Upper Iowa opened their longest road trip in the Northern Sun Conference with a Saturday night dual at Minot State University in Minot, N.D. The Peacocks won seven matches including four by fall and one by major decision to post a 34-15 victory over the Beavers. UIU improves to 12-1-1 on the season and remains perfect (4-0) in the NSIC, while Minot State drops to 1-11 overall and 0-5 in the conference.

Chris Paulus (125) continued his strong return to the lineup with a win by fall at the 1:09 mark of the first period to give UIU a 6-0 lead. Matt Paulus followed the pin up with an 8-2 decision at 133 pounds giving the team a 9-0 lead.

In the 141 pound match, Jordan Roths dominated his match to the tune of a 15-2 major decision. Edwin Cooper (#5 NWCA) recorded the fourth straight win for the Peacocks with a 10-3 win at 149 pounds pushing Upper Iowa's lead to 16-0.

The Beavers notched a win at 157 pounds as Ricard Avakos defeated Zak Benitz 9-5.

Dalton Westerlund, the reigning NSIC Wrestler of the Week, put the Peacocks back in the win column with a win by fall (:50) at 165 pounds.

Minot State earned a win by injury default at 174 pounds as Colbey Vance suffered an injury just a few seconds into his match with Tiger Paasch.

In the 184-pound match, Brock Gobin won his match over Matt Fetterley by fall in the waning seconds (6:46) of the match to extend UIU's lead to 28-9.

Carl Broghammer (#2 NWCA) earned his 18th win by fall just 50 seconds into his match at 197 pounds for UIU's final win of the night. The victory was the redshirt senior's 131st of his career; he is now just six shy of the all-time wins mark at Upper Iowa.

At heavyweight, Bobby Bartz caught Logan Hopp (#6 NWCA) and won the final match of the night for the home team by fall (:33).

UIU posted a 13-4 advantage in takedowns and a 6-1 advantage in nearfalls on the night.

Next Up

Upper Iowa will wrestle in Bismarck, N.D. against the Marauders of the University of Mary on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.


No. 7 Upper Iowa 34, Minot State 15

125– Chris Paulus, Upper Iowa, pinned A.J. Patterson 1:09 (0-6)
133 – Matt Paulus, Upper Iowa, defeated Joshua Douglas 8-2 (0-9)
141 – Jordan Roths, Upper Iowa, defeated Zachary Cummings (15-2) (Maj. Dec.) (0-13)
149 – Edwin Cooper, Upper Iowa, defeated Jon Wilson, 10-3 (0-16)
157 – Ricard Avakovs, Minot State, defeated Zac Benitz, 9-5 (3-16)
165 – Dalton Westerlund, Upper Iowa, pinned Donovan Williams 0:50 (3-22)
174 – Tiger Paasch, Minot State, defeated Colbey Vance, (Injury Default) (9-22)
184 – Brock Gobin, Upper Iowa, pinned Matt Fetterley, 6:46 (9-28)
197 – Carl Broghammer, Upper Iowa, pinned Mitchell Eull 0:32 (9-34)
HWT – Bobby Bartz, Minot State, pinned Logan Hopp, 0:33 (15-34)