NDSU Travels to South Beach Duals, Opens with No. 12 Cornell

North Dakota State (1-4, 0-3 #Big12WR) is scheduled to open with No. 12-ranked Cornell (1-0) at the South Beach Duals in Deerfield Beach, Fla., at 10 a.m. Central Time on Friday, Dec. 29 … The Bison then battle No. 22 Rider (2-1) at 12 noon CT Friday … NDSU closes out the South Beach Duals against Franklin & Marshall (1-1) at 10 a.m. CT and Columbia (0-0) at 12 noon CT Saturday, Dec. 30 … Live results and video available at trackwrestling.com.

Coming Soon
North Dakota State is scheduled to wrestle at Pitt (1-5) at 6 p.m. Central Time Friday, Jan. 5, and then take on West Virginia (1-2, 0-1 #Big12WR) in a Big 12 Conference dual at 6 p.m. CT Sunday, Jan. 7, in Morgantown.

The Lineup
Wt. North Dakota State Bison (1-4, 0-3 #Big12WR)
125 — Paul Bianchi (14-7, 2-3)
133 — #24 Cam Sykora (11-3, 2-0) OR McGwire Midkiff (8-6, 1-1)
141 — Sam Hampton (8-6, 0-2)
149 — Kyle Gliva (11-8, 1-3) OR Mitch Bengtson (10-4, 0-1)
157 — #15 Clay Ream (10-3, 4-1) OR Nick Mergen (8-6, 0-0)
165 — #19 Andrew Fogarty (18-6, 2-3)
174 — Colton Clingenpeel (10-6, 0-1) OR Charley Popp (2-3, 0-2)
184 — Tyler McNutt (10-9, 0-4)
197 — Cordell Eaton (10-6, 2-3)
285 — Dan Stibral (12-6, 2-3)
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The Series
This will be the first meeting between North Dakota State and Cornell … This will be the third meeting between NDSU and Rider … The Broncs lead the series 2-0 including a 35-7 win on Jan. 9, 2009, at the Virginia Duals … This will be the second meeting North Dakota State and Franklin & Marshall … The Bison lead the series 1-0 with a 25-15 road win during the 1973-74 season … This will be the first meeting between NDSU and Columbia.

Bison in the Individual Rankings
Individually, on the InterMat.com (Dec. 26) rankings, Clay Ream is No. 14 at 157 pounds and 165 Andrew Fogarty is No. 18 at 165 pounds… In the Track Wrestling (Dec. 18) rankings, Cam Sykora is No. 24 at 133 pounds, Clay Ream is No. 15 at 157 pounds and Andrew Fogarty is No. 19 at 165 pounds… In TheOpenMat.com (Dec. 26) rankings, Clay Ream is No. 11 at 157 pounds and Andrew Fogarty is No. 18 at 165 pounds… In the Asics/Flowrestling rankings (Dec. 19), Clay Ream is No. 13 at 157 pounds and Andrew Fogarty is No. 19 at 165 pounds… In the Amateur Wrestling News (Dec. 19) rankings, Clay Ream is No. 18 at 157 pounds… And, in the WIN Wrestling Magazine (Dec. 18) rankings, Clay Ream is No. 10 at 157 pounds.

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NDSU in Team Rankings
Through Dec. 19, North Dakota State received 2 votes toward the USA Today/NWCA Top 25 released Dec. 20. The Bison were tied for 45th in the WIN Wrestling Magazine Tournament Power Index on Dec. 18.

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