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GAME INFORMATION KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY DUALS Teams: Minot State vs. Southwest Minnesota State | Series: SMSU leads 4-0 Date: Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 | Time: 7 p.m. | Site: Minot State Dome Teams: Minot State vs. RV-Augustana University | Series: AUGIE leads 5-0 Date: Friday, Jan. 29, 2017 | Time: 2 p.m. | Site: Minot State Dome Live stats/video: www.msubeavers.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/MSUBeavers | Twitter: @MSUBeavers You Tube: www.youtube.com/TheMSUBeavers | Instagram: @MSUBeavers
A LOOK AT THE WEEK: Minot State hosts two NSIC teams this week on 2016-17 SCHEDULE Thursday, January 26 and Sunday, January 29. Southwest Minnesota State will visit the Dome on Thursday at 7 p.m. while Augustana will come to Minot Overall: 3-11 | NSIC: 0-3 to compete Sunday at 2 p.m. Home: 0-1 | Away: 0-5 | Neutral: 3-5
: The Beavers are 3-11, 0-3 NSIC after going 1-4 at last week’s RECORDS NOVEMBER Kutztown Duals. With a win over LIU Post, Minot State is one win away from 12 at North Dakota State Open No score matching last season’s four wins. SMSU is coming off a two-loss weekend 19 at Concordia College Open No score against Upper Iowa and Augustana moving its record to 4-11. With its win against the Mustangs, Augustana is 8-5 so far in the 2016-17 season. DECEMBER 2 vs. #T8 McKendree University $ L 6-42 COACHES CORNER: Minot State head coach Evan Forde is in his second 2 vs. #T19 Simon Fraser $ W 22-21 season at the helm of the wrestling team. He is the eighth coach in MSU his- 2 vs. #4 Montana State-Northern $ L 12-31 tory and the second coach since the reinstatement of the team and the move to 3 at UGF Battle of the Rockies No score NCAA Division II. Forde is 7-25 in his career. Jesse Nelson is in his 10th sea- 10 at #5 Upper Iowa * L 3-42 son as the head coach at Southwest Minnesota State. In his first nine seasons, 11 vs. Truman State (in Mankato, Minn.) W 29-15 Nelson has amassed a dual record of 54-61-1, 19-37 NSIC. Jason Reitmeier is 11 at #19 Minnesota State * L 6-36 in his 15th season as the head coach at Augustana. Reitmeier has coached at 16 at University of Mary L 18-20 least one All-American in 12 of his 14 seasons on his way to a 153-69, 53-27 NSIC record. JANUARY 8 vs. University of Mary * L 10-25 RANKINGS: Augustana received votes in the January 20 D2wrestle.com rank- 12 at University of Regina (EX) L 23-28 ings, but was not ranked in the top 25. Neither Minot State nor Southwest Min- 15 at University of Jamestown L 19-25 nesota State received votes in the poll. 20 vs. #22 Kutztown University ^ L 3-41 20 vs. #15 Seton Hill University ^ L 13-28 ALL-TIME AT A GLANCE: Minot State has struggled against these teams 21 vs. RV East Stroudsburg ^ L 15-26 since joining the NCAA Division II ranks. Augustana is 5-0 against the Beavers 21 at LIU Post ^ W 23-18 while Southwest Minnesota is 4-0. 21 vs. RV Shippensburg ^ L 6-36 26 Southwest Minnesota State * 7 p.m. LAST TIME OUT: Last season, Augustana shut out Minot State with a 45-0 29 RV-Augustana University * 2 p.m. victory. The Vikings pinned three Beavers while winning one match by tech. fall and another by major decision. The Beavers forfeited the 125-class against FEBRUARY Augustana and the next day forfeited the 125- and 133-classes against South- 3 at #1 St. Cloud State * 3 p.m. west Minnesota State. MSU faired a little better against the Mustangs losing 9 Dickinson State 7 p.m. 39-9. The Beavers pinned their opponent in the 197 match while Cody Hau- 16 MSU Moorhead * 7 p.m. gen defeated his competition with a 9-4 decision. 