NDSU Opens 2020 at the Southern Scuffle

Wednesday, January 1

Chattanooga, Tenn.

9 a.m.

North Dakota State

Southern Scuffle

Photo by: Tim Sanger

NDSU Opens 2020 at the Southern Scuffle

12/31/2019 10:45:00 PM | Wrestling

NDSU Wrestling Notes (12-31-19)

North Dakota State (3-2, 0-0 #Big12WR) will send wrestlers to compete at the Southern Scuffle, presented by Compound Sportswear, at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Wednesday, Jan. 1 and Thursday, Jan. 2 ... The field includes wrestlers from Air Force, Appalachian State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Binghamton, Cal State-Bakersfield, Campbell, Chattanooga, Cleveland State, The Citadel, Davidson, Drexel, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, #11 Iowa State, #14 Lehigh, Lock Haven, #19 Missouri, Navy, #6 NC State, Northern Colorado, Old Dominion, #9 Oklahoma State, Oregon State, #3 Penn State, #10 Pitt, #25 Rider, Rutgers, #25 Stanford, VMI, West Virginia, and #5 Virginia Tech.

Coverage
Live scoring and video for the Southern Scuffle provided through FloWrestling.org/arena.

Up Next
North Dakota State is scheduled to host Wyoming (2-4, 1-0 #Big12WR) in a Big 12 Conference dual at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, in Scheels Center.

The Lineup
Wt. North Dakota State Bison (3-2 duals, 0-0 #Big12WR)
125 -- McGwire Midkiff (5-2, 1-1)
133 -– #12 Cam Sykora (3-1, 3-1)
141 -- Sawyer Degen (7-4, 3-1) OR Dylan Droegemueller (8-2, 1-0)
149 -- Jaden Van Maanen (1-6, 1-4)
157-- #31 Jared Franek (10-4, 3-2) OR Luke Weber (6-5, 0-0)
165 -- #10 Andrew Fogarty (12-2, 5-0) OR Austin Brenner (6-3, 0-1)
174 -- #31 Lorenzo De La Riva (1-3, 1-1)
184 -- Noah Cressell (5-3, 2-1) OR TJ Pottinger (5-5, 1-1)
197 -- Cordell Eaton (4-3, 1-3)
285 -- #23 Brandon Metz (11-2, 4-0) OR Dan Stibral (6-2, 1-0)
#TrackWrestling Rankings

NDSU in Team Rankings
North Dakota State was tied for No. 35 with 5 points on the TrackWrestling.com list on Dec. 31 and tied for No. 30 with 8.5 points on the WIN Wrestling Magazine TPI (Tournament Power Index).

Bison in the Individual Rankings
... Individually, in the Track Wrestling (Dec. 31) rankings, Cam Sykora was No. 12 at 133 pounds, Jared Franek was No. 32 at 157, Andrew Fogarty was No. 10 at 165, Lorenzo De La Riva was No. 32 at 174, and Brandon Metz was No. 25 at 285;

... On the InterMat.com (Dec. 31) list, Cam Sykora was No. 9 at 133, and Andrew Fogarty was No. 9 at 165;

... In TheOpenMat.com (Dec. 16) rankings, Cam Sykora was No. 8 at 133, and Andrew Fogarty was No. 13 at 165 pounds;

... In the FloWrestling (Dec. 31) rankings, Cam Sykora was No. 8 at 133, Andrew Fogarty was No. 11 at 165, and Brandon Metz was No. 21 at 285;

... And, in the WIN Wrestling Magazine (Dec. 16) rankings, Cam Sykora was No. 7 at 133, and Andrew Fogarty was No. 11 at 165.