January 21, 2003

Bears Fall To 6th In Latest NCC Wrestling Rankings

The UNC wrestling team dropped to No. 6 in the latest North Central Conference team rankings released on Tuesday. UNC had been No. 5 in the previous poll.

UNC's Jared Spry is ranked No. 1 at 149 pounds. Spry is 7-2 on the season and won four matches in a row for the Bears. Junior 197-pounder Jason McMillan is ranked No. 2 but has yet to wrestle this season for the Bears. McMillan is expected to make his debut Wednesday night against Wyoming.

North Central Conference Wrestling Rankings

Team Rankings

1. University of Nebraska- Omaha (3-1)
2. Augustana College (7-3)
3. North Dakota State University (5-2)
4. South Dakota State University (5-5)
5. Minnesota State University- Mankato (3-1)
6. University of Northern Colorado (1-4)
7. St. Cloud State University (0-6)

Individual Rankings
125 Pounds
1. Matt Strawser (SR)- NDSU
2. Dan Hilario (SO)- UNO
3. Aaron Graumann (SO)- AUG
4. Charley Senne (FR)- SDSU

133 Pounds 1. Tony Fratzke (SR)- MSU 2. Eli Dominguez (SO)- UNO 3. Nick Magee (RF)- NDSU 4. Kyle Swenson (FR)- UNC

141 Pounds 1. Roderick Ratcliff (SR)- UNO 2. Ryan King (FR)- AUG 3. Jeremy Roe (SO)- SDSU 4. Matt Bitz (RF)- NDSU

149 Pounds 1. Jared Spry (JR)- UNC 2. Hannon Hisek (SR)- MSU 3. Austin Scarset (FR)- AUG 4. Jared Barnes (RF)- SDSU

157 Pounds 1. Paul Carlson (JR)- NDSU 2. Cory Beckman (SR)- MSU 3. Brody Olson (SR)- UNC 4. Nick Blanchard (JR)- UNO

165 Pounds 1. Tyler Bryant (SR)- SDSU 2. Matt Neumueller (SR)- SCSU 3. Mike Fiedler (JR)- NDSU 4. Jake Emerick (SR)- MSU

174 Pounds 1. Bob Edmonds (JR)- UNO 2. Tom Meester (SO)- AUG 3. Bryan Cowdin (SO)- SDSU 4. Jon Duncombe (SO)- SCSU

184 Pounds 1. Tyler Jones (SR)- SDSU 2. Sam Kenton (SR)- AUG 3. Zach Stalder (SR)- UNO 4. Joel Schrimpf (SR)- MSU

197 Pounds 1. Chad Wallace (SR)- UNO 2. Jason McMillan (JR)- UNC 3. Tim Boldt (RF)- SDSU 4. Brian Kraemer (JR)- NDSU

285 Pounds 1. Dustin Darveaux (SR)- SCSU 2. Les Sigmon (RF)- UNO 3. Cris Bietz (SO)- AUG 4. Dusty Hoffschneider (RF)- UNC

NCC Dual Meet Results Since 1/6/03 MSU 28 vs. UNC 11 UNC 24 vs. SCSU 11 NDSU 24 vs. UNC 9 UNC 18 vs. USAFA 18 (UNC loses on Criteria) Augsburg 24 vs. AC 15 AC 24 vs. Northern St. 9 AC 42 vs. Southwest St. 6 AC 27 vs. SFSU 18 AC 24 vs. SDSU 19 UNK 30 vs. AC 10 AC 21 vs. Adams St. 19 AC 22 vs. Ashland 19 UPJ 26 vs. AC 17 MSU 43 vs. Southwest St. 0 MSU 32 vs. Truman St. 10 NDSU 26 vs. SDSU 16 SFSU 36 vs. NDSU 8 UPJ 24 vs. NDSU 16 NDSU 29 vs. Ashland 9 NDSU 31 vs. Wis-Parkside 7 SDSU 23 vs. Northern St. 11 SDSU 48 vs. Western St. 6 UCO 22 vs. SDSU 13 SDSU 34 vs. SCSU 15 AC 24 vs. SDSU 19 UNK 24 vs. UNO 14 UNO 31 vs. UPJ 6 UNO 21 vs. SFSU 12 UNO 29 vs. Findley 10 Northern St. 22 vs. SCSU 14 Findley 29 vs. SCSU 21 SFSU 22 vs. SCSU 18