MARSHALL, Minn.- Southwest Minnesota State was never able to recover from a string of five losses to start the match as Minnesota State came away with a 27-6 win on Friday night in the PE Gym.

SMSU dropped several tight decisions to open the match as Minnesota State jumped ahead 19-0 after its hot start.

The Mavericks captured a win by fall in the 197 weight class to begin the night which was followed by a sudden victory decision in the 285 bout.

MSU earned a major decision at 133 and Louie Sanders handed Trent Butcher a tough loss by way of a 12-10 decision.

Justin Haneke put the Mustangs on the board for the first time with a 6-4 win at 149 over No. 11 Kyle Rathman of Minnesota State.

Cortez Arredondo then dropped a 4-2 decision to Daniel Close as the Mavericks pushed their lead to 22-3.

Kegen Fingalsen earned a 6-3 win by decision at 165 but No. 7 Zach Johnson gave MSU another win in the 174 weight class.

The Mavericks' highest ranked wrestler, No. 6 Corey Abernathy, defeated Cole Hennen 3-0 at 184 to conclude the dual.

Southwest Minnesota State will travel for its final dual of the season tomorrow afternoon, taking on MSU Moorhead at 3 p.m.

SMSU vs Minnesota State Results

	Summary
	197	Matt Blome (Minnesota State Mankato) over Jackson Ryan (Southwest Minnesota State) (Fall 5:00)	0	6
	285	Chris Zimmer (Minnesota State Mankato) over Ben Thompson (Southwest Minnesota State) (SV-2 4-2)	0	3
	125	Andrew McFall (Minnesota State Mankato) over Taylor Curtis (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-1)	0	3
	133	George Farmah (Minnesota State Mankato) over Brock Buysse (Southwest Minnesota State) (MD 13-3)	0	4
	141	Louie Sanders (Minnesota State Mankato) over Trent Butcher (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 12-10)	0	3
	149	Justin Haneke (Southwest Minnesota State) over Kyle Rathman (Minnesota State Mankato) (Dec 6-4)	3	0
	157	Daniel Close (Minnesota State Mankato) over Cortez Arredondo (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-2)	0	3
	165	Kegen Fingalsen (Southwest Minnesota State) over Dylan Herman (Minnesota State Mankato) (Dec 6-3)	3	0
	174	Zach Johnston (Minnesota State Mankato) over Griffin Osing (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 3-1)	0	3
	184	Corey Abernathy (Minnesota State Mankato) over Cole Hennen (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 4-0)	0	3
Unsportsmanlike			0	-1.00
Team Score:			6	27