The #2 St. Cloud State University wrestling team rolled into the championship match of the 2016 NWCA Division II National Duals with a solid 30-7 victory over Pittsburgh-Johnstown in the semifinals on Saturday, Jan. 9 in Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Huskies will now face Notre Dame (Ohio) in the championship match of the NWCA Duals on Jan. 9 at 4:30 p.m. (ET) Notre Dame earned its ticket to the finals on the strength of a 20-12 victory over #1 ranked Maryville in the other semifinal bout. Fans can listen to the match on the KVSC sports stream at kvsc.org/listen/sports.m3u
Results of the match against Pittsburgh-Johnstown are listed below. Highlights of the match included a thrilling 2-1 decision win by #1 Tim Prescott over #8 ranked Evan Link of UPJ at 125. In a showdown between two of the nation’s top heavyweights #1 ranked Austin Goergen charted a 16-0 tech fall over #3 ranked Damon Sims of UPJ.
NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals Results on Trackwrestling
St. Cloud State 30, Pittsburgh-Johnstown 7
125 – #1 Tim Prescott (St. Cloud State) over #8 Evan Link (Pitt-Johnstown) Dec 2-1
133 – Jarred Oftedahl (St. Cloud State) over Nick Roberts (Pitt-Johnstown) Fall 5:57
141 – Matt Nelson (St. Cloud State) over Sam Hanau (Pitt-Johnstown) Maj 10-1
149 – Jay Hildreth (St. Cloud State) over Travis Shaffer (Pitt-Johnstown) Dec 8-2
157 – Larry Bomstad (St. Cloud State) over Devin Austin (Pitt-Johnstown) Dec 6-2
165 – #1 Clint Poster (St. Cloud State) over Tyler Reinhart (Pitt-Johnstown) Dec 4-2
174 – Clayton Jennissen (St. Cloud State) over John Blankenship (Pitt-Johnstown) Dec 2-1
184 – #2 Travis McKillop (Pitt-Johnstown) over Uthman Rabiu (St. Cloud State) Maj 11-3
197 – Jacob Hart (Pitt-Johnstown) over VJ Giulio (St. Cloud State) SV-1 6-4
285 – #1 Austin Goergen (St. Cloud State) over #3 Damon Sims (Pitt-Johnstown) TF 16-0
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