	Trevor Fauver
149	#10 Caden Moore	Devin Steidler
157	#5 James Burks or Walker Carr	#12 Braydon Huber
165	Billy Holtan	Payton Hume
174	Tanner Wiese	#7 Phillip Springsteen
184	#11 Marcus Placide	Austin Eichmann or Grant Litke
197	Diego Gallegos	Gerardo Jaime
285	Caleb Lefferdink	Dom Tudor