MANKATO, Minn. – The Mavericks used a strong finish to secure its first win in conference action over Minot State, 39-7.   MSU won the last six matches.
 
It only took Da'Wayne Robertson (Jr., 125 lbs. 23-7) 2:10 to pin his opponent and gave MSU a 6-0 lead to start off the match.  Briar Adams (Fr., 133 lbs. 3-5) lost his weight class by a major decision of 15-1 by Jason Huger. 
 
Alphonso Vruno(Jr., 141 lbs. 17-7) got MSU back up to a six point lead with his own major decision win of 16-4.  Mitchell Hartwig (So., 149 lbs. 0-1) would lose in sudden victory by a decision win of 5-3.  That was MSU's last loss of the night.
 
Adam Cooling (So., 157 lbs. 11-4) secured a major decision win for him self with a take down with nine seconds left.  He won 12-2.  #4 rated Cody Quinn (Sr., 165 lbs. 7-3) beat Ricard Avakovs for the second year in a row by a tech fall, 17-2.
 
Darick Vancura (So., 174 lbs. 12-9) won by a forfeit and Corey Abernathy (Fr., 184 lbs. 11-5) won by a tech fall of 16-1 at the 5:35 mark.  Scott VanDeLoo (Jr., 184 lbs. 17-7) got MSU another six points with the fastest fall of the night at 1:11.
 
The heavy weight match came down to the team leaders in wins.  Malcolm Allen (Jr., 285 lbs. 24-8) beat Mitchell Eull by a decision win of 8-3. 
 
MSU travels up to MSU Moorhead Saturday for a 4 p.m. dual.
 
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