Minnesota State Picked to Repeat as Northern Sun Champions
10/30/2009 9:10:58 PM
St. Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota State wrestling squad was picked to repeat as Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champions in the NSIC Preseason Coaches poll. The Mavericks, owners of a 7-0 league record last season, owned a six-point edge over Augustana and a nine-point edge over Upper Iowa and St. Cloud State who shared third place. Additionally, three Mavericks were top picks in their respective weight classes. Returning All-Americans Andy Forstner (Madelia, Minn.), Travis Elg (Mountain Lake, Minn.) and Brady Wilson (Faribault, Minn.) all won region championships last season and sit atop the poll at 125, 157 and heavyweight, respectively.
The Mavericks open the 2009-10 season on Nov. 7th at the SDSU Open in Brookings, S.D., before hosting Waldorf at home on Nov. 11th. Match time is slated for 7:00 p.m.
1. Minnesota State 54
2 Augustana 48
3 Upper Iowa 45
St. Cloud State 45
5 MSU Moorhead 18
6 Northern State 16
7 Southwest MSU 12
8 University of Mary 2
WT RK NAME/YR/SCHOOL CREDENTIALS
125 1 Andy Forstner, Jr, Minnesota State 2009 Region Champ, 2009 All American
2 Kyle Pedretti, So, Upper Iowa 2009 National Qaulifier
3 Al Meger, Jr, Augustana 2009 National Qaulifier
4 Corey Ulmer, So, MSU Moorhead 5th at Bison Open, 2nd Dragon Open
5 Jimmy Marx, Sr, Northern State JC National Qualifier
6 Zak Lambert, RFr, SMSU 6-3 in 2009, MN State Champion
7 Mark Maestrey, Fr, St. Cloud State 2x New Jersey place winner
8 Matt Garcia, JR, U. Mary CC Transfer
133 1 Trevor Franklin, RSo, Upper Iowa National Qualifier, 2009 Region Champion
2 Robbie Fisher, Fr, Minnesota State 2x MN State Champion, 2009 Asics JR AA
3 Evan Forde, Jr, MSU Moorhead 5th at Bison Open, 3rd at Dragon Open
4 Adam Helgeson, So, St. Cloud State 6-4 as a Freshman
5 Cody Lensing, So, Augustana 29-16 record as Freshman
6 Tanner Beaman, Fr, U of Mary 2x MT State Champion, Runner up
7 Adam Jenniges, RFr, SMSU 5th at Bison Open, 5x MN State place winner
8 Jacob Buterous, Sr, Northern State 8-15 as Jr
141 1 Jay Sherer, Jr, Augustana 2x National Qualifier, 2009 AA
2 Gabe Suarez, Jr, St. Cloud 2x National Qualifier, 2009 Region Champion
3 JR Baker, Jr, Upper Iowa National Qualifier, Regional Runner-up
4 Brandon Shunk, Sr, SMSU 2x JC All-American
5 Jesse Westphal, RFr, Minnesota State
6 Tyler Steinwand, So, MSU Moorhead 3x ND state champ, DI transfer
7 Landon DellaSilva, So, U. Mary 5th in Region 2009
8 Benton Crow, So, Northern State
149 1 Jacob Roberts, SR, St.Cloud State National Qaulifier, Region Runner-Up
2 David Albrecht, Rso, SMSU National Qualifier
3 Derek Bomstad, Jr, MSU Moorhead 3rd at Dragon Open, 6th at Cobber Open
4 Brett Hakeman, Sr, Upper Iowa 5th in Region at 165lbs
5 Nate Herda, RFr, Augustana 34-10 as Freshman
6 Beau Voegeli, Fr, Northern State 4x State Place winner, State Champion
7 Shawn Sneva, Sr, U. Mary
8 Temondre Hudson, Fr, Minnesota State
157 1 Travis Elg, Sr, Minnesota State 2008 AA, 3x Regional Champion
2 John Sundgren, Jr, St. Cloud State 2008 AA, 2x National Qualifier
3 Tallen Wald, Jr, MSU Moorhead National Qualifier, 4th in Region
4 Derek Stolarzyk, Sr, Upper Iowa 5th in Region at 149
5 Demond Carter, Jr, SMSU JC All-American
6 Kyle Svendsen, RSo, Augustana 26-9 in 07
7 Collin Engelhardt, So, U of Mary
8 Dustin Bonn, Sr, Northern State
165 1 Travis Eggers, Sr, Upper Iowa National Finalist, 2x AA, 3x Regional Finalist
2 Tad Merritt, RSo, St. Cloud State AA 3rd in 2009
3 Gavin Nelson, Jr, Augustana 11-1 2009, currently ranked 8th in country
4 Phillip Downs, Sr, Northern State National Qualifier
5 Tel Todd, RSo, Minnesota State
6 Taylor Nagel, Rso, U of Mary 5th in Region 09
7 Wade Granger, Sr, SMSU JC National Qualifier
8 Sean Ballard, Fr, MSU Moorhead 2x ND State Runner-up
174 1 Mitch Norton, Sr, Upper Iowa AA 5th in 2009, 3x NQ, ranked 2nd nationally
2 Derek Skala, Jr, St. Cloud State AA in 2009, 2x National Qualifier
3 Ben Becker, Jr, Minnesota State 2009 National Qualifier
4 Donnie Bowden, Jr, Northern State 5th in Region 2009
5 Brian Schultz, So, Augustana 21-15 in 09, 6th in Region
6 William Fate, Fr, SMSU 3x MI State Place winner
7 Jake McLean, Fr. MSU Moorhead 3rd ND state
8 Jordan Henderson, Jr, U of Mary
184 1 Nick Henning, So, Augustana National Qualifier, ranked 5th nationally
2 Cale Cornermann, Jr, Northern State 2x National Qualifier
3 Aaron Norgren, So, Minnesota State 2009 National Qualifier
4 CD Johnson, RJr, SMSU 1st at Auggie Open, 3rd at Dragon Open
5 Shamus O'Grady, RFr, St. Cloud State 19-3 as Redshirt
6 Mitchell Schultz, RFr, Upper Iowa .500 record as Redshirt
7 Brady Anderson, Fr, U of Mary MT State Champion
8 Brian Woefel, Fr, MSU Moorhead
197 1 Ty Copsey, Jr, Augustana 2x All-American
2 Pat Mahan, So, Minnesota State 2009 National Qualifier, Region Champion
3 Lucas Munkelwitz, Rso, St. Cloud State 2009 National Qualifier
4 Brent Fosheim, Sr, Northern State 5th in Region
5 Dusty Vliem, Sr, U. Mary 6th in Region
6 Nick Shandri, SR, Upper Iowa DIII National Qaulifier
7 Taylor Yliniemi, Fr, MSU Moorhead 3xMN State place winner
8 Todd Klemz, RFr, SMSU
285 1 Brady Wilson, Sr, Minnesota State 3x All-American
2 Lance Peters, Jr, Augustana National Qualifier 2 in Region
3 Tim Johnson, Sr, MSU Moorhead National Qualifier 3 in Region
4 Jared Little, Sr, Northern State National Qualifier 4th in Region
5 Kriss McCleary, RFr, U of Mary 4x ND Hs State Champion DI Transfer
6 Jacob Kahnke, RFr, St. Cloud State 2x MN HS State Champion DI Transfer
7 Arron Cramer, So, Upper Iowa
8 Carter Ash, So, SMSU
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