The #3 St. Cloud State University wrestling team (2-0) brought home a big 33-6 non-conference victory from #27 St. John's University on Dec. 12, in Collegeville, Minn.

The Huskies rolled to five consecutive wins to open the match and then capped the night with wins at 184-pounds, 197-pounds and 285-pounds to bring home the victory.  

The night started with a 3-2 victory by Eric Forde at 125-pounds.  Jared Kust followed with a 5-1 win at 133-pounds and then Matt Nelson gained a 14-3 major decision at 141-pounds.  Brady Johnshoy scored a close 7-6 win at 149-pounds for the Huskies and Clint Poster chalked up the Huskies' first fall with a drop at 2:52 against SJU's Ryan Arne.  

The Huskies lost matches at 165-pounds and 174-pounds before three-time All-American Shamus O'Grady rolled to a tech fall win at 3:00 (16-0) at 184-pounds.  Chris Brassell gained his second dual win of the season with a 5-3 victory at 197-pounds.  Jacob Kahnke ended the night with a fall at 2:17 against John Scepaniak of SJU at 285.

SCSU will continue its season on Dec. 15 with a 2 p.m. dual match at home against Minot State.  The match has been designated as Youth Day and all youth (grades K-12) will be admitted for just $1 to the match at Halenbeck Hall.  Tickets are available at the gate or by visiting www.scsutickets.com

No. 3 (DII) St. Cloud State (SCSU) 33, No. 27 (DIII) Saint John’s (SJU) 6
125: Eric Forde (SCSU) dec. John Wells, 3-2 [0-3]
133: Jared Kust (SCSU) dec. Dalton Sowers, 5-1 [0-6]
141: Matt Nelson (SCSU) major dec. Evan Guffey, 14-3 [0-10]
149: Brady Johnshoy (SCSU) dec. Cody Goldschmidt, 7-6 [0-13]
157: Clint Poster (SCSU) pinned Ryan Arne, 2:52 [0-19]
165: No. 10 Chris Stevermer (SJU) dec. Jack Barnes, 13-6 [3-19]
174: Nick Schuler (SJU) dec. Ben McPhail, 9-3 [6-19]
184: No. 3 Shamus O’Grady (SCSU) tech. fall No. 6 Mitch Hagen, 16-0/3:00 [6-24]
197: Chris Brassell (SCSU) dec. Ryan Michaelis, 5-3 [6-27]
285: No. 2 Jacob Kahnke (SCSU) pinned John Scepaniak, 2:17 [6-33]