BISMARCK, ND - The University of Mary wrestling team (2-2, 1-2) will travel to Aberdeen, SD, to take on undefeated Northern State University on Thursday, February 11, at 7 pm. The Marauders will look to bounce back after last week's 26-10 defeat #10 Minnesota State University – Mankato.

HOW TO WATCH

Fans can watch the dual online at www.goumary.com/coverage

LAST TIME THE TEAMS MET

UMary defeated NSU last season 20-16. Jeremy Leintz (125), Devin Steidler (149), Braydon Huber (157), Phillip Springsteen (174), Gerardo Jaime (197) and Dom Tudor (285) all earned victories to give the Marauders the win.

RANKINGS

UMary has three ranked wrestlers in the latest NCAA Division II poll by The Open Mat: Braydon Huber is 10^th at 165, Max Bruss is 10^th at 174 and Dom Tudor is 15^th at 285.

In the second regular-season National Wrestling Coaches Association team rankings of 2021 released February 5, the Marauders received 12 votes to set UMary just outside the top 25. In the NWCA preseason poll, the Marauders finished just outside the top 25 with ten votes, tied for the most out of any team not ranked.

Individually, three Marauders crack the first NWCA individual rankings of the season. Huber is 9^th at 165. Bruss checks in at 9^th at 174. Dom Tudor is 9^th at 285.

UMary has five wrestlers in the Super Region V rankings. Laken Boese is 5^th at 133. Anthony Velazquez is 4^th at 157. Huber is ranked second at 165. Bruss is 3^rd at 174. Tudor ranks third for 285.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS 

UMary returns two wrestlers who qualified for the 2019-20 NCAA Championships, Phillip Springsteen and Braydon Huber. Huber is ranked 5^th for the 157 IBS weight class in the National Wrestling Coaches Association preseason rankings. Springsteen finished second in the NCAA Division II Super Regional V as he earned the eighth seed at the 2020 NCAA Championships.

Huber is coming off a great performance over Minnesota State's Brody Nielson, winning by a 4-1 decision.

CONFERENCE RANKINGS

The Marauders are 1-2 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and sit in sixth place in the NSIC standings. The Wolves, led by head coach Jim Makovsky, have gone 4-0 in the conference and are currently tied for first in the NSIC.

#RV UMARY PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP       

125 - Jeremy Leintz 0-4, (Jr.) Hazen, N.D./Hazen High School                                                                        

133 - Laken Boese 1-3, (So.) Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck High School                                                                   

141 – Drew Steidler 0-2, (Fr.) Bismarck, N.D./St. Mary's High School                                                                     

149 - Chandler Mooney 1-2, (Fr.) Roseau Minn./ Roseau High School                                                                          

157 - Anthony Velazquez 2-1, (So.) Los Banos, Calif./Pacheco High School                                                       

165 - Braydon Huber 3-1, (So.) Post Falls, Idaho/Post Falls High School                                               

174 - Max Bruss 3-1, (So.) De Pere, Wis./De Pere High School                                                              

184 - Grant Litke 0-4, (So.) Little Falls, Minn./Little Falls Community High School                                          

197 - Matthew Kaylor 3-1, (Fr.) Bismarck, N.D./Legacy High School                                                         

285 – Dom Tudor 2-0, (Sr.) Peoria, IL./ Notre Dame High School                                   

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