CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – North Dakota State wrestling placed four wrestlers into the Southern Scuffle semifinals on the opening day on Saturday at McKenzie Arena at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. 125 Ezekiel Witt, 149 Max Petersen, 174 Max Magayna and 184 Aidan Brenot all went undefeated to earning a spot in the semis Sunday morning.
 
In the team competition, the Bison sit in second overall out of 28 teams with 79 points. NDSU trails Penn State (82.5) by just 3.5 points headed into the final day.
 
NDSU has 10 total wrestlers remaining in the event, with six Bison in consolation bracket matches to begin Sunday. 141 Devon Harrison, 157 Gavin Drexler, 165 Boeden Greenley, 184 Andrew McMonagle, 197 Devin Wasley and 285 Drew Blackburn-Forst are all one win from reaching the placing rounds in the consolation bracket.
 
Brenot led the Bison with three bonus-point victories on Saturday, beginning with a major decision over NC State's Rylan Breen, before a tech fall against Bellarmine's Tristin Green and another major decision over Greyson Meak of Penn. In the quarterfinals, Brenot had the only takedown in a win over Dylan Newsome of Virginia to reach the semis.
 
Witt, Petersen and Magayna also started off with multiple bonus-point victories. Witt started off with a tech fall over Morgan State's Julian Dawson, before a pin of The Citadel's Gylon Sims. Witt then recorded a 4-0 win over Chattanooga's Ty Tice to reach the quarterfinals. The redshirt freshman reached the semis with a win over Navy's Andrew Binni, but Witt needed sudden victory. In the extra period, Witt recorded a takedown and nearly got the slap of the mat before time expired, recording an 8-1 win.
 
Magayna also recorded a pin against Colt Campbell of Appalachian State in the quarterfinals. The redshirt freshman started the day with a 13-0 major decision over Chattanooga's Brody Murray. In the quarterfinal, Magayna picked up another shutout with a 3-0 win over Davidson's Tyson Sherlock. Magayna did not allow a point from his opposition, outscoring them 19-0 on Saturday.
 
Petersen started his day with a major decision over Kelly Dunnigan of Penn, before securing a tech fall over Little Rock's Kyle Lew. Petersen fell behind in the quarterfinal, but stormed back and defeated The Citadel's Carson DesRosier 14-8 to reach the semis.
 
Harrison and Drexler also reached quarterfinal matches for the Bison on Saturday. Harrison started off with a tech fall over Presbyterian's Ryan Luna and then advanced after #8 Aaron Nagao of Penn State medically forfeited out. Harrison recorded the opening takedown in the quarters, but fell to #19 Haiden Drury of Utah Valley 7-3.
 
Drexler allowed just one point before the quarterfinal, recording a shutout decision over Virginia's Nate Richards before a 10-1 major decision over Chattanooga's Alex Hutchcraft. Drexler then won a 2-0 decision over Brown's Ethan Mojena.
 
Greenley, McMonagle, Wasley and Blackburn-Forst all dropped their second match of the day but survived and advanced to Sunday with a pair of wins on the back side of the bracket. All four wrestlers responded to defeat with a bonus-point decision, as Greenley and McMonagle had major decisions and Wasley and Blackburn-Forst recorded tech falls. Wasley and Blackburn-Forst also had major decisions in their opening matches.
 
133 Tristan Daugherty and 141 Michael Olson each recorded two wins before being eliminated, while 285 Shilo Jones had one victory with a pin in his opening match.
 
125 Ostin Blanchard, 141 Peyton Moore, and 197 Adam Cherne led eight wrestlers who competed at the Soldier Salute in Coralville, Iowa on Saturday. The trio each picked up a victory.
 
The Bison will be back in action on Sunday, as the Southern Scuffle gets back underway at 9 a.m. CT. The Soldier Salute is set to get underway at 11 a.m. with Bison wrestlers in action, moving to the Silver bracket.
 
Southern Scuffle Championship Bracket Wrestlers
125 | Ezekiel Witt | 4-0
W over Julian Dawson (Morgan State); TF 20-5
W over Gylon Sims (The Citadel); Fall 6:44
W over Ty Tice (Chattanooga); Dec 4-0
W over Andrew Binni (Navy); SV 8-1
Greg Diakomihalis (Cornell)
 
149 | Max Petersen | 3-0
W over Kelly Dunnigan (Penn); MD 12-1
W over Kyle Lew (Little Rock); TF 17-1
W over Carson DesRosier (The Citadel); Dec 14-8
Connor Pierce (Penn State)
 
174 | Max Magayna | 3-0
W over Brody Murray (Chattanooga); MD 13-0
W over Colt Campbell (Appalachian State); Fall 1:15
W over Tyson Sherlock (Davidson); Dec 3-0
Caden Bellis (Penn)
 
