SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- Minot State wrestling lost three more matches Saturday in Springfield, Ill. at the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Duals. There was, however, a winning effort being put forth by those on the mat.

MISU lost to No. 3 University of Central Oklahoma 44-0, Limestone College 28-17 and No. 13 Augustana College 39-15.

“Even though we lost today, I thought we showed a great deal of improvement over last week,” said Beavers head coach Robin Ersland. “I thought we battled hard, we wrestled tough and gave a much better effort. I felt much better about today than I have so far this year. In fact, in a lot of ways, I felt like today was one of our best performances of the season.”

Matt Fetterley (Jr., 174, Muskegon, Mich.) had a solid weekend, tallying two wins in his last two matches. Sophomore Bobby Bartz (285, Harvey, N.D.) also picked up two wins on Saturday, one coming by forfeit and the other by fall.

Making his return to the mat, Cody George (Sr., 184, Clancy, Mont.) made the most of his one appearance on the weekend. He beat his opponent from Limestone College by a 10-8 decision.

The Beavers (1-9 overall 0-2 NSIC) know they have been going against great competition and the hope is that their performance will be heightened due to that high level of battle. Ersland knows it can be frustrating to lose, but thinks the team is getting better.

“I tell them it's about effort more than results because total effort will eventually lead to better results, said Ersland. “We're improving and that's a positive.”

Minot State will get back into NSIC competition on January 19 as they travel south to Mankato, Minn. to take on the No. 19 Minnesota State University Mavericks. Dual time is set for 7 P.M.

Central Oklahoma 44, Minot State 0
125 Ryan Brooks, UCO, wins by forfeit.
133 Casy Rowell, UCO, major dec., Joshua Douglas 12-4
141 Trison Graham, UCO, major dec., Flynn Stormer 16-2
149 Jordan Basks, UCO, pinned Marcus Wilson 1:57
157 Cory Dauphin, UCO, def. Marcus Polak 9-4
165 Zach Aylor, UCO, def. Ricard Avakovs 8-7
174 Kelly Henderson, UCO, def. Matt Fetterley 8-4
184 Tanner Keck, UCO, def. Cody George 5-2
197 Znick Ferrell, UCO, pinned Joe Johnson 2:46
285 Cody Dauphin, UCO, pinned Bob Bartz 1:06

Limestone 28, Minot State 17
125 Eric Rholetter, LIME, wins by forfeit
133 Ross Benzel, LIME, def. Joshua Douglas 6-5
141 Devon Jackson, LIME, pinned Flynn Stormer 0:48
149 Theran Goodale, LIME, Tech. Fall Donovan Williams 19-4
157 Marcus Polak, MISU, pinned Austin Koile 4:20
165 Max Redfoot, LIME, def. Eric O`Neill 12-8
174 Matt Fetterley, MISU, def. Tanner Saraceno 5-1
184 Cody George, MISU, def. Blake Steiert 10-8
197 Justin Tribble, LIME, pinned Devon Flores 2:53
285 Bob Bartz, MISU, pinned Aaron Rowe 4:21
(Unsportsmanlike conduct- MISU -1 points)

Augustana College 39, Minot State 15
125- T.J. North, AC, wins by forfeit
133- Joshua Douglas, MISU, pinned Brandon Chesnut  4:20
141- Zach Friederich , AC, pinned Flynn Stormer 1:01
149- Nate Herda , AC, pinned Donovan Williams 5:31
157- Shawn Hatlestad, AC, def. Marcus Polak 7-5 OT
165- Parker Swanson, AC, pinned Ricard Avakovs 1:24
174- Matt Fetterley, MISU, def. Thomas Davies 5-1
184- Sean Derry, AC, pinned Devon Flores 3:46
197- Jeff Nielsen, AC, pinned Joe Johnson 1:20
285- Bobby Bartz, MISU, wins by forfeit