University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Wrestling Team Opens Season This Weekend at Bison Open
11/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
The top-ranked Golden Gopher wrestling team will open its 2006-07 season this weekend at the Bison Open in Fargo, N.D. The first round of competition is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., at the Bison Sports Arena.
Minnesota wrestlers have dominated the Bison Open over the course of its 36-year history, producing 142 individual champions. The Gophers claimed nine of 10 titles at the season-opening tournament last year. Minnesota also had three wrestlers place second and four wrestlers place third a year ago. Manuel Rivera, Dustin Schlatter, C.P. Schlatter, Gabriel Dretsch and Roger Kish will all return looking to defend their titles this weekend.
The 37th annual Bison Open will feature wrestlers from North Dakota State, Stanford, MSU-Moorhead, Concordia-Moorhead, University of Mary, Dickinson State, Jamestown College, Dakota Community and Technical College and Ridgewater Community College.
Following the Bison Open, Minnesota will compete at the Kaufman-Brand Open on Nov. 18 and the Northeast Duals in Albany, N.Y., on Nov. 25. The Golden Gophers will open the dual meet season on Friday, Dec. 1 at Northern Colorado before hosting Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Dec. 6 in a showdown between the top two teams in the nation.
Minnesota wrestlers have dominated the Bison Open over the course of its 36-year history, producing 142 individual champions. The Gophers claimed nine of 10 titles at the season-opening tournament last year. Minnesota also had three wrestlers place second and four wrestlers place third a year ago. Manuel Rivera, Dustin Schlatter, C.P. Schlatter, Gabriel Dretsch and Roger Kish will all return looking to defend their titles this weekend.
The 37th annual Bison Open will feature wrestlers from North Dakota State, Stanford, MSU-Moorhead, Concordia-Moorhead, University of Mary, Dickinson State, Jamestown College, Dakota Community and Technical College and Ridgewater Community College.
Following the Bison Open, Minnesota will compete at the Kaufman-Brand Open on Nov. 18 and the Northeast Duals in Albany, N.Y., on Nov. 25. The Golden Gophers will open the dual meet season on Friday, Dec. 1 at Northern Colorado before hosting Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Dec. 6 in a showdown between the top two teams in the nation.
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