MINOT, N.D. — The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team defeated Minot State, 25-15 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference wrestling Friday night.
 
The dual start at 174 pounds as Jacob Begin earned his eighth pin of the season as the senior Jon Wilson at 5:56 to give the Mustangs a 6-0 start.

Brody Goens added to the Mustang lead as he scored bonus points in a major decsion over Kobina Henriques, 12-0.

Minot State got on the board at 197 pounds as Taylor Barstad won on an 8-5 decision over Tristan Ezell.

In the heavyweight, Cole Wilson scored points for the Mustangs in a close, 3-2 decision over Mitchell Eull to earn his 24th win of the season.

Landyn VanOverbeke recorded an early pin over Anthony Battle at 1:04 in the 125 pound dual to give SMSU a 19-3 lead half way through.

Minot State would start to cut the lead down over the next four duals as it recorded four consecutive decision wins to pull within four points with just the 157 pound dual left.

In the final showdown at 157, Colton Vekved waited until the final period to pin Devin Combs at 6:10 to give the Mustangs a dramatic 25-15 win. 

INDIVIDUAL BOUT RESULTS
125 pounds – Landyn VanOverbeke (SMSU) over Anthony Battle (MINOT) Fall 1:04 (SMSU 19-3)
133 pounds – Jason Huger (MINOT) over Taylor Curtis (SMSU) Decision 10-5 (SMSU 19-6)
141 pounds – Tanner Crissler (MINOT) over Cody Reed (SMSU) Decision 3-1 (SMSU 19-9)
149 pounds – Cody Haugen (MINOT) over Jake Slocum (SMSU) Decision 3-2 (SMSU 19-12)
157 pounds – Ricards Avakovs (MINOT) over Patrick Kelley (SMSU) Decision 7-4 (SMSU 19-15)
165 pounds – Colton Vekved (SMSU) over Devin Combs (MINOT) Fall 6:10 (SMSU 25-15)
174 pounds – Jacob Begin (SMSU) over Jon Wilson (MINOT) Fall 5:56 (SMSU 6-0)*
184 pounds – Brody Goens (SMSU) over Kobina Henriques (MINOT) Major Decision 12-0 (SMSU 10-0)
197 pounds – Taylor Barstad (MINOT) over Tristan Ezell (SMSU) Decision 8-5 (SMSU 10-3)
HWT – Cole Wilson (SMSU) over Mitchell Eull (MINOT) Decision 3-2 (SMSU 13-3)
* Match started at 174 pounds

The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team will look to finished the weekend roadtrip with a sweep as it will face U-Mary tomorrow at 2 p.m.