Aberdeen, SD – The Northern State University wrestling team faces off against fellow NSIC opponent South West Minnesota State University in their second home dual this week. The Wolves will be hosting Youth Night. The dual is set to take place November 10, at 7 p.m. in Wachs Arena. Prior to the main event, there will also be three extra matches taking place at 6:30 p.m.
 
GAME & FAN INFORMATION
            » Tickets for the contests are available online at the link above or can be purchased at the door on game day
            » Live video and stat links are available above or on the full schedule on nsuwolves.com
 
 
NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES
            » The Wolves enter the weekend dual 2-0 and 1-0 in conference matchups
            » Northern is coming off of their first NSIC victory as they beat the Beavers of Minot State University 19-13
            » The team also competed in the Dragon Open following their Minot dual where they complete day with 272 total team points
            » Kolton Roth was recently ranked No. 11 in the 141-pound division in the NWCA Top-25 poll
            » Northern is receiving votes in the NWCA poll
            » Against the Beavers, the Wolves rattled off six wins in a row to secure the team victory
            » At the Dragon open, Northern had eleven athletes finish within the top 5 of their weight class, with seven finishing in the top 3
            » Marcus Placide and George Bolling both took home first places finishes for the Wolves
 
 
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY STORYLINES
            » The Mustangs will be competing in their first dual this weekend against the Wolves
            » The Mustangs are led by junior wrestler Caden Steffen who is ranked sixth in the NWCA at the 184-pound weight class
            » The Mustangs had nice wrestlers place in the Dragon Open, with first place victories by Jack Stauffacher and Steffen
            » The Mustangs are led by head coach Chayse Jackson, who is in his first year with the Mustangs, and are assisted by Dylan Buschow and Joel Skillings
 
LAST MATCH-UP
            » Northern State sealed the deal against the Mustangs last year with an 18-16 victory
            » The Wolves won five (125), (141), (157), (165), and (285), of ten weight classes
            » Northern State is 10-16-1 all-time against the Mustangs and have won two of the last three meetings
 
 
 
 
 
 
PROBABLE LINE-UPS – DUAL SCORING

Weight	Northern State	Southwest Minnesota State
125	Landen Fischer	Jackson Stauffacher
133	Teagan Block	Hunter Pfantz
141	Kolton Roth or Robert Coyle	Luke Peterson
149	Wyatt Turnquist	Bobby Shields
157	James Burks	Lucas Hodges
165	Chase Bloomquist	Jace Paplow or Elijah Sterner
174	Kelby Hawkins	Carter Marx or Kevin Bostwick
184	Tanner Wiese	Caden Steffen
197	Cole Huss	Dillon McEachran
285	Josh Trumble or Ali'i Loyola	Jacob Dykes
EXTRA MATCHES
125	Brenden Salfrank	Ben Emrich
149	Adam DeBoer	Sean Howk
174	Sam Stroup	Kevin Bostwick or Brandon Lalla