COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Saint John's wrestling suffered a 22-15 loss to No. 25 (Division II) Northern State (S.D.) on Friday, Jan. 18, in Collegeville.

The Johnnies (1-3 dual record) jumped out to a 9-0 lead thanks to a forfeit at 125 pounds and an 11-4 win from junior Noah Becker (Browerville, Minn.), his 20th of the season (20-2 record), at 133.

The Wolves (6-1 dual record), however, answered with four straight wins, including three by three points or less, to claim a 13-9 lead.

Freshman Jacob Scherber (Buffalo, Minn.) stopped the bleeding with a 5-3 victory at 174 pounds, his team-leading 21st win of the season (21-11 record). 

Senior Luke Dodd (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) brought the Johnnies to within one point (16-15) with a nail-biting 5-4 decision at 197 pounds. He broke a 3-3 tie on a takedown in the closing seconds to improve to 10-3 on the year.

Junior Quincy Spiering (Mounds View, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) nearly gave SJU the dual win by pinning his opponent with a takedown and four-point near fall in the second period, and was ahead 8-6 but suffered a loss via fall with 1:10 remaining in the heavyweight match.

The Johnnies host Concordia-Moorhead for a 7 p.m. dual next Friday, Jan. 25, in Sexton Arena.
 
Northern State (NSU) 22, Saint John's (SJU) 15
125: Josh Clark (SJU) won by forfeit [6-0]
133: Noah Becker (SJU) dec. Kenny Jones, 11-4 [9-0]*
141: Kolton Roth (No. 5, NSU) dec. Anthony Hennen, 8-6 [9-2]
149: Bryan Burnett (NSU) dec. Andrew Smith, 7-6 [9-5]
157: Caden Moore (No. 10 at 149, NSU) dec. Jerod Novak, 5-2 [9-8]
165: Walker Carr (NSU) tech. fall Joe Hennen, 18-3 [9-13]
174: Jacob Scherber (SJU) dec. Tanner Wiese, 5-3 [12-13]
184: Riley Lura (NSU) dec. Dominic Skawiniak, 8-2 [12-16]
197: Luke Dodd (SJU) dec. Diego Gallegos, 5-4 [15-16] 
285: Harrison Townsend (NSU) pinned Quincy Spiering, 5:50 [15-22]
*one-point deduction (control of mat violation)