Augustana Takes on North Dakota State this Weekend

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Augustana wrestling team heads to Fargo, North Dakota, this weekend to compete in its second dual of the season against the North Dakota State Bison. The dual is set to start at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

This is the Viking’s fifth-consecutive weekend on the road while the Bison are already hosting their third home dual of the season. 

North Dakota State comes into its matchup with Augustana at 2-2 with dual wins against Cal State Bakersfield and Indiana. The two losses came to No. 25 Purdue and No. 16 Northwestern. 

The Bison have three ranked wrestlers in their probable starting lineup against Augustana, redshirt senior Cam Sykora in No. 8 at 133 pounds, redshirt senior Andrew Fogarty is No. 9 at 165 pounds and redshirt sophomore Brandon Metz is No. 25 at 285 pounds. 

Last weekend at the UNK Younes Hospitality Open, Brandon Carroll took home the 133-pound title and captured Augustana’s ninth individual championship of the season through three tournaments. 

In addition to nine first-place finishers, five Vikings have already racked up double-digit win totals this season, Hunter Burnett (12), Taylor Jeffries (12), Jacob Tvinnereim (11), Cade Mueller (10 – Unattached) and Jack Huffman (10). 

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The Lineups

Wt. – Augustana Vikings (Probables)
125- Michael Suda OR Ethan Cota
133- Jack Huffman OR Brandon Carroll
141- Hunter Burnett OR Jebben Keyes
149- Keaten Schorr
157- Jacob Tvinnereim
165- Dylan Schuck
174- Ben Kelvington OR Regan Bye
184- Tanner Brengle
197- Daniel Bishop OR Jarrett Haglund
285- Steven Hajas

Wt. – North Dakota State Bison (Probables)
125- McGwire Midkiff
133- No. 8 Cam Sykora
141- Sawyer Degen OR Dylan Droegemueller
149- Jaden Van Maanen
157- Jared Franek OR Luke Weber
165- No. 9 Andrew Fogarty
174- Lorenzo De La Riva OR Jesse Shearer
184- Noah Cressell OR TJ Pottinger
197- Cordell Eaton
285- No. 25 Brandon Metz OR Dan Stibral

Sophomore Dylan Schuck gets the nod for the Vikings at 165 pounds. Only one of Schuck’s eight wins on the season has come by decision as the sophomore has five falls, one major decision, and one tech fall. 

North Dakota State is the second-consecutive Division I opponent that the Vikings have faced to open the season in a dual setting. The last time the Vikings opened their season with back-to-back Division I opponents was 2008-09 when they wrestled Oregon State and Nebraska.

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