The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team held their annual Maroon and Gold Match on Thursday night in the Armory Gymnasium. There were ten total matches and both the Maroon and Gold teams won five of the matches.
The first match of the night, at 174 pounds, saw
Rylin Burns defeat
Cade Gubler by fall in the second period.
At 184 pounds,
Austin Vanek downed
Reece White by fall in the first period.
In the 125 pound match,
Tanner Cook took the win 16-3 over
Leo Anderson.
At 133 pounds, Noah McDermott prevailed over
Cooper Cook in three overtimes by a score of 3-2.
In the 149 pound match, returning All-American
Martin Wilkie downed
Georgino Moraga by technical fall in the first period.
At 157 pounds,
Connor Harris scored an 8-3 win over
Gavin McLean.
In the 165 pound match,
Devin Crawford defeated
Zach Valdez 16-2.
In the 285 pound match,
Rylan Moldenhauer scored a 13-4 victory over
Shane Mattson.
At 174 pounds, returning All-American
NaKoda Siegel defeated
Rylin Burns 9-3.
In the final match of the night,
Carl Hansen defeated
Austin Vanek by fall in the first period.
Coach
Tyson Thivierge said, "We learned we have a lot to improve on. It's tough to judge on this dual because the guys wrestle every day together. We have a lot to clean up before next week. This was our first time down to scratch weight and tonight was the reason we did it. The first time down is always tough."
The Lights are next in action Friday, October 28 at 7:00 pm when they face off with North Idaho College.