MINOT, N.D. – Minot State University senior Kellen Zietz (Des Lacs, N.D.) set the tone right out of the gates.

Zietz pinned his opponent John Pauliuk of the University of Regina in one minute of the opening match at 125 pounds and MSU's runaway win was on.

The Beavers got four pins and three forfeits to rout the University of Regina 47-6 in nonconference college wrestling Thursday at the MSU Dome.

“It's hard to tell sometimes if you accomplished anything in a blowout,” said MSU head coach Robin Ersland. “But I thought we got some things done. My dad always said if you can put one in the left hand side, it was a pretty good night.”

The meet was held simultaneously with a high school dual between Minot High School and Williston High School, giving a double feature for the fans.

“I thought it was a good crowd, a nice night overall,” said Ersland. “The high school fans got a chance to see some college matches and we'll get to see some high school matches. It is good exposure for us.”

Zietz's quick work at 125 was quite a bit different than both Hunter Field's (Fr., Cedar Park, Texas) fall at 165 and Luke Michaelson's (R-Fr., Williston, N.D.) at 184. Field battled Matthew Fedler for much of the match before getting the upper hand at 2:45 of the first period. Michaelson was more in control at 184, but led just 6-1 when he got the fall over John Lendvoy at 1:53 of the second period.

“Hunter just needed to realize that he had one move and needed to learn to not get caught in it,” Ersland said of Field.

The Beavers also got a pin from Ryan Kamrowski (Jr., Holmen, Wis.) at 197 – the first match of the season for Kamrowski as he nursed an injury for much of the first half of the season. He pinned Gerald Munguia-Vargas at 2:41 of the first period.

“It was nice to see Ryan get a match in,” Ersland said. “You know, I like the fact that we worked hard and wrestled hard. You can only wrestle who shows up and we worked hard and got things done.”

The Beavers will now get back into tournament mode as they travel to Moorhead, Minn. for the Minnesota State-Moorhead Open Saturday at 9 a.m.