MANKATO, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team fell 22-9 to nationally-ranked Minnesota State on Saturday night in the Taylor Center, despite SMSU's early lead in the match.
 
SMSU drops to 0-6 overall and 0-5 in the conference, while MSU advances to 6-1 overall and maintains its perfect record in the conference going 4-0.
 
Cole Hennen opened the match with his first conference victory of the season with a 7-3 decision victory over MSU's Dylan Butts.
 
Andrew Petersen carried on the momentum for a back-to-back bout victory with a4-3 decision win over Logan Linderbaum. Petersen is now 3-2 in the conference after dropping both bouts last weekend.
 
MSU would claim the next four bouts before Cortez Arredondo took to the mat to pick up his fifth conference victory of the season with a 3-1 decision win over MSU's Daniel Close.
 
All bouts were decided by decisions besides MSU's major decision victory (11-3) over Justin Haneke at 149.
 
197: Cole Hennen wins by decision (7-3) over Dylan Butts. SMSU 3, MSU 0.
285: Andrew Petersen wins by decision (4-3) over Logan Linderbaum. SMSU 6, MSU 0.
125: Andrew McFall wins by decision (4-1) over Ben Emrich. SMSU 6, MSU 3.
133: George Farmah wins by decision (8-2) over Brock Buysse. SMSU 6, MSU 6.
141: Louis Sanders wins by decision (5-4) over Jordan Biehn. SMSU 6, MSU 9.
149: Kyle Rathman wins by maj. decision (11-3) over Justin Haneke. SMSU 6, MSU 13.
157: Cortez Arredondo wins by decision (3-1) over Daniel Close. SMSU 9, MSU 13.
165: Logan Saltou wins by decision (7-3) over Kegen Fingalsen. SMSU 9, MSU 16.
174: Zach Johnston wins by decision (7-4) over Dru Kuchenbaker. SMSU 9, MSU 19.
185: Trevor Turriff wins by decision (6-5) over Griffin Osing. SMSU 9, MSU 22.