BISMARCK, ND – Looking to PAC the MAC for the final University of Mary home wrestling match of the season, the first 300 Marauders fans to the dual on Sunday, Feb. 5, will receive a free t-shirt. Everyone is encouraged to wear white to WHITE OUT the building.
The Marauders host the MSU Moorhead Dragons in a Northern Sun dual at 1 pm Sunday in the McDowell Activity Center. Mary is 5-7 overall and 1-4 against NSIC competition. MSUM is 4-7 and 1-3.
The Marauders-Dragons match is filled with local story lines as both teams are loaded with wrestlers from North Dakota. Five of Mary's ten starters are from the state:
Tate Barnhardt (133, Bismarck St. Mary's).
Reed Cronin (141, West Fargo HS),
Hunter Eckert (149, Bismarck Century HS),
Dane Fischer (174, Bismarck St. Mary's HS) and
Paul Michaelson (165, Williston HS).
The Dragons feature seven grapplers from North Dakota, including Bismarck native Adam Blees, who attended Bismarck High School.
One of the featured matches will be Fischer facing Blees at 174, a pair of former in-town high school rivals.
Another match to watch is at 133. Barnhardt, the reigning NSIC Wrestler of the Week after defeating the 11
th ranked grappler in the country last weekend, faces Blake Bosch, currently ranked second in the country. Barnhardt, 21-6 this season overall, has won 11 straight matches and is 12-0 in duals this season.
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