COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John's wrestling split two home duals on Friday night, Jan. 16, in Sexton Arena. 

The Johnnies (3-6 dual record) cruised to a 54-0 win over Minnesota North-Itasca in the opener but dropped the nightcap 42-8 to Concordia-Moorhead.

Sophomore Thomas Holmquist (Mendota Heights, Minn./St. Thomas Academy) led the Johnnies with a 3-0 record at 125 pounds and junior Aidan Wayne (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) went 2-0 at 197. Holmquist is now 21-3, while Wayne is 21-4 this season.

SJU took advantage of five forfeits and posted four bonus-point victories against the Vikings. Junior Connor Krueger (Superior, Wis.) wrestled his first competitive match since winning the 133-pound title at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (Wis.) Invitational on Dec. 6 and posted a 15-0 technical fall. Junior Xavier Jones (Annandale, Minn.) followed with a pin and freshman Isaac Hunter (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area) capped a string of three-consecutive forfeits with a 14-4 major decision at 174 pounds. Another freshman, Carson Gellerman (Becker, Minn./Big Lake), won his 17th match of the season with a 5-1 decision at 184 pounds.

Concordia (3-4 dual record) followed Holmquist's technical fall at 125 pounds with seven-straight victories for a 36-5 lead until Wayne's 7-5 decision at 197 stopped the skid.

The Johnnies host the North Country Invitational at noon Saturday, Jan. 17. The Johnnies, Cobbers and Vikings are scheduled to be joined by Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Saint John's (SJU) 54, Minnesota North-Itasca (MNI) 0
125: Thomas Holmquist (SJU) won by forfeit [6-0]
133: Connor Krueger (SJU) tech. fall Kody Fleck, 15-0/3:50 [11-0]
141: Xavier Jones (SJU) pinned Gabe Hendricks, 1:11 [17-0]
149: Dominic Smith (SJU) won by forfeit [23-0]
157: Josiah Solliday (SJU) won by forfeit [29-0]
165: Laiken Copeman (SJU) won by forfeit [35-0]
174: Isaac Hunter (SJU) major dec. Roman Weber, 14-4 [39-0]
184: Carson Gellerman (SJU) dec. Connor Gmahl, 5-1 [42-0]
197: Aidan Wayne (SJU) pinned Brandon Lucas, 0:30 [48-0]
285: Zeke Conner (SJU) won by forfeit [54-0]
Exhibition
125: Thomas Holmquist (SJU) pinned Malik Bell, 1:36
285: Jay Moen (MNI) pinned Zeke Conner, 2:14

Concordia-Moorhead (CON) 42, Saint John's (SJU) 8
125: Thomas Holmquist (SJU) tech. fall Hunter Mars, 15-0/3:59 [5-0]
133: Kie Anderson (CON) won by forfeit [5-6]
141: Jack Major (CON) pinned Xavier Jones, 1:55 [5-12]
149: Aidan Ruddy (CON) major dec. Dominic Smith, 17-4 [5-16]
157: Chris Acuna (CON) pinned Josiah Solliday, 3:53 [5-22]
165: Zach Pribyl (CON) tech. fall Laiken Copeman, 17-0/5:47 [5-27]
174: Nate Kisgen (CON) dec. Isaac Hunter, 4-0 [5-30]
184: Aiden Russell (CON) pinned Carson Gellerman, 1:57 [5-36]
197: Aidan Wayne (SJU) dec. Will Freking, 7-5 [8-36]
285: Mason Swanson (CON) pinned Zeke Conner, 2:11 [8-42]