KENOSHA, Wis. – The Southwest Minnesota State wrestling team returned to action on Friday night suffering a 28-6 loss to Wisconsin-Parkside.
 
SMSU drops to 1-1 overall, while Parkside, which is an associate member of the NSIC, improves to 1-2.
 
The Rangers won the first eight bouts in building a 28-0 lead. SMSU lost suffer close matches, including Jackson Stauffacher losing 7-5 at 133, Justin Sampson dropping a 5-2 match at 141 and Sean Howk losing by a 5-4 decision at 157. Caden Steffen would suffer a 3-1 sudden-death loss at 184, before Jackson Ryan earned SMSU's first points with a 5-3 win at 197 and was followed by a 6-0 win by Jacob Dykes at 285.
 
Southwest Minnesota State will have its home opener next Thursday facing Augustana at 7 p.m. inside the PE Gym.  
 

	Weight		UWP    SMSU
	125	Joe Arroyo (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Ben Emrich (Southwest Minnesota State) (TF 17-1 3:13)	5	0
	133	Lucas Schevikhoven (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Jackson Stauffacher (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 7-5)	3	0
	141	Francesco Schiro (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Justin Sampson (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 5-2)	3	0
	149	Nathan Hensley (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Robert Shields (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 11-4)	3	0
	157	Ben Durocher (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Sean Howk (Southwest Minnesota State) (TB-1 5-4)	3	0
	165	Shane Gantz (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Carter Marx (Southwest Minnesota State) (TF 17-2 7:00)	5	0
	174	Ryan Neu (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Hayden Voxland (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 7-0)	3	0
	184	Reece Woracheck (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Caden Steffen (Southwest Minnesota State) (SV-1 3-1)	3	0
	197	Jackson Ryan (Southwest Minnesota State) over Edgar Heredia (Wisconsin-Parkside) (Dec 5-3)	0	3
	285	Jacob Dykes (Southwest Minnesota State) over Nate Lloyd (Wisconsin-Parkside) (Dec 6-0)	0	3
Team Score:			28	6