Aberdeen, S.D. – No. 23 Northern State University wrestling will face off against Dickinson State tomorrow evening from Wachs Arena. The dual will kick-off at 7 p.m., with the Wolves honoring their seniors prior to the contest.
 
QUICK HITS ON THE WOLVES

• Northern enters the dual with an 8-6 record overall after defeating Minot State last Friday
• 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)
• Six Northern State starters have double figure wins this season led by Marcus Placide with a 23-4 record this season
• Dayne Morton follows with a 18-4 record, while Caden Moore, Kenny Jones, James Burks, Diego Gallegos are 16-4, 17-9, 16-2, and 10-9 respectively
• As a unit, the Wolves after recorded 70 decision wins, 33 major decisions, 25 technical falls, and 49 falls this season

 
MATCHING UP WITH THE BLUE HAWKS

• Dickinson State is 0-1 on the year after a loss to Montana State Northern in early January
• DSU will face off against Jamestown this evening prior to arriving in Aberdeen
• Three Blue Hawks are ranked nationally as Gresh Jones sits at No. 1 (133), and Jamie Mullins (141) and Payson Dirk (197) sit top-20 at No. 14 and No. 17 respectively
• Dickinson State is led by head coach Justin Schlecht in his fifth season at the helm

 
LAST MATCH-UP

• The Wolves downed the Blue Hawks 44-6 on the road in 2018-19
• Dayne Morton tallied a victory by fall at 1:56 in his match
• Walker Carr won by fall at 2:28 in the 157 bout
• Robert Coyle III, Billy Holtan, and Diego Gallegos recorded technical falls with scores of 17-1, 18-0, and 19-2
• Caden Moore and Jake Flakus each notched major decisions with scores of 15-7 and 13-3
• Northern State is 7-11 all-time versus Dickinson State

 
PROBABLE LINEUPS

	Northern State	Dickinson State
125	Landen Fischer	Dante Venama
133	Dayne Morton	#1 Gresh Jones
141	Kenny Jones	#14 Jamie Mullins OR Trey Fischbach
149	#10 Caden Moore	Jacob Berg
157	Walker Carr	OPEN
165	Billy Holtan	Tate Nordby
174	Tanner Wiese	Konrich Speelmon
184	#11 Marcus Placide	Kyle Anderson
197	Diego Gallegos	#17 Payson Dirk
285	Caleb Lefferdink	Zach Meyers OR Ethan Goss-Dickie