By Jess Green
For the first during Coach David Ray's tenure at Montana State University-Northern, his wrestling squad did not lose to the alumni. They did not win either; they wrestled to a tie at 22 apiece.
More than 300 spectators in the MSU-Northern gym had a fun filled wrestling afternoon. It was a relaxed atmosphere, but became all business when they players stepped onto the mat.
"It was a lot of fun, we lost a couple of matches where I felt we could have defeated the alumni, then again we won some I did not think we could win this early in the season," coach Ray said.
The alumni had 14 returning all-americans compared to the Light's four. With this in mind, a tie is a great accomplishment. Each team won six matches and there were two ties.
The Lights squad will face the University of Calgary next. These two squads can be seen facing each other on Oct 21 at 7 p.m. in the MSU-Northern gymnasium.
"We will see if the team is as good as the show they put on against the alumni when they face the University of Calgary on October 21," coach Ray said, "Until then, we have two weeks to work on our weaknesses."
The official results from the matches on Saturday were as follows:
Alumni
Score
Lights
Year
Travis Rollins
4X AA/JC/99
2-3
Abel Valdez
Sr
Jessie Schaeffer
3X AA/00
5-6
Jason Fratzke
Sr
Chris Faber
3X AA/00
2-1
Kyle Nay
Fr
Fred Laevy
3X AA/99
3-3
Bobby Mantle
So
Lyle Cronk
AA/00
3-0
Brent Riggin
Fr
Mike Mazurkiewicz
2X AA/NC/98
1-1
Scott Riggin
Fr
Chad Edgar
2X AA/NC/98
5-3
Dustyn Azure
Fr
Rudy James
3X AA/99
5-6
Brandon Springer
Jr
Mike Lane
2X AA/99
5-2
Kyle Fisher
Fr
Nate Laslovich
AA/00
2-7
Tyson Thivierge
Jr
Simon White
3X AA/JC/97
3-0
Dan Eaves
Jr
Fred Leavy
3X AA/99
4-2
Kris LaBrie
Fr
Simon White
3X AA/JC/97
0-3
Turk Lords
Sr
Final Score: 22-22