17 at #7 Northern State * 7 p.m. 24 Super Regional Three ! 10 a.m. NOTING THE BEAVERS: Minot State faced four teams who received votes 25 Super Regional Three ! 10 a.m. in the D2wrestle.com poll last week, including two top 25 teams. The Beavers lost these four duals, but won at least one match up against each team, scoring All times Central a total of 37 points against ranked opponents. Minot State defeated LIU Post, * Denotes Northern Sun match earning its third win of the season and third neutral site victory of the year with $ Denotes Argo Duals in Great Falls, Mont. a score of 23-18. ^ Denotes Kutztown University Duals ! Denotes Super Regional 3 in Moorhead, Minn. NOTING THE MUSTANGS: Southwest Minnesota State, like Minot State, is Home duals in Red
MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY | www.msubeavers.com MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY | WRESTLING 2017-17 0-3 in NSIC competition this season. In those three duals, the Mustangs have won four matches, scoring 12 points. SMSU has two wrestlers with 15 or more wins this season in sophomores Cortez Arredondo (149) who is 15-13 and Kegen Fingalsen who is 16-13. These two have combined for eight wins by fall or tech. fall.
2016-17 NORTHERN SUN STANDINGS NOTING THE VIKINGS: Augustana, who dropped out of the rankings in the NSIC Overall most recent D2wrestle.com poll host some of the best wrestlers in the NSIC. Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Strk Senior Michael Lowman has an 18-7 record, which includes being 1-0 versus Upper Iowa 5-0 1.000 9-2 0.818 W4 NSIC competition. Junior Aero Amo, who was named NSIC Wrestler of the St. Cloud State 3-0 1.000 11-1 0.917 W4 Week on January 3, is 26-6 this season. Amo is 11-2 in duals and 2-0 in NSIC Minnesota State 3-0 1.000 6-3 0.667 W3 competition. He has also pinned 12 of his opponents. Augustana 2-0 1.000 8-5 0.615 W2 U-Mary 1-2 0.333 5-5 0.500 L1 HAUGEN’S CONSISTENCY: Junior Cody Haugen now has 14 wins in his Northern State 0-3 0.000 4-7 0.364 L2 third season with Minot State. In all three years of competing, Haugen has Southwest Minnesota 0-3 0.000 4-11 0.267 L2 secured at least 14 wins, including 17 wins his freshman season. Haugen has MSU Moorhead 0-3 0.000 3-7 0.300 L4 the most wins for the Beavers this year and has ranked in the top four in both Minot State 0-3 0.000 3-11 0.214 L1 of his first two seasons. The Minot, N.D. native scored his 31st point last week Week 9 results with a pin against East Stroudsburg. This is also his third season with at least Friday, Jan. 20 30 team points. Kutztown 41, Minot State 3 Seton Hill 28, Minot State 13 FOR BETTER: The Beavers have yet to forfeit a match this season, a much- Minnesota State 33, University of Mary 7 * improved area from a year ago where the team was forced to forfeit matches Upper Iowa 30, Southwest Minnesota State 6 * due to injuries. With a roster increase from 22 to 32 in coach Evan Forde’s first Saturday, Jan. 21 two seasons the coach has made good on his desire to increase the roster size East Stroudsburg 26, Minot Stat 15 to prevent these forfeits from happening. Minot State 23, LIU Post 18 Shippensburg 36, Minot State 6 BY THE NUMBERS St. Cloud State 41, Northern State 3 * Augustana 32, Southwest Minnesota State 3 * 3: Major decision wins earned by Shane Sheppard (157) this season. He Sunday, Jan. 22 leads all Beavers in wins by major decision while two others have two. Upper Iowa 43, Northern State 3 Week 10 Schedule 4: Matches won by fall by Cody Haugen (149), Keegan Berry (184), and Thursday, Jan. 26 Austin Moen (HWT) to lead the Beavers. Southwest Minnesota State at Minot State, 7 p.m. * Upper Iowa at Minneosta State, 7 p.m. * 10: Wins this season for Keegan Berry (184) to lead all freshman at Minot St. John’s at St. Cloud State, 7 p.m. State. Berry is 10-16 overall. Friday, Jan. 27 Northern State at MSU Moorhead, 7 p.m. * Southwest Minnesota State at U-Mary, 7 p.m. * UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Saturday, Jan. 28 Name ...... Minot State University Augustana University at U-Mary, 2 p.m. * Enrollment ...... 