Play-by-Play
Bismarck, N.D. — Celebrating senior night, the University of Mary's four seniors fittingly each won their matches as U-Mary cruised to a 24-12 victory of Southwest Minnesota State (11-6, 1-5). Wrestling their final match at the McDowell Activity Center;
Landon Della Silva,
Collin Engelhardt,
Brady Anderson and
Kriss McCleary all won by decision.
Jordan Eckholm (125) and
Brock Krumm (165) both came up big for U-Mary on the night. Eckholm started out the Marauders scoring with a pin at 4:37. Krumm defeated the reigning Northern Sun Wrestler of the Week in Jacob Begin. The Bismarck native handed Begin just his second loss of the season.
Southwest responded to Eckholm's pin at 125 with a pin of their own at 133. Marauders then rattled off four straight decisions to take an 18-6 lead. SMSU won by decision at 174 to close the gap at 18-9, but the seniors closed the door on a comeback as Anderson and McCleary each won to give U-Mary a 24-9 lead.
Ranked #2 in the country at 141,
Trevor Johnson won his 17th straight match for the Maraduers.
The Marauders (3-6, 2-5 NSIC) lost the final match of the night as they went on to win 24-12.
125: Jordan Eckholm (U-Mary, 4-12) defeats Ed Reno (SMSU, 1-13) by pinfall at 4:37
133: Justin Reinsma (SMSU, 21-4) defeats
Hunter Menendez (U-Mary, 1-17) by pinfall at 4:40
141: No. 2
Trevor Johnson (U-Mary, 27-4) defeats Ethan Hildebrandt (SMSU, 11-11) by decision 10-4
149: Landon Della Silva (U-Mary, 11-8) defeats Beau Buysse (SMSU, 10-12) by decision 6-2
165:
Brock Krumm (U-Mary, 14-10) defeats Jacob Begin (SMSU, 12-2) by decision 8-7
174: Terrence Maier (SMSU, 6-2) defeats
Riley Nagel (U-Mary, 3-9) by decision 9-3
184:
Brady Anderson (U-Mary, 13-4) defeats Travis Peralta (SMSU, 13-9) by decision 5-2
197:
Kriss McCleary (U-Mary, 3-10) defeats Blaine Miller (SMSU, 4-9) by decision 4-0
285: Jon Gorter (SMSU, 1-3) defeats
Cole Monroe (U-Mary, 3-7) by decision 9-3
U-Mary will finish up the regular season on Feb. 13 as they head to Aberdeen, S.D. to take on Northern State.