MARSHALL, Minn.- Southwest Minnesota State (0-1) would look to capture its first dual win of the season as it travels to Sioux Falls, S.D., to face four non-conference opponents on Saturday in the Augustana Duals.

Event Details:
- Augustana University hosts its annual Augustana Duals this Saturday, Nov. 9, in the Elmen Center
- Teams competing: Augustana, SMSU, Drury (Mo.), Nebraska-Kearney, Morningside (Iowa), and Northwestern (Iowa)

SMSU Schedule:
- SMSU vs Northwestern (Iowa), 10 a.m.
- SMSU vs Morningside (Iowa), 11:30 a.m.
- SMSU vs Nebraska-Kearney, 1 p.m.
- SMSU vs Drury (Mo.), 2:30 p.m.

Last time out:
- Cortez Arredondo and Andrew Petersen each went 3-1 to finish in third place in their respective brackets last weekend at the Buena Vista Open
- Arredondo (149) won a 3-1 decision in his third place match over Zach Burns of Upper Iowa
- Petersen won by tiebreaker in his third place match at 285
- Taylor Curtis went 2-2 to finish in fourth place in his bracket at 125
- Jackson Ryan went 2-2 in the BVU Open to finish in fourth place at 197
- Ben Thompson went 3-2 on the day to finish in sixth place at 197
- Justin Haneke finished the BVU Open 3-1, finishing in sixth place in his bracket

SMSU Leaders:
- Justin Haneke has racked up a 9-5 record this season including his 3-1 day at the BVU Open while wrestling at 157
- Cortez Arredondo has an 8-3 record on the year with three pins and five wins by decision
- Andrew Petersen (HWT) has tallied an 8-5 record so far this season
- Ben Thompson has a 7-4 record so far this season
- Dru Kuchenbaker has a 3-2 record this season with two major decisions and one tech fall

Northwestern (Iowa) Match Notes:
- SMSU leads the all-time series against Northwestern, 6-1
- The Mustangs won the first six all-time dual matches against Northwestern but fell, 19-16 in last year's Augustana Duals
- SMSU won the first ever match between the two schools, 36-6 back during the 1978-79 season
- Northwestern enters the weekend with a 3-0 record after posting wins over Buena Vista, Briar Cliff and Doane (Neb.) to start the season
- Northwestern has also competed in three open tournaments to begin the 2017-18 season (DWU Open, Kearney Open, & BVU Open)

Morningside (Iowa) Match Notes:
- SMSU leads the all-time series against Morningside, 6-1-1
- SMSU has won four of the last five dual matches against Morningside including a 35-9 win in last year's Augustana Duals
- The two teams tied, 18-18 back in the 2010-11 season
- Morningside will compete in its first duals of the season on Friday night against Hastings
- Morningside will face Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday morning before taking on SMSU for their second match of the day

#23 Nebraska-Kearney Match Notes:
- SMSU and UNK meet for just the fourth time on Saturday as the Lopers have won the first three all-time matches including a 39-9 win over SMSU in last year's Augustana Duals
- No. 23 Nebraska-Kearney has started the season 2-0 in dual matches with wins over Fresno State and San Fancisco State
- Matt Malcom is currently ranked No. 10 in Division II at 157
- Zach Stodden is currently ranked No. 9 at 174
- Kevin Barrett is ranked No. 6 overall in DII wrestling as a HWT

Drury (Mo.) Match Notes:
- Saturday will mark the first ever dual match between Drury and SMSU
- Drury has yet to compete in any duals so far this season after opening the year competing in four open tournaments (Dan Harris Open, Kaufman-Brand Open, Joe Parisi Open, & Drury Open)
- Jared Rennick is ranked No. 12 in Divison II wrestling at 197

Up Next:
- Following this weekend's duals, the Mustangs will have four weeks without any competition as they'll prepare to compete in the Minnesota State Duals on Jan. 6
- SMSU will open its NSIC schedule on Jan. 18 at Augustana before hosting its first NSIC duals on Jan. 19 against Northern State