3,313 Sunday, Jan. 29 Founded ...... 1913 Augustana University at Minot State, 2 p.m. * Mascot ...... Beavers School Song ...... Onward Beavers * NSIC Dual Colors ...... Red and Green Location ...... Minot, N.D. PRERESEASON COACHES POLL Population ...... 52,076 # Team (1st Votes) Pts. National Affiliation ...... NCAA Division II 1. St. Cloud State (5) 79 Conference ...... Northern Sun Intercollegiate Home Court ...... Minot State Dome (Capacity 10,000) 2. Upper Iowa (1) 57 President ...... Dr. Steven Shirley 3. Augustana (1) 33 Director of Athletics ...... Andy Carter 4. Northern State (1) 19 Associate DA-Internal Ops / SWA ...... Wendy McManus 5. MSU Moorhead (1) 17 Associate AD-Compliance ...... Steven Swenson Minnesota State (1) 17 Assistant AD-Development ...... Brock Weppler Director of Athletic Marketing ...... TBD 7. University of Mary 8 Team Doctor ...... Dawn Mattern, Trinity Sports Medicine Southwest Minnesota State 8 Head Athletic Trainer ...... Jodi Swedlund, Trinity Sports Medicine 9. Minot State 2 Athletic Administrative Assistant ...... Kaycee Grochow All points were figured from the top 5 individuals in each MEDIA RELATIONS weight class. Assistant AD - Communications & Media Relations ... Michael Linnell The following point system was used: First = 10, Graduate Assistant SID ...... Isaac Hunt Second = 7, Third = 4, Fourth = 2 & Fifth = 1. Assistant SID ...... Sean Arbaut
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MINOT STATE HEAD COACH EVAN FORDE 2nd season | MSU Moorhead (2011) | 7-25 Minot State | 7-25 overall
Evan Forde is in his also the Club Sport Director within the Intramural department second season as the and an adjunct professor at MSUM. head coach for the He spent three seasons with Southwest Minnesota State Minot State University before returning to his alma mater. At SMSU, he served as wrestling program. the graduate assistant coach from 2011-13 and the school’s He became the eighth head assistant coach in 2013-14. The Mustangs were 35-17 in coach in school history three seasons, finishing third in the NSIC in 2013-14. and the second since Forde, a Fargo, N.D., native, won 63 matches in his career the Beavers reinstated and was a four-time National Collegiate Wrestling Associa- the program and tion NCAA Division II All-Academic honoree. He was also moved from NAIA to named the program’s “Hardest Worker,” twice. NCAA Division II. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from In his first season MSU Moorhead in 2011 and graduated with a Master of Sci- with Minot State, Forde ence in Education: Sport Leadership and Management from earned four victories Southwest Minnesota State in 2013. including one against in-state rival Mary. He coached Minot-native Marcus Polak in his final season as Polak Coach Forde At A Glance finished in the top 10 in career victories in school history. Over the past eight seasons, Forde has been associated with Team Affiliation Season Record Minnesota State University Moorhead for five of them where he Minot State Head Coach 2015-16 4-14 served as the Dragons top assistant coach in 2014-15 and was Total record as a head coach 4-14 a standout wrestler for MSUM from 2006-11. He served as the team’s captain from 2009-11. In 2014-15, Forde helped the Dragons to an 8-5 record and a 4-4 mark in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. He was
