Wrestling falls to North Dakota State, continues competition at Virginia Duals on Saturday

Hampton, Va. – Campbell dropped its first match of the 2012 Virginia Duals to North Dakota State 30-9 on Friday morning. The Fighting Camels (8-10) were competing without six of their ten starters due to injury and sickness, but CU took three of the final five bouts against the Bison (2-2).

Ryan Krecker (Nazareth, Penn.) got the Camels on the scoreboard with his 11-5 decision victory over Tyler Johnson at 165 pounds. Krecker improved to 9-7 this season, having won four of his last five matches. John Weakley (Cleveland, Ohio) then won a 14-8 decision over John Gusewelle, moving the redshirt senior to 17-7 on the season. Joe Nolan (Jackson, N.J.) concluded the match on a good note for CU, taking a 5-0 win over Evan Knutson.

Campbell will return to action on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. The Camels will face the loser of the Old Dominion/Rutgers match to be contested on Friday afternoon.

North Dakota State 30, Campbell 9
125: Trent Sprenkle (NDSU) pinned Grabiel Soto (CU) 2:48
133: Justin Solberg (NDSU) pinned Tanner Bidelspach (CU) 3:48
141: Tyler Diamond (NDSU) dec. Jordan Tolbert (CU) 9-3
149: Mark Erickson (NDSU) pinned Garrett Scivrani (CU) 4:28
157: Steven Monk (NDSU) dec. Nick Rex (CU) 4-2
165: Ryan Krecker (CU) dec. Tyler Johnson (NDSU) 11-5
174: Joe Garner (NDSU) dec. Paul Duggan (CU) 6-5