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UPCOMING MEET: vs. Northern State
@ St. Cloud, MN January 22, 2005 4 P.M.
2004-2005 SCSU WRESTLING TEAM NEWS
Release Date: January 18, 2005
HUSKIES TO HOST NORTHERN STATE: The St. Cloud State wrestling team (0-2, 02 NCC) will continue its dual meet season with a home meeting against Northern State University on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. The match will be held in Halenbeck Hall and admission is free. This will mark the first-ever meeting against Northern State with the Wolves as an affiliate member of the North Central Conference. Of note, the Huskies will wrestle at Upper Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. in Fayette, Iowa.
2004-2005 SCSU Schedule
Date 11/13 11/20 12/5 12/11 1/8 1/14 1/19 1/22 1/28 2/5 2/11 2/12 2/17 2/27 3/11-12 Opponent Bison Open at Ryan Kaufman Open (Omaha, Neb.) at Northern Iowa Open SCSU INVITATIONAL at Augustana* MINN. STATE, MANK.* at Upper Iowa NORTHERN STATE MINN. STATE, MOORHEAD North Country Invite (@SJU) NEBRASKA-OMAHA* at St. John’s at SW MN State at NCAA North Regional (@ SW MN State) at NCAA Division II Champ. (@ Omaha, Neb.) Time 9 a.m. 9 a.m.
HUSKIES FALL TO #8 MINNESOTA STATE, MANKATO: The Huskies suffered a tough 40-3 loss to #8 ranked Minnesota State, Mankato on Jan. 14, in St. Cloud. The final score was 40-3. The loss drops SCSU's dual match record to 0-2, 0-2 NCC this 9 a.m. season. Here is a rundown of the individual match scores from Jan. 14: 149 - Adam 13th Minnette (SCSU) dec. Jeremy Hanson (MSU) 7-4; 157 - Matt Bitz (MSU) major dec. L, 50-0 Blake Christopherson (SCSU) 15-5; 165 - Jeremiah Nowak (MSU) pinned Nate Schut L, 40-3 (SCSU) 6:26; 174 - Wallace (MSU) dec. by forfeit; 184 - #7 John Koons (MSU) major 6 p.m. dec. Lukas Pohlmeier (SCSU) 11-2; 197 - #5 Josh Hanousek (MSU) dec. by forfeit; 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. HWT - #8 Mike Engelmann (MSU) pinned Brandon Nowak (SCSU) 1:57; 125 - Double 9 a.m. Forfeit; 133 - Nick Smith (MSU) major dec. Brent Johnson (SCSU) 20-5; 141 - Efrain 6 p.m. Ayala (MSU) dec. Tom Messerli (SCSU) 9-7.
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2004-05 St. Cloud State Roster
Yr. Fr So Blake Christopherson Sr Seth Cole So Benjamin Fjoser Fr Michael Gritti So Brian Hanlon Fr Matthew Jensen So Brent Johnson Fr Casey Johnson Sr Adam Landherr RFr Tom Messerli So Adam Minnette Fr Bradley Nowak Fr Eric O'Brien Fr Mikal Peterson So Lukas Pohlmeier Sr Kevin Prindle Fr Nathan Schut Jr Shane Tappe So Zachary Thein RFr Ben Monson Fr Name Thomas Anderson Sean Beere Hometown Belview (RW Valley) St. Paul (Johnson) Dent (Perham HS) Hillsdale, WI North Mankato Cedar (St. Francis) Bismarck, ND Clive, IA (Valley) Altoona, WI Eau Claire, WI Austin (Southland) Lafayette (GFW) New Prague Silver Lake Becker (Becker HS) Bemidji (Bemidji HS) Winthrop (GFW) Amery, WI (Amery) Monticello Detroit Lakes Sauk Rapids Spicer (Willmar HS)
TEAM NOTES: SCSU posted a 1-8, 0-5 NCC record in 2003-04. At the NCAA DII Regional in 2004, the Huskies placed ninth overall, but Derek Miller did qualify for the national meet last year at 133-pounds. He posted a 1-2 record at the national meet in 2004...the Huskies had an incredible finish by the 2002-2003 wrestling team. The team sent four Huskies to Nationals and three became All-Americans, allowing a 9th place team finish at the NCAA Division II championships. The Huskies’ 9th place finish at the NCAA meet was the team’s best since finishing 8th in 1985-86. The team’s best NCAA finish was a 7th place ending in 1982-83...back in the 1960s, the Huskies placed third at the NAIA meet in 1963 and 1965...of note, the 2005 NCAA Division II North Regional meet will be held at Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall on Feb. 27. The NCAA Division II championships will be hosted by Nebraska-Omaha on March 11-12 in Omaha, Neb...four of the seven teams in the North Central Conference are ranked in the nation’s top 20 Division II poll. Of note, Minnesota State, Moorhead, Northern State and Southwest Minnesota State will all wrestle as affiliate members of the NCC this year. SCSU COACHING STAFF: The Huskies are led this season by Steve Grimit (Western Illinois, 1987). Grimit is in his 12th season as head coach of the Huskies. Grimit has led the Huskies to a 62-81 overall/21-50 NCC record since 1993. In 2003, he led his wrestling squad to a ninth place finish at the NCAA Championships. Grimit joined the SCSU staff following four seasons at Valparaiso (IN) University. As the SCSU wrestling coach, Grimit has enjoyed success during the past eleven seasons. In 1995, Grimit guided SCSU's Gene Hanemann to an NCAA Division II national title at 158-pounds. In 1996 and 1997, Grimit coached Andy Reigstad to consecutive runner-up finishes at the NCAA meet in the 150-pound category. Grimit graduated from Western Illinois University in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He received a master's degree in sport management/ athletic administration from WIU in 1988.
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2004-2005 SCSU Wrestling Records and Results
Name Thomas Anderson Sean Beere Blake Christopherson Logan Clark Seth Cole Brandon Dick Benjamin Fjoser Mike Folie Michael Gritti Brian Hanlon Matthew Jensen Brent Johnson Casey Johnson Loren Johnson Adam Landherr Lee Lorentz Tom Messerli Adam Minnette Ben Monson Bradley Nowak Eric O'Brien Mikal Peterson Lukas Pohlmeier Kevin Prindle Nathan Schut Shane Tappe Zachary Thein 125 1-2 133 0-7 141 0-2 1-4 149 0-1 2-2 0-2 157 0-6 5-1 165 4-3 1-5 174 0-2 0-5 184 1-6 197 1-3 HWT 0-6 -
Team Results 2004-2005: 13th place at 2004 St. Cloud State University Invitational Jan. 8: at #2 Augustana 50, SCSU 0 Jan. 14: #8 Minnesota State, Mankato 40, at SCSU 3 Top Individual Finishers 2004-2005: Mike Gritti placed 6th at 2004 SCSU Invitational at 174-pounds
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