Megan Topping/MDN MSU senior Jake Swirple pins another of his four opponents on Saturday, November 23, at the MSU Dome in the home opener.

A week ago, Minot State University (MSU) senior Jake Swirple was celebrating a “Senior Day” victory on the football field with his teammates.

Saturday with a different set of teammates, Swirple led the way in a dominating pair of victories for the MSU men’s wrestling team as he won four matches, all by pin, at the third annual Beaver Bash Duals at the MSU Dome.

Swirple’s performance was just one outstanding contribution on the day for MSU (2-0 duals) as the Beavers rolled to a 54-0 team win over Northland Community and Technical College, and a 42-6 victory over Bismarck State.

MSU’s star two-sport student-athlete led the way as he won a pair of matches at 285 pounds with matching 29-second pins against Northland.

Pushed in the Beavers’ second dual of the day against Bismarck State, Swirple won by pin 35 seconds into the second round of his team-scoring match against the Mystics, then in a second extra match and his fourth of the day, Swirple scored a win by pin in 1:48.

Adding to the Beavers’ dominating day with two wins by pin of his own was Adrian Chavez at 133 pounds as he scored the win in 2:16 of his match against Northland, then in 3:33 against Bismarck State.

Also doubling up on victories on the day were John Armstrong at 165 pounds and Wayne Joint at 141.

Armstrong won by pin in 6:06 in his Northland match, then grabbed a 22-7 technical fall victory in his second match of the day against Bismarck State. Joint’s two wins both came by technical fall as he won 19-3 to start his day against Northland, and 21-6 in his match against Bismarck State.

Against the Northland Pioneers, Ryan Hrcka (157) and Cannon Potts (197) both added wins by pin for the Beavers, Hrcka in 1:16 and Potts in 1:07.

And adding one additional highlight for the Beavers against the Bismarck State Mystics was Jared Shafer at 174 pounds as he won a 21-6 technical fall victory.

With a pair of dual wins under their belt, the Beavers now take a quick break for Thanksgiving before returning to tournament action on the road in two weeks, competing at the Dragon Open hosted by Minnesota State Moorhead on Saturday, December 7.