CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Vikings (2-6, 2-4) fell to NIU (4-3, 4-1) 29-14 in a MAC dual on Friday evening. The evening began with a kids tunnel and ended with post-match autographs.
 
NIU won the opening five matches of the night to lead 23-0 at the halftime break. Tate Geiser got the Vikings on the board with a 4-1 sudden victory at 165-pounds to trail 23-3.
 
The Huskies answered back with a 4-2 decision to make it 26-3. A huge 18-0 shutout by JR Reed at 184-pounds trimmed the margin to 26-8.
 
Following an NIU 4-1 sudden victory at 197-pounds, No. 28 Bucknavich ended the night with a pin in 1:57 as the Vikings fell 29-14.
 
The Vikings head to Edinboro on Thursday, Feb. 6 for a 7 p.m. dual match.
 
Cleveland State 14, NIU 29
125 | No. 18 Blake West (NIU) MD Ben Aranda (CSU), 9-1 | NIU leads 4-0
133 | Markel Baker (NIU) DEC Jake Manley (CSU), 4-1 | NIU leads 7-0
141 | Jacob Brya (NIU) FALL Ethan Mitchell (CSU), 2:33 | NIU leads 13-0
149 | Collin Arch (NIU) MD AJ Parish (CSU), 15-2 | NIU leads 17-0
157 | Landen Johnson (NIU) FALL Douglas Terry (CSU), :50 | NIU leads 23-0
165 | Tate Geiser (CSU) DEC Brett Smith (NIU), 4-1 SV | NIU leads 23-3
174 | Tommy Bennett (NIU) DEC Gavin Ricketts (CSU), 4-2 | NIU leads 26-3
184 | JR Reed (CSU) TF Austin Stewart (NIU), 18-0 | NIU leads 26-8
197 | Sean Carroll (NIU) DEC Joey Lyons (CSU), 4-1 SV | NIU leads 29-8
285 | No. 28 Daniel Bucknavich (CSU) FALL Jacob Christensen (NIU), 1:57 | NIU leads 29-14