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Wrestlers finish season with loss
By Ryan K. Dale
Published:
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
The Husky grapplers faced off with the NDSU Bison in Fargo Saturday night at the Bison Sports Arena.
It was the final dual meet for the Huskies (1-13) before the NCC tournament (Mar. 2) in Fargo.
A win for the Huskies would have been a huge upset over the No. 2 Bison and would give them the momentum they need to seriously contend for a national title.
But, that would be in a perfect world or a Hollywood movie. Instead the Huskies lost eight of 10 matches and got drubbed, 31-6. SCSU went 0-6 in NCC matches this season and will be underdogs going into the NCC and NCAA Championships.
The dual started at 174 pounds with No. 7 Jon Duncombe (SCSU) taking on Thad Pike (NDSU). Pike pulled off the upset, defeating Duncombe 3-2 giving the Bison the early 3-0 lead. The Huskies got the three points back at 184 pounds. Tate Wheeler defeated Nate Pesta, 6-3.
NDSU got a big victory at 197 pounds. Brian Kraemer scored a major decision over Luke Pohlmeier 9-0. The four points gave the Bison a 7-3 lead going into the heavyweights.
In the last dual conference match of his career, No. 2 Dustin Darveaux went out on top. Darveaux defeated Chris Tuchscherer 3-1. The victory improved Darveaux's record this season to 33-2.
The win by Darveaux got the Huskies to within one point at 7-6, but that is as close as they would get. NDSU rolled through the rest of the competition.
No. 7 Mike Fiedler scored an (NDSU) upset win over SCSU's No. 5 Matt Neumueller 3-2 at 165.
Neumueller has lost two of his last three matches but still looks to be a legitimate All-American candidate. The other Husky that has a chance to leave with a national championship is Darveaux. He is a two-time defending All-American.
