THIS WEEK: The University of Mary Wrestling team has a busy week ahead of them as they host their first triangular of the year between Concordia College (Minn.) and the University of Jamestown on Wednesday, December 2, before heading out to Moorhead, Minn., to take on LIU Post on Friday, December 4, and will compete in the Dragon Open on Saturday, December 5.

HISTORY: U-Mary took on Jamestown and Concordia last year in a triangular over in Jamestown, N.D., for the first non-conference duals of the year. It turned into a rough outing for the Marauders as they dropped both duals on the evening, 39-12 to Concordia and 25-18 for Jamestown. Alec Lindsey, Paul Michaelson and John DeVito led the way against the Cobbers as Lindsey earned a pin at 2:22, Michaelson won by suddent victory and DeVito took a decision in the dual. DeVito maintain his momentum against Jamestown where he took another decision, Hunter Menendez won by technical fall, Riley Nagel took a major decision and Travis Smith took a decision of his own in the dual loss.

LAST WEEK: Rudy Guillen led the Marauders once again at the UNK Holiday Inn Open in Kearney, Neb., back on November 21. Guillen run in the Elite 141-Pound bracket was highlighted with a sudden victory over Keith Surber from University of Nebraska-Kearney, the top-ranked wrestler in the nation, dropped a narrow decision to Daniel Salazar from Colorado Mesa University at 10-8, but took third after a 4-2 decision over Dan Gaylor from New Mexico Highlands University. Michaelson had a productive day as well with a fifth place finish in the Elite 165-Pound bracket highlighted by three straight wins following an opening round loss and capped off his run with a 6-3 decision over Kyle Bateman from Colorado State University-Pueblo in the fifth place match. Josh Jensen was the last to place for U-Mary in the event as he took fifth in the Amateur 125-Pound bracket and started his run with back-to-back wins, but lost in the quarterfinals. Jensen rebounded with two straight decisions to get to the consolation semifinals, but lost once again and settled for a fifth-place bout finished off with a 12-4 major decision over Jacob Espana from New Mexico Highlands.

BARNCAT TOUGH: Guillen was named U-Mary's Barncat Tough Wrestler of the Week once again as he powered his way through the Elite 141-Pound bracket at the Holiday Inn Open hosted by Nebraska-Kearney. Guillen went 4-1 in the bracket highlighted by his victory over Surber, followed by a major decision over Colby Waters, dropped a decision to Salazar and rebounded with two wins to clinch third place.

NEXT WEEK: The Marauders will travel upstate for a non-conference dual against Minot State University for the Battle of the Barrel on Tuesday, December 8, and will start their conference schedule with a dual against Upper Iowa University on Friday, December 11.

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