184 | Aidan Brenot | 4-0
W over Rylan Breen (NC State); MD 18-6
W over Tristin Greene (Bellarmine); TF 20-4
W over Greyson Meak (Penn); MD 15-2
W over Dylan Newsome (Virginia); Dec 4-2
#25 Caleb Campos (American)
 
Southern Scuffle Consolation Bracket Wrestlers
141 | Devon Harrison | 2-1
W over Ryan Luna (Presbyterian); TF 16-1
W over #8 Aaron Nagao (Penn State); MFF
L to #19 Haiden Drury (Utah Valley); Dec 7-3
Kyren Butler (Virginia)
 
157 | Gavin Drexler | 3-1
W over Nate Rickards (Virginia); Dec 7-0
W over Alex Hutchcraft (Chattanooga); MD 10-1
W over Ethan Mojena (Brown); Dec 2-0
L to Jonathan Ley (Navy); Dec 5-2
Tanner Peake (Davidson)
 
165 | Boeden Greenley | 3-1
W over Tavian Camper (Chattanooga); Dec 11-6
L to Dylan Elmore (Navy); Dec 8-2
W over Jack Conley (Michigan State); MD 17-4
W over Mason Steffanelli (Virginia); Dec 9-5
Nick Sanko (Virginia)
 
184 | Andrew McMonagle | 3-1
W over Brant Cracraft (Campbell); SV 10-7
L to #22 Jaden Bullock (Virginia Tech); SV 4-1
W over Jakob Gilfoil (Army); MD 14-5
W over Ryan Boucher (Michigan State); Dec 4-2
Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley)
 
197 | Devin Wasley | 3-1
W over Martin Cosgrove (Penn); MD 9-1
L to Payton Thomas (Navy); Dec 4-2
W over Teage Calvin (American); TF 17-1
W over #29 Wolfgang Frable (Army); Dec 5-0
#31 Kael Wisler (Michigan State)
 
285 | Drew Blackburn-Forst | 3-1
W over Oscar Williams (Maryland); MD 14-2
L to #18 Brady Colbert (Army); MD 12-1
W over John Pardo (Penn); TF 15-0
W over #30 Alex Semenenko (Brown); MFF
Lucas Stoddard (Army)
 
Southern Scuffle Eliminated Wrestlers
133 | Tristan Daugherty | 2-2
L to Max Leete (American); Dec 8-2
W over Fernando Dominguez (Presbyterian); TF 16-1
W over Kyle Montaperto (Virginia); Dec 4-3
L to Geronimo Rivera (Utah Valley); SV 8-2
 
141 | Michal Olson | 2-2
L to #22 Tom Crook (Virginia Tech); MD 8-0
W over Joe Fongaro (Appalachian State); SV 4-1
W over Will Anderson (Chattanooga); Dec 4-2
L to Gable Porter (Virginia); MD 8-0
 
165 | Porter Craig | 0-2
L to Dakota Morris (Army); Dec 10-4
L to Tavian Camper (Chattanooga); Dec 7-5
 
285 | Shilo Jones | 1-2
W over John Pardo (Penn); Fall 2:35
L to #24 Connor Barket (Duke); SV 9-6
L to Oscar Williams (Maryland); Dec 4-3
 
Soldier Salute Gold Bracket Results
125 | Ostin Blanchard | 1-2
W over Cameron Stinson (North Carolina); Dec 11-9
L to Mack Mauger (Missouri); MD 8-0
L to Joey Cruz (Iowa); Dec 4-2
 
125 | Kody Tanimoto | 0-2
L to Hank Benter (Missouri); Dec 7-0
L to Carson Dupill (South Dakota State); MD 13-4
 
141 | Lawson Eller | 0-2
L to Dyson Dunham (VMI); MD 10-1
L to Jace Roller (Missouri); MD 13-0
 
141 | Peyton Moore | 1-2
L to Nick O`Neill (North Carolina); Fall 3:29
W over Sam Sutton (Tarleton State); Fall 2:04
L to David Saenz (Wyoming); Dec 9-3
 
149 | Zytavius Williams | 0-2
L to Scott Robertson (Nebraska); Dec 6-3
L to Kael Voinovich (Iowa); MD 20-7
 
165 | Dante Hutchings | 0-2
L to CJ Torres (Iowa); Dec 8-4
L to Kyler Knaack (Northern Iowa); Dec 4-2
 
174 | Luke Hoag | 0-2
L to Leister Bowling (Iowa); Dec 4-2
L to Melton Powe (Iowa State); MD 11-2
 
197 | Adam Cherne | 1-2
L to Anthony Harris (Oklahoma); MD 12-3
W over Grant Anderson (Bellarmine); MD 11-3
L to Gunner Henry (Wyoming); Dec 2-1