St. Cloud, Minn. --- 11th-rated Minnesota State claimed four wins against the #1 team in the country, but fell short in dropping a 25-13 decision at St. Cloud State Thursday evening.

Minnesota State senior Trenton McManus, ranked ninth in the nation at 125, now stands 4-0 for the season with an 8-3 decision over Paxton Creese to give the visiting Mavericks a 3-0 lead to open the dual.

After a pair of SCSU wins, Minnesota State senior Kyle Rathman, rated #2 in the country at 149, earned an 8-0 major decision victory over Garrett Aldrich at 149 in staying undefeated (4-0) for 2020-21 and knotting the team score at 7-7.

Junior Cooper Siebrecht got a take down in overtime in claiming a 5-3 win over Coby Njos in the 157 match in giving the Mavericks a 10-7 lead. Siebrecht evened his record at 2-2 with the win.

A late takedown gave third-rated Trevor Turriff a 5-3 victory over 12th-rated Devin Donovan at 174 and Turriff now stands 4-0 for the season. Turriff's three points tied the team score at 13-13.

The Huskies claimed wins in the final three matches to close out the dual.

The Mavericks, now 3-1 overall on the year and 3-1 in NSIC matches, host the University of Mary Feb. 4 in their next action.
 

125	Trenton McManus (Minnesota State) over Paxton Creese (St. Cloud State) (Dec 8-3)	0.0	3.0
133	Garrett Vos (St. Cloud State) over Brock Luthens (Minnesota State) (Dec 6-2)	3.0	0.0
141	Joey Bianchini (St. Cloud State) over Kolbe O`Brien (Minnesota State) (MD 11-3)	4.0	0.0
149	Kyle Rathman (Minnesota State) over Garrett Aldrich (St. Cloud State) (MD 8-0)	0.0	4.0
157	Cooper Siebrecht (Minnesota State) over Coby Njos (St. Cloud State) (SV-1 5-3)	0.0	3.0
165	Devin Fitzpatrick (St. Cloud State) over Michael Smith (Minnesota State) (Fall 1:42)	6.0	0.0
174	Trevor Turriff (Minnesota State) over Devin Donovan (St. Cloud State) (Dec 5-3)	0.0	3.0
184	William Pitzner (St. Cloud State) over Dylan Butts (Minnesota State) (Dec 7-2)	3.0	0.0
197	Noah Ryan (St. Cloud State) over Matt Blome (Minnesota State) (Dec 7-3)	3.0	0.0
285	Kameron Teacher (St. Cloud State) over David Griffet (Minnesota State) (Fall 0:39)	6.0	0.0
Dual Meet Score:  St. Cloud State 25, Minnesota State 13

   - 30 -