GREAT FALLS, Mont. – On the other end of a long train ride was a worthwhile result for the Southern Oregon University men's wrestling team on Tuesday night at the McLaughlin Center.

The 13th-ranked Raiders started the new year in style with a 20-18 upset of the sixth-ranked Providence Argos in a Cascade Collegiate Conference dual. Both teams won four matches and forfeited a class, but junior 141-pounder Devin Poppen's bonus points proved to be the difference in helping SOU improve to 3-2 on the season.

Poppen, ranked fourth in his class in the NAIA, scored an 18-2 technical fall over Jarren Komac that ended one minute into the second round. He went to 4-1 in duals, and his were the only bonus points of the contest.

Three Raiders notched decisions: Kale Evenson (133 pounds) started with a 13-10 win against Eli Watson; sixth-ranked Hunter Hodges (157) dominated eighth-ranked Casey Dobson, 8-1; and Tanner Canaday's 12-9 defeat of Gage Bentley gave the Raiders a 20-3 lead going into the last four weight classes.

SOU did well to keep the Argos' top threats from scoring big, considering they ran out fifth-ranked Shonn Roberts (149), fourth-ranked Adrian Lyons-Lopez (174) and eighth-ranked Randy Keesler (184) – each of whom were kept to wins by decision.

SOU's only letdown was at 197 pounds, where No. 15 Hohn Hensley topped No. 3 Tanner Fisher, 3-2, in a tiebreaker. The result ended Fischer's 15-match winning streak in dual action that dated back to last season.

The Argos dropped to 6-3 on the season. They'd won their regular-season meetings against SOU the previous two years.

The Raiders will remain in Montana for another CCC dual, traveling to Havre to face 13th-ranked Montana State-Northern at 7 p.m. Thursday.

SOUTHERN OREGON 20, PROVIDENCE 18
125 – Trey Long, SOU, wins by forfeit. (6-0)
133 – Kale Evenson, SOU, dec. Eli Watson, 13-10. (9-0)
141 – Devin Poppen, SOU, tech. fall Jarren Komac, 18-2 (3:59). (14-0)
149 – Shonn Roberts, UP, dec. Chandler Michael, 7-3. (14-3)
157 – Hunter Hodges, SOU, dec. Casey Dobson, 8-1. (17-3)
165 – Tanner Canaday, SOU, dec. Gage Bentley, 12-9. (20-3)
174 – Adrian Lyons-Lopez, UP, dec. C.J. McKinnis, 6-3. (20-6)
184 – Randy Keesler, UP, dec. Max Hane, 11-9 (SV). (20-9)
197 – John Hensley, UP, dec. Tanner Fischer, 3-2 (TB). (20-12)
285 – Mathew Hopkins, UP, wins by forfeit. (20-18)