SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- Southwest Minnesota State finished with a 3-1 record on Saturday in the Augustana Duals with wins over Northwestern (Iowa), Morningside (Iowa) and Drury (Mo.) and one lone setback against No. 23 Nebraska-Kearney.

SMSU vs Northwestern
Southwest Minnesota State had four wins by decision in the first five bouts against Northwestern and eventually won by tie breaker to begin the day at the Augustana Duals.

 Taylor Curtis (125), Brock Buysse (133), Cortez Arredondo (149) and Justin Haneke (157) each picked up wins to help SMSU build a 12-3 lead before Northwestern came storming back with four straight wins to take an 18-12 lead.

After falling behind by six after a Northwestern pin in the previous bout, Andrew Petersen capped off the match with a win by fall over Skyler Bonestroo at 3:59.

The Mustangs' 54-48 advantage in team points gave them the win by tie breaker in the first of four matches on the day.

SMSU now takes on Morningside (Iowa) in its second match of the day from Augustana University.

SMSU vs Northwestern Results

	125	Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota State) over Sam Klarenbeek (Northwestern (Iowa)) (Dec 13-7)	0	3
	133	Brock Buysse (Southwest Minnesota State) over Cole Mills (Northwestern (Iowa)) (Dec 4-1)	0	3
	141	Elijah Dahl (Northwestern (Iowa)) over Trent Butcher (Southwest Minnesota State) (SV-1 9-7)	3	0
	149	Cortez Arredondo (Southwest Minnesota State) over Dante Preciado (Northwestern (Iowa)) (Dec 5-4)	0	3
	157	Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota State) over Dan Zeleny (Northwestern (Iowa)) (Dec 13-8)	0	3
	165	Andrew Null (Northwestern (Iowa)) over Nick Esping (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 7-1)	3	0
	174	Brandon Shuler (Northwestern (Iowa)) over Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 6-5)	3	0
	184	D`rell Gist (Northwestern (Iowa)) over Ashton Bartlett (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 9-6)	3	0
	197	Nicholas Null (Northwestern (Iowa)) over Ben Thompson (Southwest Minnesota State) (Fall 1:33)	6	0
	285	Andrew Petersen (Southwest Minnesota State) over Skyler Bonestroo (Northwestern (Iowa)) (Fall 3:59)	0	6
Criteria C: total match points 54-48			0	1.00
Team Score:			18	19

SMSU vs Morningside
Griffin Osing (174) and Andrew Petersen each pinned their opponents while Ben Thompson won by forfeit to help SMSU to a 24-15 win over Morningside in the Mustangs' second of two matches on Saturday.

Justin Haneke (157) and Brock Buysse (133) each posted wins to help SMSU to a second straight win to start the day.

SMSU vs Morningside Results

	125	Devin Phaly (Morningside (Iowa)) over Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 11-4)	0	3
	133	Brock Buysse (Southwest Minnesota State) over Keegan Hessler (Morningside (Iowa)) (Dec 7-3)	3	0
	141	Alexander Schmitz (Morningside (Iowa)) over Jordan Biehn (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-3)	0	3
	149	Steven Garcia (Morningside (Iowa)) over Cortez Arredondo (Southwest Minnesota State) (SV-1 6-4)	0	3
	157	Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota State) over Dakota Drenth (Morningside (Iowa)) (Dec 12-6)	3	0
	165	Nickolas Madsen (Morningside (Iowa)) over Nick Esping (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 8-1)	0	3
	174	Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota State) over Alexander Thompson (Morningside (Iowa)) (Fall 1:55)	6	0
	184	Elijah Dirkx (Morningside (Iowa)) over Ashton Bartlett (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 5-3)	0	3
	197	Ben Thompson (Southwest Minnesota State) over Unknown (For.)	6	0
	285	Andrew Petersen (Southwest Minnesota State) over Joey Cannon (Morningside (Iowa)) (Fall 5:41)	6	0
Team Score:			24	15

SMSU vs No. 23 Nebraska-Kearney
Southwest Minnesota State wrestled its second consecutive ranked opponent of the early season as Nebraska-Kearney handed SMSU a 34-3 loss, its first loss at the Augustana Duals.

Nebraska-Kearney won the first four bouts of the day, including a major decision at 141. The Lopers later tallied another major decision, one tech fall and one pin to give the Mustangs their first win of the day.

SMSU vs Nebraska-Kearney Results

	125	Vlad Kazakov (Nebraska-Kearney) over Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-0)	3	0
	133	Wesley Dawkins (Nebraska-Kearney) over Brock Buysse (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 9-2)	3	0
	141	Jonathan Killingsworth (Nebraska-Kearney) over Trent Butcher (Southwest Minnesota State) (MD 14-4)	4	0
	149	Jacob Wasser (Nebraska-Kearney) over Cortez Arredondo (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 10-5)	3	0
	157	Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota State) over Seth Harrington (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 2-1)	0	3
	165	Talon Seitz (Nebraska-Kearney) over Nick Esping (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 5-3)	3	0
	174	Zach Stodden (Nebraska-Kearney) over Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 5-3)	3	0
	184	Isaac Deaton (Nebraska-Kearney) over Ashton Bartlett (Southwest Minnesota State) (TF 21-6 5:39)	5	0
	197	Trey Schlender (Nebraska-Kearney) over Ben Thompson (Southwest Minnesota State) (MD 12-0)	4	0
	285	Jarrod Hinrichs (Nebraska-Kearney) over Andrew Petersen (Southwest Minnesota State) (Fall 4:55)	6	0
Team Score:			34	3

SMSU vs Drury
The Mustangs got off to a quick start as Taylor Curtis and Brock Buysse each won by fall in the first two bouts which was then followed by a major decision by Jordan Biehn as Southwest Minnesota State defeated Drury (Iowa), 38-3 in its final match of the day on Saturday.

SMSU won the first six bouts and dropped just one weight class to conclude the Augustana Duals.

Ben Thompson also won by fall at 197 and Andrew Petersen posted a major decision at 285 as the Mustangs finished the day 3-1 against their four non-conference opponents.

SMSU vs Drury Results

	125	Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota State) over Bryant Clay (Drury University) (Fall 0:37)	0	6
	133	Brock Buysse (Southwest Minnesota State) over Max Newbury (Drury University) (Fall 1:30)	0	6
	141	Jordan Biehn (Southwest Minnesota State) over Seth Otis (Drury University) (MD 13-0)	0	4
	149	Cortez Arredondo (Southwest Minnesota State) over Lawyer Morgan-Beckum (Drury University) (Dec 7-3)	0	3
	157	Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota State) over Ben Stahlman (Drury University) (Dec 8-7)	0	3
	165	Nick Esping (Southwest Minnesota State) over Grant Taylor (Drury University) (Dec 10-4)	0	3
	174	Jacob Brune (Drury University) over Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-3)	3	0
	184	Ashton Bartlett (Southwest Minnesota State) over Todd Angel (Drury University) (Dec 7-5)	0	3
	197	Ben Thompson (Southwest Minnesota State) over John Oss (Drury University) (Fall 4:34)	0	6
	285	Andrew Petersen (Southwest Minnesota State) over Zach McCullough (Drury University) (MD 8-0)	0	4
Team Score:			3	38

SMSU will return to action on Jan. 6 with two matches at the Minnesota State Duals in Mankato, Minn.