Aberdeen, S.D. – No. 20 Northern State wrestling closes out their NSIC slate and regular season this Thursday and Saturday on the road at No. 14 Augustana and No. 14 UMary. The matches will begin at 7 p.m. each night as the Wolves face the Vikings on Thursday and Marauders on Saturday.
 
FAN INFORMATION

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

 
#20 NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern enters the final week of the regular season with a 9-4 record overall and 4-3 mark in the NSIC
• Landen Fischer and Wyatt Turnquist lead the starters with 16 and 15 wins on the season, followed by Tegan Block, Chase Bloomquist, Kelby Hawkins, and Cole Huss with ten wins apiece
• NSU's two ranked wrestlers, Huss and Turnquist are 6-1 in NSIC action with each of their losses coming against ranked opponents
• 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)

 
#14 AUGUSTANA STORYLINES

• The Vikings enter the week with a 9-10 record overall and 4-4 NSIC record
• AU is currently ranked No. 14 in the NWCA Poll with six individually ranked student-athletes in No 8 Jaxson Rohman (125), No. 2 Jack Huffman (133), No. 10 Miles Fitzgerald (157), No. 6 Tyler Wagener (165), No. 4 Cade Mueller (174), and No. 4 Steven Hajas (285)
• Augustana is led by head coach Jason Reitmeier in his 19^th season at the helm

 
LAST MATCH-UP

• The Wolves fell to the Vikings 23-12 a season ago
• Wins for NSU included Kolton Roth over No. 12 Carroll (Dec 6-5) and Wyatt Turnquist over Lenger (Dec 9-3)
• Northern is 2-27 all-time against Augustana

 
#14 UMARY STORYLINES

• UMary enters the weekend with a 13-2 record overall and 6-1 mark in the NSIC and will face St. Cloud State on Friday evening
• Their lone NSIC loss came against Wisconsin Parkside (31-9) at the end of January
• The Marauders are currently ranked No. 14 in the NWCA Poll with two individually ranked student-athletes in No. 3 Reece Barnhardt (133) and No. 2 Max Bruss (174)
• UMary is led by head coach Adam Aho in his ninth season at the helm

 
LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern defeated UMary 19-13 a season ago at home
• Current starters who notched wins in the dual include Landen Fischer (Dec 12-9), Kolton Roth (Dec 8-6), Wyatt Turnquist (Maj 9-0), Kelby Hawkins (Dec 6-2), and Cole Huss (Dec 9-4)
• The Wolves are 15-12 all-time against the Marauders

 
PROBABLE LINE-UPS

	#20 Northern State	#14 Augustana	#14 UMary
125	Landen Fischer	Christian Olsen	Jaden Verhagen OR Chase Milligan
133	Teagan Block	#2 Jack Huffman	#3 Reece Barnhardt
141	Kolton Roth	Kade Sammons OR Hunter Burnett	Laken Boese
149	#7 Wyatt Turnquist	Kyle Boeke OR Connor Simmonds	Leo Mushinsky
157	Izaak Hunsley OR Devin Bahr	#10 Miles Fitzgerald	Anthony Velazquez
165	Chase Bloomquist	#6 Tyler Wagener	Riley Noble
174	Kelby Hawkins	Kolby Kost OR Jacob Tvinnereim	#2 Max Bruss
184	Sam Kruger	#4 Cade Mueller	Wyatt Lidberg
197	#3 Cole Huss	Max Ramberg	Matt Kaylor
285	Nathan Schauer	#4 Steven Hajas OR Zach Peterson	Luke Tweeton