2016-17 COACHING STAFF
JAKE KETTLER JON WILSON
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2016-17 MINOT STATE WRESTLING ROSTER Seniors: 5 | Juniors: 5 | Sophomores: 6 | Freshmen: 15
Full Name Weight Yr. Hometown High School Previous School Dean Arevalo 125 Fr. Riverside, Calif. Riverside Polytechnic Adrian Avena 149/157 Fr. Federal Way, Wash. Todd Beamer Jake Belland HWT Fr. Watford City, N.D. Watford City Keegan Berry 174 Fr. Casper, Wyo. Natrona County Zach Berry 165 Fr. Federal Way, Wash. Decatur Bryce Broome 197 Jr. Port Orchard, Wash. South Kitsap Briley Crissler 184 Jr. Belcourt, N.D. Turtle Mountain Tanner Crissler 149 Jr. Belcourt, N.D. Turtle Mountain Zachary Cummings 157 Sr. Birmingham, Ala. Fultondale Mitchell Eull HWT Sr. Buffalo, Minn. St. Michael-Albertville Tyler Forcella 141 So. Terry, Mont. Terry Grandview University Keith Freeman 133 Fr. Ogden, Utah Ogden Dimitri Grivas 141/149 So. Holiday, Fla. Anclote Pasco Hernando State College Hunter Hart 197 So. Gallatin Gateway, Mont. Bozeman Cody Haugen 141/149 Jr. Minot, N.D. Minot Liam Hayden 125 Fr. Lancaster, N.H. White Mountains Regional Andrew Helfrich 184 Fr. Orange, Calif. El Modena Jacob Knudsvig 165 Jr. Hemet, Calif. San Jacinto Cody Lambert 149 Fr. Greenwood, Neb. Ashland-Greenwood Austin Moen HWT Fr. Foxholm, N.D. Des Lacs Burlington Jeseb Mogen 133 Fr. Velva, N.D. Velva Colton Nichols 141/149 So. Holiday, Fla. Anclote Pasco Hernando State College Parker Osterman 165 Fr. Wilcox, Ariz. Wilcox Nicholas Pereira 125 Fr. Chino, Calif. Eleanor Roosevelt Michael Rangel 125 So. Whittier, Calif. Buena Park Anthony Raupp 157 Jr. Winlock, Wash. Winlock H Chadron State College Shane Sheppard 157 Sr. Scio, Ore. Stayton Clackama Community College Stosh Sitkowski 157 Fr. St. John, Ind. Hanover Frank Straka 165 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz North Canyon University of Arizona Jered Sublet 141 Sr. McMinnville, Ore. McMinnville Clackama Community College Carlos Toledano 174 Sr. Duvall, Wash. Cedarcrest Doane College Shane Williams, Jr. 133 Fr. Vashon, Wash. Vashon Island
Coaching Staff Name Title Evan Forde Head Wrestling Coach Jake Kettler Assistant Wrestling Coach Jon Wilson Assistant Wrestling Coach
ROSTER BREAKDOWNS By Class By Geography North Dakota (6) ‑ Jake Belland, Briley Crissler, Tanner Crissler, Senior (3) ‑ Zachary Cummings, Mitchell Eull, Cody Haugen, Terry LaVallie, Jr., Austin Moen. Shane Sheppard. Washington (5) - Adrian Avena, Zach Berry, Anthony Raupp, Carlos Toledano, Shane Williams, Jr. Junior (7) - Briley Crissler, Tanner Crissler, Cody Haugen, California (4) - Dean Arevalo, Andrew Helfrich, Nicholas Pereira, Anthony Raupp, Frank Straka, Jered Sublet, Carlos Toledano. Michael Rangel. Arizona (2) - Parker Osterman, Frank Straka. Sophomore (6) - Tyler Forcella, Dimitri Grivas, Hunter Hart, Florida (2) - Dimitri Grivas, Colton Nichols. Terry La Vallie, Jr., Colton Nichols Oregon (2) - Shane Sheppard, Jered Sublet. Montana (2) - Tyler Forcella, Hunter Hart. Redshirt Freshman (1) - Michael Rangel. Alabama (1) - Zachary Cummings. Indiana (1) - Stosh Sitkowski. Kansas (1) - Jason Laramore. Freshmen (15) - Dean Arevalo, Adrian Avena, Jake Balland, Minnesota (1) - Mitchell Eull. Keegan Berry, Zach Berry, John Erhard, Jr., Liam Hayden, New Hampshire (1) - Liam Hayden. Andrew Helfrich, Cody Lambert, Jason Laramore, Austin Moen, Nebraska (1) - Cody Lambert. Parker Osterman, Nicholas Pereira, Stosh Sitkowski, Ohio (1) - John Erhard, Jr. Shane Williams, Jr. Wyoming (1) - Keegan Berry.
