Cobbers Beat NCAA Division II Northern State for Second Consecutive Year.
ABERDEEN, S.D.-- For the second consecutive year Concordia wrestled NCAA Division II foe Northern State in a dual match, and for the second straight year the Cobbers scored 27 points their way to a victory. 

This year, Concordia won six of the ten matches and claimed a 27-15 victory. The win improves the Cobbers' dual match record to 4-1 this season. Concordia recently went 3-1 at the Terry Haws Dual Tournament held at St. John's. 

The match was decided in the final four individual bouts of the night. After falling behind 12-6 after the first four matches, the Cobbers claimed two victories by forfeit to take the lead at 18-12. With the match hanging in the balance, Thane Taylor (Fr., St. Cloud, Minn.), Lee Rahrlien (Jr., Graceville, Minn.) and David Ahmed (So., Conrad, Mont.) all won their match by a decision and Concordia was able to prevail by the 12-point margin.

Taylor, wrestling at 141, came from behind in the final minute of the third period to scratch out a 6-5 win. After Dustin Weege (Fr., Buffalo, Minn.) fell at 149, Rahrlien pulled away in the third period to win going away 7-3 at 157. Ahmed then had a near-fall in the first period to take a 7-4 lead and ended up winning 7-5 at 165. 

Rahrlien has now won nine of his 10 matches since the Christmas break. 

The lone win in the first three individual matches came at 197 when Concordia senior Dennis Kline (Sr., Plymouth, Minn.) pinned Todd Naasz in the second period. For Kline it is his seventh win since the start of the New Year. He is now 7-1 in his last eight matches. 

Smokey McBride (So., Eagan, Minn.) and Wes Graff (So., Mankato, Minn.) notched the other two victories for the Cobbers. Both wrestlers won by forfeit.

Concordia will host a dual match double header on Saturday, January 22. The Cobbers will take on MSU-Moorhead at 6:00pm in a match postponed from December 8 and then square off against St. John's at 7:30pm.
 

Dual Meet Results
Concordia College 27 - Northern State 15
174 - Matt Englund (NSU) dec. Mitch Gabrielson (CC) 9-2    0-3
184 - Andy Sinclair (NSU) pinned Luke Ruess (CC) 00:58     0-9
197 - Dennis Kline (CC) pinned Todd Naasz (NSU) 2:42       6-9
HWT - Jess Hockley (NSU) dec. Matt Gasteski (CC) 5-3 OT    6-12
125 - Smokey McBride (CC) wins by forfeit                  12-12
133 - Wes Graff (CC) wins by forfeit                       18-12
141 - Thane Taylor (CC) dec Charles Schimmel (NSU) 6-5     21-12
149 - R.C. Sisson (NSU) dec. Dustin Weege (CC) 7-3         21-15
157 - Lee Rahrlien (CC) dec. Spencer Dockery (NSU) 7-3     24-15 
165 - David Ahmed (CC) dec. Jason Hill (NSU) 7-5           27-15
                                                Total  CC  27-15

184 pound match-up
Andy Sinclair NSU, Luke Ruess CC
Andy Sinclair pinned Luke Ruess at 00:58 to put the Wolves up 9-0 early in the match.

197 pound match-up
Todd Naasz NSU, Dennis Kline CC
Dennis Kline CC, pinned Todd Naasz at 2:42 to pull the Cobbers within three at 9-6 after three matches.

HWT match-up
Jess Hockley NSU, Matt Gastecki CC
1st Period: NSU 1, CC 2
2nd Period: NSU 1, CC 3
3rd Period: NSU 3, CC 3
Stalling called on CC with under 30 seconds to go.
Overtime Period: NSU 5, CC3
Jess Hockley took down Matt Gastecki 12 seconds into overtime to pick up the come from behind win and put the Wolves up 12-6 four

125 Pound match-up
NSU Forfeit

133 Pound match-up
NSU Forfeit

144 Pound match-up
Charles Schimmel NSU, Thane Taylor CC
1st Period: NSU 2, CC 4
2nd Period: NSU 2, CC 4
3rd Period: NSU 5, CC 6
Schimmel near fall 1:10 left 3rd put him up 5-4, but after a penalty point for stalling and a riding time point Thane Taylor took the 6-5 win and put his team up 21-12.

149 Pound match-up
R.C. Sisson NSU, Dustin Weege CC
1st Period: NSU 2, CC 2
2nd Period: NSU 4, CC3
3rd Period: NSU 7, CC 3
Sisson scored a reverse with under ten seconds to go in period two to put him up 4-3. He then added an early reverse in period three to go up for good and win 7-3 making the score 21-15 in favor of the Cobbers.

157 Pound match-up
Spencer Dockery NSU, Lee Rahrlien CC
1st Period: NSU 1, CC 4
2nd Period: NSU 3, CC 4
3rd Period: NSU 3, CC 7
Lee Rahrlien used an escape and a reversal in the third period to get the win and put the Cobbers up 24-15 with one match to go.

165 Pound match-up
Jason Hill NSU, David Ahmed CC
1st Period: NSU 4, CC 7
2nd Period: NSU 5, CC 7
3rd Period NSU 5, CC 7
David Ahmed picked three points for a near fall late in the first period to take an early 7-4 lead heading into the second period. Hill pulled with two with an escape late in the second period to make it 7-5. In the third there were no points scored as Ahmed won the match 7-5 giving the Cobbers a 27-15 win.