MINOT, N.D. -- A day after earning the No. 14 ranking in the nation at 184 lb., redshirt senior Keegan Berry remained undefeated with a 5-1 decision over Evan Foster. Minot State wrestling fell 19-18 by tie-breaker against Minnesota State Moorhead on Thursday on the road. 

The Beavers fall to 0-5 on the season with the one-point loss and the Dragons earn their first victory of the season moving to 1-2 with the win. 

The dual went back-and-forth after Cole Jones (125 lb) defeated Oscar Nellis by a major decision (13-3) to open the match and put the Dragons up 4-0 early.

MSU came right back and won the next two matches with a major decision by Logen Fischer (17-4) to even the dual up 4-4. Then a 7-6 win by decision for Lincoln Stormer (141 lb) pushed the Beavers in front 7-4. 

Minnesota State Moorehead immediately tied up the dual with a hard-fought close decision between Angel Rios and Gabriel Ojeda (3-2, 149 lb.), 7-7. 

Nathan Baca put together the most dominant performance of the night for the Beavers as he earned a major-decision (17-2) victory over Tell Ward to grab five important points and push MSU in front 12-7.

Back-to-back matches fell the Dragons way with two major decision wins (8 pts) going to MSUM. Braydon Ortloff defeated Brody Mohr (19-6) and Gage Roaldson defeated Noah Gallardo (13-2) at 165 lb. and 174 lb. pushing the Dragons back in front 15-12. 

Keegan Berry was named the No. 14 wrestler in the country at 184 lb yesterday and defended that ranking tonight with a 5-1 decision over Evan Foster to improve to 5-0 on the season. The Beavers and Dragons were tied, 15-15. 

Steven Abbott defeated Dustin Swisher at 197 lbs. by a 3-1 decision giving MSUM an 18-15 lead going into the final match of the night. 

Nationally ranked No. 10 (HWH) Jordan Will controlled the heavyweight bout from the beginning, moving on to a 4-0 win by decision to tie the match 18-18.

The dual went to a tie-breaker and due to Minnesota State Moorhead winning more total match-points, the Dragons would be declared the winner 19-18 on Thursday night in Moorhead, Minn.
 

Weight	Matchup	MSUM	Minot State
125	Cole Jones (Minnesota State Moorhead) over Oscar Nellis (Minot State (N.D.)) (MD 13-3)	4	0
133	Logen Fischer (Minot State (N.D.)) over Joey Nerdahl (Minnesota State Moorhead) (MD 17-4)	0	4
141	Lincoln Stormer (Minot State (N.D.)) over Mason Schulz (Minnesota State Moorhead) (Dec 7-6)	0	3
149	Angel Rios (Minnesota State Moorhead) over Gabriel Ojeda (Minot State (N.D.)) (Dec 3-2)	3	0
157	Nathan Baca (Minot State (N.D.)) over Tell Ward (Minnesota State Moorhead) (TF 17-2 7:00)	0	5
165	Braydon Ortloff (Minnesota State Moorhead) over Brody Mohr (Minot State (N.D.)) (MD 19-6)	4	0
174	Gage Roaldson (Minnesota State Moorhead) over Noah Gallardo (Minot State (N.D.)) (MD 13-2)	4	0
184	Keegan Berry (Minot State (N.D.)) over Evan Foster (Minnesota State Moorhead) (Dec 5-1)	0	3
197	Steven Abbott (Minnesota State Moorhead) over Dustin Swisher (Minot State (N.D.)) (Dec 3-1)	3	0
285	Jordan Will (Minot State (N.D.)) over Samuel Erckenbrack (Minnesota State Moorhead) (Dec 4-0)	0	3
	Team Score	18	18

The Beavers are back in action on Thursday, Feb. 11 against Southwest Minnesota State University inside the MSU Dome at 6 p.m. It will be senior night for the Beavers as we honor the contributions of our graduating seniors to the Minot State wrestling program.