Pronunciation Pronunciation Dean Arevalo Air - a - vel - oh Nicholas Pereira Per - EE - ah Adrian Avena Ah - VEE - na Stosh Sitkowski Sit - COW - ski Jake Belland Bell - land Jered Sublet Sub - let Mitchell Eull I’ll Carlos Toldano Toll - DAN - no Dimitri Grivas GREE - Vas
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2016-17 MINOT STATE WRESTLING INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Overall: 3-11 | Northern Sun: 0-3 | Home: 0-1 | Away: 0-5 | Neutral: 3-5
Weight Name Record Takedowns Falls Tech Falls Major Dec. Team Pts. 125 Liam Hayden 5-14 6 1 0 0 9 125 Nicholas Pereira 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 125 Michael Rangel 5-8 7 0 0 1 6 133 Dean Arevalo 2-16 5 0 0 1 0 133 Shane Williams 1-8 2 0 0 0 0 141 Tyler Forcella 3-6 2 1 0 1 0 141 Jered Sublet 13-11 10 1 0 2 19 149 Adrian Avena 6-6 9 3 1 0 0 149 Cody Haugen 14-13 19 4 0 2 31 149 Colton Nichols 0-6 3 0 0 0 0 157 Zach Berry 8-7 13 0 0 0 0 157 Dimitri Grivas 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 157 Jason Laramore 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 157 Shane Sheppard 12-14 18 1 0 3 15 165 Zachary Cummings 3-7 8 1 0 0 0 165 Jacob Knudsvig 2-1 0 0 0 0 12 165 Parker Osterman 7-9 3 3 1 0 29 165 Anthony Raupp 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 174 Frank Straka 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 174 Carlos Toledano 12-5 22 1 1 0 15 184 Keegan Berry 10-16 6 4 0 1 18 184 Andrew Helfrich 0-7 0 0 0 0 0 197 Briley Crissler 2-9 0 0 0 0 0 197 Bryce Broome 1-2 1 0 0 0 3 HWT Jake Belland 9-10 6 3 0 0 18 HWT Mitchell Eull 6-2 10 2 0 0 3 HWT Austin Moen 5-8 4 4 0 0 0
2016-17 MINOT STATE WRESTLING INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Overall: 3-11 | Northern Sun: 0-3 | Home: 0-1 | Away: 0-5 | Neutral: 3-5
WINS FALLS Name Total Name Total Cody Haugen 14 Austin Moen 4 Jered Sublet 13 Jake Belland 4 Carlos Toledano 12 Cody Haugen 4 Shane Sheppard 12 Keegan Berry 3 Keegan Berry 10 Adrian Avena 3 Jake Belland 9 Zach Berry 8 Adrian Avena 6 MAJOR DECISIONS Parker Osterman 6 Name Total Mitchell Eull 6 Shane Sheppard 3 Jered Sublet 2 TAKEDOWNS Cody Haugen 2 Name Total Carlos Toledano 22 Cody Haugen 19 TEAM POINTS Shane Sheppard 18 Name Total Zach Berry 13 Cody Haugen 31 Mitchell Eul 10 Parker Osterman 29 Jered Sublet 10 Jered Sublet 19 Keegan Berry 18 TECH FALLS Jake Belland 18 Name Total Shane Sheppard 15 Adrian Avena 1 Carlos Toledano 15 Parker Osterman 1 Jacob Knudsvig 12 Carlos Toledano 1
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