HAVRE, Mont. – Fifth-ranked Montana State-Northern had its way with Southern Oregon on Thursday night, as three of the seven nationally-ranked wrestlers in the Lights lineup came through with bonus points in a 31-11 dual victory.

MSU-Northern (2-1) claimed seven of 10 classes overall. The 14th-ranked Raiders (2-1) trailed 14-0 through the first three before second-ranked 149-pounder Tyler Cowger stuck a 7-4 decision on No. 16 Brandon Weber.

SOU's other wins came from 157-pounder Kyle Sether, who upset 10th-ranked Tommy Cooper in a 3-2 bout; and No. 4 Ryan McWaters, whose 18-3 technical fall against Dace Fisher at 184 pounds was sandwiched by four Lights wins. One of those was a near upset for SOU's Tanner Fischer (197) against No. 1 Garrett DeMers, but DeMers took an 8-6 sudden victory.

The Lights won by fall twice: 10th-ranked Matt Weber (141) pinned Trevor Hancock in a ranked matchup, and second-ranked Toby Cheff had one at heavyweight against freshman Zane Wardwell. Fourth-ranked Willie Miller (174) recorded a technical fall, and Quintel Fuchs (125) and Blake Ivie (133) added major decisions.

SOU is now 8-6 in duals all-time against MSU-Northern, which is also in the West Region, but the Lights have won the last two meetings in Havre handily.

The Raiders will be tested again at 6 p.m. PST Friday at No. 8 Great Falls (Mont.).

MONTANA STATE-NORTHERN 31, SOU 11
125 – Quintel Fuchs, MSUN, maj. dec. Casey Coulter, SOU, 9-1 (4-0)
133 – Blake Ivie, MSUN, maj. dec. Matt Peterson, SOU, 15-3 (8-0)
141 – Matt Weber, MSUN, p. Trevor Hancock, SOU (14-0)
149 – Tyler Cowger, SOU, dec. Brandon Weber, MSUN, 7-4 (14-3)
157 – Kyle Sether, SOU, dec. Tommy Cooper, MSUN, 3-2 (14-6)
165 – Andrew Bartel, MSUN, dec. Chris Moreno, SOU, 8-6 (17-6)
174 – Willie Miller, MSUN, tech. fall Reed Tennyson, SOU, 18-1 (22-6)
184 – Ryan McWatters, SOU, tech. fall Dace Fisher, MSUN, 18-3 (22-11)
197 – Garrett DeMers, MSUN, dec. Tanner Fischer, SOU, 8-6 (OT) (25-11)
285 – Toby Cheff, MSUN, p. Zane Wardwell, SOU (31-11)