NDSU started strong and never took the foot off the pedal, dismantling the University of Pittsburgh on the road 28-11.  The dual featured two matches pitting ranked opponents against one another,  At 133, Cam Sykora was upended by #12 Dom Forys 10-3, while #13 ranked Bison Clay Ream defeated #18 Taleb Rahmani 9-7 with a last second takedown.  The Bison continue their east coast road trip at West Virginia Sunday afternoon.

#25 North Dakota State, Pitt
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018
Fitzgerald Field House, Pittsburgh, Pa.
125 – Paul Bianchi (NDSU) injury dec Lorenzo Bentley (Pitt), INJ 0:57
133 – #12 Dom Forys dec #23 Cam Sykora (NDSU), 10-3
141 – #15 Nick Zanetta major dec McGwire Midkiff (NDSU), MD 10-1
149 – Kyle Gliva (NDSU) dec Robert Lee (Pitt), 9-2
157 – #13 Clay Ream (NDSU) dec #18 Taleb Rahmani (Pitt), 9-7
165 – #21 Andrew Fogarty (NDSU) tech fall Nathan Russell (Pitt), TF 17-2 4:35
174 – Charley Popp (NDSU) major dec Austin Bell (Pitt), MD 11-3
184 – Gregg Harvey (Pitt) major dec Nick Knutson (NDSU), MD 19-7
197 – Cordell Eaton (NDSU) dec Kellan Stout (Pitt), 8-3
285 – Dan Stibral (NDSU) major dec Cole Rickert (Pitt), MD 16-2