Aberdeen, S.D. – The No. 20 Northern State University wrestling team continues NSIC wrestling action tomorrow at No. 23 Southwest Minnesota State. The match begins at 7 p.m. from Marshall.
 
FAN INFORMATION

• Live video will be available at the link above or on the schedule page at nsuwolves.com

 
#20 NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State hits the road with a 1-2 record overall and 0-1 mark in the league
• Brenden Salfrank leads the team with ten wins thus far, while 11 Wolves have five wins or more this season
• Kelby Hawkins, Cole Huss, and Wyatt Turnquist tallied the three NSIC victories last week over Wisconsin Parkside
• The Wolves are currently ranked No. 20 in the NWCA Poll with two individually ranked student-athletes in No. 3 Cole Huss (197), and No. 7 Turnquist (149)

 
#23 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE STORYLINES

• Southwest Minnesota State opened the 2022-23 campaign with four open tournaments across the Midwest
• The Mustangs kick off their dual season with the Wolves on Friday
• SMSU went 2-6 overall and in the NSIC in 2021-22 and was picked eighth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll
• The Mustangs are currently ranked No. 23 in the NWCA Poll with Caden Steffen ranked second at 184 pounds
• SMSU is led by head coach Chayse Jackson in his second season at the helm

 
LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern defeated Southwest 24-19 in Aberdeen last season
• Returners who tallied wins in the dual include Landen Fischer (Dec 7-1), Kolton Roth (Dec 7-2), Wyatt Turnquist (TF 15-0), and Izaak Hunsley (Dec 9-7)
• The Wolves are 12-16-1 all-time versus the Mustangs

 
PROBABLE LINE-UPS

	#20 Northern State	#23 Southwest Minnesota State
125	Landen Fischer	Ben Emrich
133	Teagan Block	Hunter Pfantz
141	Robert Coyle III	Hayden Straumann
149	#7 Wyatt Turnquist	Luke Peterson
157	Izaak Hunsley	Sean Howk
165	Chase Bloomquist	Lucas Hodges
174	Kelby Hawkins	Elijah Sterner OR Jace Paplow
184	Tyson Lien	#2 Caden Steffen
197	#3 Cole Huss	Carter Marx
285	George Bolling	Jacob Dykes