#3 St. Cloud State Out Decisions Cobbers

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (12/11/12)— No.12-ranked Concordia lost four individual matches by four or fewer points and lost to No.3-ranked St. Cloud State 32-3 in St. Cloud on Tuesday.

The loss is the second straight against a Division II squad for the Cobbers. CC is now 1-2 in dual meets in 2012-13. The Huskies, who are ranked third in NCAA DII in the latest coaches' poll, earn their win in their first dual-meet of the season. SCSU has now won 27 straight dual meets.

While the final score might look one sided, the tale of the dual will be the nationally-ranked Huskies' ability to pull out the wins in the close matches. St. Cloud State won the first four matches of the meet by a combined 19 points and all four were won by seven or fewer points. The narrow misses continued after the Cobbers had picked up their lone win of the night. The Huskies record a pair of four-point wins at 174 and 184 to put the match out of reach.

Sophomore Jake Krogstad came away with the only win for Concordia. He was able to get the win in a close match and posted a 6-4 victory at 165. It is Krogstad's fifth win of the year as he moves to 5-6 on the year.

Perhaps the best individual match of the night came at 184 where freshman Chris Harrison battled Shamus O'Grady for three full periods and lost 12-8. O'Grady is currently ranked third at 184 in the latest Division II individual rankings.

Concordia will now head south to participate in the Gator Duals in New Orleans, La. On Sunday, Dec. 16 beginning at 9 a.m. The Cobbers will square off against Elmhurst, Simpson and Luther.  Elmhurst is currently ranked third in Division III while Luther is 16^th.          

NCAA Wrestling Box Score
Final Score:
#12 Concordia-Moorhead 3, #3 St. Cloud State 32
Date: December 11, 2012
Location: St. Cloud, Minn.
Arena: St. Cloud State
Start Time: 7 p.m.


Individual Match Results:             
125 – Eric Forde (SCSU) dec. Gabe Foltz (CC); 10-3    
133 – Jared Kust (SCSU) dec. Jake Kostik (CC); 6-2    
141 – Jay Hildreth (SCSU) dec. Chae Austvold (CC); 6-1    
149 – Josh Howk (SCSU) dec. Kyle LeDuc (CC); 8-5    
157 – Clint Poster (SCSU) tech. fall Kevin Fynboh (CC); 17-1 (4:50)    
165 – Jake Krogstad (CC) dec. Jack Barnes (SCSU); 6-4    
174 – Ben McPhail (SCSU) dec. Peter Harrison (CC); 8-4    
184 – Shamus O'Grady (SCSU) dec. Chris Harrison (CC); 12-8    
197 – Chris Brassell (SCSU) dec. Dan Pike (CC); 12-6    
285 – Jacob Kahnke (SCSU) pin fall Cody Kasprick (CC); 5:48    

Match Notes:
- Concordia is ranked 12th in the latest NWCA Division III poll.
- St. Cloud State is ranked 3rd in the latest NWCA Division II poll.
- #12 Concordia is now 1-2 in dual meets this season.
- #3 St. Cloud State is now 1-0 in dual meets this season.
- St. Cloud State won the first five matches of the meet.
- Concordia won one match by a decision.  
- St. Cloud State won nine of the 10 individual matches on the night.
- St. Cloud State one match by pin fall, one by tech. fall. and seven by decision.