MARSHALL, Minn. - The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team will close its regular season schedule this Thursday as it hosts Concordia Moorhead at 7 p.m.

CATCHING UP WITH THE MUSTANGS - The Mustangs will enter the final week 8-10 overall, 4-4 in the NSIC, after recording a 1-1 record last weekend against No. 15 Minnesota State and MSU Moorhead. The Mustangs started the week suffering a 31-9 loss against No. 15 MSU, but bounced back with a hard-fought 22-21 victory to MSUM last Saturday. Against MSUM, the match was tied at 21-21 before a tiebreaker in total match points in favor of SMSU, 45-41, gave it the win. SMSU is ranked No. 12 in the latest Super Region III rankings. Cole Wilson (285) is ranked No. 1 in the region and third in the national poll.

CONCORDIA - The Cobbers-ranked No. 8 in NWCA DIII-will enter Thursday night's dual 14-5 overall and will be the final regular season dual. Jakob Stegeberg (125)-ranked No.3-will enter the dual on a seven-match win streak, while carrying a 29-7 record. Gabe Foltz (133) is ranked No. 7 in his class and carries an 23-4 record.

CONCORDIA HISTORY - Southwest Minnesota State will meet with Concordia-Moorhead for the 13th time in a series that started back in the 1992-93 season. SMSU holds an 8-4 series advantage, while tied 2-2 in matches in Marshall. SMSU has lost the last two duals in the series, with its last home win coming in the 2012-13 season.

STREAKS - Senior Cole Wilson finished the NSIC schedule with a 2-0 record last week against MSU and MSUM to remain undefeated in conference play this season. Wilson will start the week ranked No. 1 in the region, No. 3 in the nation and on a 14-bout win streak.

WRESTLER OF THE WEEK - With a pair of wins over two regionally ranked foes including an upset of the country's No. 1 wrestler, Southwest Minnesota State's Cole Wilson has been named the D2Wrestle National Wrestler of the Week, as announced last Thursday. This is the first time SMSU has received a National Wrestler of the Week honor.

Wilson was named Super Region III, NSIC Wrestler of the Week, as he recorded a 2-0 record this past weekend against No. 2 St. Cloud State and Minot State.

Wilson started the weekend with a 4-2 sudden-victory over No. 1 Austin Goergen of St. Cloud State. The win was the first over Goergen and handed the top ranked wrestler his first loss of the season. The heavyweight closed the weekend with a 3-0 decision over Minot State's Mitch Eull.

PROBABLES - The following are the probable starters for SMSU this week.
125 | Taylor Curtis (4-20)
133 | Antonio Meikel (10-18)
141 | Cortez Arredondo (12-12)
149 | Zach Beaumaster (4-13)
157 | Justin Haneke (6-10)
165 | Kegen Fingalsen (24-11)
174 | Kyle Begin (15-8)
184 | Brody Goens (13-13)
197 | Ashton Bartlett (5-19)
285 | No. 3 Cole Wilson (24-3)

UP NEXT - Southwest Minnesota State will travel to Sioux Falls, S.D., for the NCAA Super Regional on Feb. 27-28.