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.

125: Joe Arroyo (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Ben Emrich (Southwest Minnesota State) (TF 17-1 3:13)

133: Lucas Schevikhoven (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Jackson Stauffacher (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 7-5)

141: Francesco Schiro (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Justin Sampson (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 5-2)

149: Nathan Hensley (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Robert Shields (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 11-4)

157: Ben Durocher (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Sean Howk (Southwest Minnesota State) (TB-1 5-4)

165: Shane Gantz (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Carter Marx (Southwest Minnesota State) (TF 17-2 7:00)

174: Ryan Neu (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Hayden Voxland (Southwest Minnesota State) (Dec 7-0)

184: Reece Woracheck (Wisconsin-Parkside) over Caden Steffen (Southwest Minnesota State) (SV-1 3-1)

197: Jackson Ryan (Southwest Minnesota State) over Edgar Heredia (Wisconsin-Parkside) (Dec 5-3)

285: Jacob Dykes (Southwest Minnesota State) over Nate Lloyd (Wisconsin-Parkside) (Dec 6-0)

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