Northwestern won the dual 38-9.
Kevin Gschwendtner and
Colton McKiernan picked up victories for the Cougars, which finished the regular season with a dual record of 3-13. Northwestern completed its season 6-7 overall.
Gschwendtner started out the dual with a win over Tyler Morland 7-6, completing his season with consecutive wins and a 10-16 record.
"My process was to go out and attack," said Gschwendtner. "We've been training a lot of about going after the guys. Mentally thats where I wanted to be at."
Colton McKiernan gave the First Community Arena crowd a big boost at 285 pounds when he pinned Jack Heyob. After a quick takedown to start the match, McKiernan worked his way to a pin in 2 minutes, 32 seconds.
"Colton has been great all year," said Spates.
Spates and the Cougars honored their three seniors, two of which did not compete due to injuries. SIUE also remembered the recent passing of former All-American Ernie Badger.
The Cougars now look to prepare for the Mid-American Championships, which takes place March 7-8 in DeKalb, Illinois.
Northwestern 38 SIUE 9
184: Jack Jessen (Northwestern) over
Austin Andres (SIUE) (Dec 6-1)
197: Lucas Davison (Northwestern) over
Aric Bohn (SIUE) (Fall 2:19)
125: Michael DeAugustino (Northwestern) over
Gage Datlovsky (SIUE) (TF 18-3 7:00)
133: Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern) over
Jacob Blaha (SIUE) (Inj. 1:19)
141: Alexander McKenna (Northwestern) over
Saul Ervin (SIUE) (Dec 3-1)
149: Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) won by forfeit
157: Ryan Deakin (Northwestern) over
Justin Ruffin (SIUE) (Dec 3-2)
165: Shayne Oster (Northwestern) won by forfeit
