Bison Wrestlers Fall at Northern Colorado 21-18

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Bison Wrestlers Fall at Northern Colorado 21-18
Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 01-26-2008

Redshirt freshman Kenny Moenkedick recorded a pin in the first meet of the night for NDSU, but it wasn't enough as the Bison fall to Northern Colorado 21-18. Courtesy: Bob Nelson, North Dakota State

Redshirt freshman Kenny Moenkedick recorded a pin in the first meet of the night for NDSU, but it wasn't enough as the Bison fall to Northern Colorado 21-18. Buy Photo

GREELEY, Colo. — North Dakota State began strong against Western Wrestling Conference Northern Colorado, but the Bears rallied late to hand the Bison its first conference loss 21-18 on Saturday, Jan. 26. NDSU drops to 7-8 overall and 1-1 in WWC action.

Redshirt freshman Kenny Moenkedick got the Bison off to a quick start with a pin on Ed Matthews with just under a minute remaining in the first period, while a decision by junior Jacob Bryce extended the NDSU lead to 9-0 early.

Northern Colorado (4-5, 2-1 WWC) cut the gap to 9-8 following a technical fall at the heavyweight and 5-3 decision at 125, but decisions by senior Eric Sanders (133) and junior Gabriel Mooney (141) would give the Bison a 15-8 advantage. Junior Adam Aho (157) also recorded a decision at 157, giving NDSU an 18-11 lead with two weight classes to go.

But the Bears came up big when they needed to, recording a fall at 165 and a major decision in the final class of the afternoon to give UNC the 21-18 victory. The win was only the second for Northern Colorado coach Jack Maughan against his father Bucky, as he improved to 2-19-1 all-time against the Bison. It also snapped a three-match winning streak against the Bears, as NDSU is now 27-3-1 all-time against Northern Colorado.

North Dakota State now travels to Orem, Utah, for another conference showdown against Utah Valley (5-5, 1-0 WWC) on Monday, Jan. 28. The meet against the Wolverines is scheduled for an 8 p.m. start in Fargo.

Northern Colorado 21, North Dakota State 18
184 - Kenny Moenkedick (NDSU) fall Ed Matthews 2:09
197 - Jacob Bryce (NDSU) dec. Patrick Carey 6-1
Hwt - Reese Hopkin (UNC) tech fall Tyler Hemmesch 15-0
125 - Tony Mustari (UNC) dec. Eric Hoffman 5-3
133 - Eric Sanders (NDSU) dec. Blayze Bahe 6-5
141 - Gabriel Mooney (NDSU) dec. Richard Lohr 6-4
149 - Daniel Prater (UNC) dec. Andrey Patselov 8-7
157 - Adam Aho (NDSU) dec. Rocco DePaulo 8-2
165 - Devan Lewis (UNC) fall Vince Salminen 2:10
174 - Ryan Johnson (UNC) maj. dec. Shannon Fettig 11-3

NDSU at Northern Colorado Results - Jan. 26, 2008 NDSU at Northern Colorado Results - Jan. 26, 2008