MARSHALL, Minn.- Taylor Curtis got the night started off with a win by a 5-3 decision for Southwest Minnesota State, but SMSU was only able to put together two more decisions as Augustana pulled away to a 27-9 win on Thursday night.

SMSU (4-4, 0-2 NSIC) returns to NSIC competition after going 3-1 in the Augustana Duals and 1-1 in the Maverick Duals against nonconference opponents.

Following Curtis's 5-3 decision to lead off the night, SMSU dropped the next three bouts to fall behind 11-3. Cortez Arredondo won a 5-3 decision at 157 for SMSU but Augustana then won another four straight bouts to go ahead 27-6.

Andrew Petersen won 6-4 decision at 285 as Augustana's win moves the Vikings (RV) to 7-2 overall and 2-0 on their conference schedule.

SMSU will turn around to compete in less than 24 hours as they facce Northern State on Friday night at 7 p.m., in the first home dual of the year for the Mustangs in the PE Gym.

SMSU vs Augustana Results
 

Weight	Summary
	125	Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota State) over Brandon Carroll (Augustana (SD)) (Dec 5-3)	0	3
	133	Brayden Curry (Augustana (SD)) over Brock Buysse (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-1)	3	0
	141	Keaten Schorr (Augustana (SD)) over Nick Santos (Southwest Minnesota State) (TF 19-3 4:10)	5	0
	149	Oscar Ramirez-Hernandez Jr (Augustana (SD)) over Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 5-3)	3	0
	157	Cortez Arredondo (Southwest Minnesota State) over Bailey Neises (Augustana (SD)) (Dec 5-3)	0	3
	165	Regan Bye (Augustana (SD)) over Kegen Fingalsen (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 6-0)	3	0
	174	Lukas Poloncic (Augustana (SD)) over Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota State) (MD 11-2)	4	0
	184	Aero Amo (Augustana (SD)) over Cole Hennen (Southwest Minnesota State) (Fall 1:09)	6	0
	197	Clayton Wahlstrom (Augustana (SD)) over Jackson Ryan (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-3)	3	0
	285	Andrew Petersen (Southwest Minnesota State) over Luke Nohns (Augustana (SD)) (Dec 6-4)	0	3
Team Score:			27	9