BISMARCK, ND – A dominant early effort and a clutch win in the last match of the day means the Barrel Trophy once again remains with the University of Mary wrestling team. In the fourth "Battle for the Barrel," the Marauders held off a late charge by Minot State University to defeat the Beavers 24-20.

The contest was decided by sophomore Anthony Velazquez in the final match of the night at 157. Needing to take a time out for an injury early in the match, Velasquez returned to the mat to win an amazing match over Nathan Baca 9-7.

UMary, undefeated in all four meetings for the Barrel Trophy and victors over the Beavers for the second time this year, improved to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

"I am really proud of the guys with where they are at right now because we are winning in these gritty matches even though our training phase is down," head coach Adam Aho said.

Starting things off for UMary was #9 Braydon Huber (165) taking on Brody Mohr. Huber dominated Mohr, getting a pinfall at the 6:14 mark and earning the Marauders six points.

#11 Max Bruss (174) was up next for the Marauders and also would win by pin, taking down Noah Gallardo at the 6:16 mark. Bruss has still not surrendered a point all season and remains undefeated at 3-0.

Grant Litke (184) fell to Keegan Barry by a 6-1 decision.

Matt Kaylor (197) defeated Dustin Swisher in an exciting contest as Kaylor would win by a 3-0 decision.

Emmitt Brooks (285) lost to Jordan Will by a 5-1 decision.

Jeremy Leintz (125) was defeated by Oscar Nellis, via a tech fall at the 6:48 mark.

Laken Boese (133) lost to Kelby Armstrong in a close contest that saw Armstrong take it via a 4-3 decision.

Drew Steidler (141) made his Marauders debut and lost to Lincoln Stormer via a pinfall at the 4:13 mark. Steidler led 6-0 after the first period before Stormer earned the win.

After falling behind 20-15, Chandler Mooney (149) would be victorious over Shadi Mitwalli via injury default, giving UMary a 21-20 lead going into the last match.

With the match on the line, Velazquez (157) defeated Nathan Baca in a thrilling match on a 9-7 decision. Velazquez trailed 4-0 at one point in the 1^st period but would rally back and take home the victory.

UMary's junior varsity also won their contest 21-16 over Minot State's junior varsity team.

The Marauders next contest is on the road, where they will take on Minnesota State University - Mankato on Thursday, February 4, at 7 pm.

165: Braydon Huber (MARY) over Brody Mohr (MINOT) (Fall 6:14)
174: Max Bruss (MARY) over Noah Gallardo (MINOT) (Fall 6:16)
184: Keegan Berry (MINOT) over Grant Litke (MARY) (Dec 6-1)
197: Matt Kaylor (MARY) over Dustin Swisher (MINOT) (Dec 3-0)
285: Jordan Will (MINOT) over Emmitt Brooks (MARY) (Dec 5-1)
125: Oscar Nellis (MINOT) over Jeremy Leintz (MARY) (TF 18-3 6:48)
133: Kelby Armstrong (MINOT) over Laken Boese (MARY) (Dec 4-3)
141: Lincoln Stormer (MINOT) over Drew Steidler (MARY) (Fall 4:13)
149: Chandler Mooney (MARY) over Shadi Mitwalli (MINOT) (Inj. 0:57)
157: Anthony Velazquez (MARY) over Nathan Baca (MINOT) (Dec 8-7)
 
JV Results:
157: Trevor Fauver (MARY) over Gabriel Ojeda (MINOT) (Dec 6-5)
165: Isaac Bertalotto (MINOT) over Riley Mitchell (MARY) (Dec 7-5)
174: Wyatt Lidberg (MARY) over Joseph Lopez (MINOT) (MD 17-9)
184: Jose Reyes (MARY) over Matthew Rabe (MINOT) (TF 16-1 5:29)
197: Noe Garcia (MINOT) over Gabe Anderson (MARY) (Dec 3-2)
 285: Jake Swirple (MINOT) over Gerardo Jaime (MARY) (Dec 2-1)
125: Logen Fischer (MINOT) over Karsen Mosbrucker (MARY) (MD 10-2)
133: Jaden Verhagen (MARY) over William Horton-Hayden (MINOT) (Dec 4-3)
 141: Logan Mahoney (MARY) over Nicholas Pereira (MINOT) (Fall 0:54)
 149: Brendan Barnes (MINOT) over Jacob Morgan (MARY) (Dec 8-2)

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