Three Bison Take Titles at Dragon Open

Sunday, December 8

Moorhead, Minn.

11 a.m.

North Dakota State

Dragon Open

Photo by: Tim Sanger

Three Bison Take Titles at Dragon Open

12/8/2019 5:30:00 PM | Wrestling

MOORHEAD, Minn.—Three North Dakota State wrestlers – unattached 133 Ryan Ripplinger, 174 Austin Brenner and 285 Dan Stibral – each won individual titles at the Dragon Open hosted by Minnesota State University Moorhead in Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse on Sunday, Dec. 8.

Four others – Dylan Droegemueller and Sam Hampton reached the finals at 141 pounds, and Noah Cressell and unattached Gary Wokojance advanced to the final round at 184 pounds, but did not wrestle.

Combined the seven NDSU wrestlers went 16-0 in the tournament with six pins, four tech falls and a pair of major decisions.

Ripplinger, a freshman from Bismarck, won both his matches by fall. He improved to 8-3 this season with five pins.

Brenner, a redshirt freshman from St. Cloud, Minn., put together a 3-0 record with a tech fall and a major decision. He is now 6-3 overall this year.

Stibral, a redshirt senior from Tabor, S.D., compiled a 3-0 record including a major decision. He improved to 6-2 overall this season.

North Dakota State Results at Dragon Open (12-8-19):
133 Ryan Ripplinger, Fr., Bismarck, N.D.
Overall: 8-3 / Dragon Open: 2-0
at Dragon Open/ (Unattached, 12-8-19, 1st)
W fall Payton Jackson (Northland CC), 1:45
W fall Joey Nerdahl (Minnesota State Moorhead), 4:13

141 Dylan Droegemueller, R-Fr., Champlin, Minn.
Overall: 8-2 / Dragon Open: 3-0
at Dragon Open/ (12-8-19, 2nd)
W tech fall Rees Lehman (Northland CC), TF 16-0
W fall Wyatt Turnquist (Northern State), 4:30
W fall Marco Ramirezlazos (Minot State), 1:06

141 Sam Hampton, R-Jr., Blue Springs, Mo.
Overall: 3-2 / Dragon Open: 2-0
at Dragon Open/ (12-8-19, 141, 2nd)
W fall Lincoln Stormer (Minot State), 1:45
W fall Mason Schulz (Minnesota State Moorhead), 1:08

174 Austin Brenner, R-Fr., St. Cloud, Minn.
Overall: 6-3 / Dragon Open: 3-0
at Dragon Open (12-8-19, 174, 1st)
W major dec Cole Huss (Northern State), MD 17-5
W tech fall Cody Dravis (Minnesota State Moorhead), TF 17-1
W dec Evan Foster (Minnesota State Moorhead), 8-3

184 Noah Cressell, R-Fr., Wabash, Ind.
Overall: 5-3 / Dragon Open: 2-0
at Dragon Open (12-8-19, 2nd)
W tech fall Dale Grindahl (Northland CC), TF 18-2
W dec Mitchell Kotschevar (Minnesota State Moorhead) (Dec 3-1)

184 Gary Wokojance, Fr., Barberton, Ohio
Overall: 4-5 / Dragon Open: 1-0
at Dragon Open (Unattached, 12-8-19, 2nd)
W tech fall Dan Gehrz (St. Johns University), TF 17-1

285 Dan Stribral, R-Sr.,Tabor, S.D.
Overall: 6-2 / Dragon Open: 3-0
at Dragon Open (12-8-19, 1st)
W major dec Lafayette Bade (Minot State), MD 9-1
W dec Jaden Oestren (Minnesota State Moorhead), 9-2
W dec Jordan Will (Minot State), 5-2