MARSHALL, MN - Less than a day after sweeping Augustana University, the #14 University of Mary wrestling team asserted their dominance over #22 Southwest Minnesota State University, going a perfect 2-0 against the two ranked squads this weekend. Saturday's 39-3 victory gives UMary their 5th straight win in match-up history over SMSU. 

The Marauders started off strong with a pin-fall victory from Jaden Verhagen over Ben Emrich. Just 18 seconds into the second period, Verhagen secured a defensive pin to win the match. This strong performance from Verhagen earned him NDPF Dude of the Dual for the Marauders. 

UMary gained another 6 team points with a forfeit from the Mustangs, giving Reece Barnhardt a default victory. The Marauders headed into their third match-up with a modest 12-0 lead. 

Laken Boese started the 141 pound match strong with a takedown in the first period. Boese stayed strong throughout the match, finishing with a 9-3 decision. Leo Mushinsky added to the Marauder's momentum with a 13-1 major decision victory at 149. 

The Mustangs showed some effort in a close match-up between Lincoln Turnman and Sean Howk at 157. Turman put up a strong fight throughout the match, but Howk got the edge in the third period with an escape point. 

Following intermission, Riley Noble took on Lucas Hodges in a close head-to-head match-up. Hodges had the edge after the first period 2-1, but Noble wrestled aggressively to tie it up in the second period and maintained solid defense, closing out the match with an 8-7 decision.

#2 Max Bruss dominated his opponent with a pin-fall victory at just 2:35, giving the Marauders' a comfortable lead of 22-3. Wyatt Lidberg followed with another vigorous performance securing a 15-0 tech-fall victory in the second period. These two commanding performances solidified the Marauder's victory with a 33-3 team score. 

Matthew Kaylor controlled his match for a 6-4 decision in the second-to-last match of the dual. In a tight heavyweight match-up, Luke Tweeton closed out the dual with a 3-1 decision in the tiebreaker overtime. A confident take-down in the first period of overtime secured Tweeton the victory over the #11 Jacob Dykes. 

125 | Jaden Verhagen (Mary) over Ben Emrich (SMSU) - Fall 3:18 | 6-0 UMary
133 | #3 Reece Barhardt (Mary) over Unknown (SMSU) - For. | 12-0 UMary
141 | Laken Boese (Mary) over Hunter Pfantz (SMSU) - Dec 9-3 | 15-0 UMary
149 | Leo Mushinsky (Mary) over Tyler Soltau (SMSU) - MD 13-1 | 19-0 UMary
157 | Sean Howk (SMSU) over Lincoln Turnman (Mary) - Dec 4-2 | 19-3 UMary
165 | Riley Noble  (Mary) over Lucas Hodges (SMSU) - Dec 8-7 | 22-3 UMary
174 | #2 Max Bruss (Mary) over Elijah Sterner (SMSU) - Fall 2:35 | 28-3 UMary
184 | Wyatt Lidberg(Mary) over Kevin Bostwick (SMSU) - TF 15-0 5:22 | 33-3 UMary
197 | Matthew Kaylor (Mary) over Cater Marx (SMSU) - Dec 6-4 | 36-3 UMary
285 | Luke Tweeton (Mary) over #11 Jacob Dykes (SMSU) - TB-1 3-1 | 39-3 UMary

UP NEXT
The Marauders take the confidence from this weekend sweep back home to the MAC to host #5 St. Cloud State (12-1, 5-1 NSIC) on February 10. UMary will take on the traditionally challenging Huskies on Friday at 7 pm. The Marauders will then host Northern State University (9-4, 4-3 NSIC) Saturday, February 11 at 7 pm. 

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