RCTC Claims 2024 MCAC Wrestling Duals Championship

RCTC Claims 2024 MCAC Wrestling Duals Championship
Posted: Jan 08, 2024

Thief River Falls, MN -

The 2024 MCAC Wrestling Team Duals were held on Sunday at Northland Community and Technical College, and Rochester Community and Technical College claimed the championship with a dominating performance over the other four MCAC teams. This is Rochester's third straight MCAC Duals Championship. 

RCTC went 4-0 at the tournament, defeating runner-up Minnesota North College - Itasca (3-1) in the second round, 27-18. Ridgewater College finished in third place at 2-2, followed by Minnesota West in fourth place at 1-3, and Northland in fifth place at 0-4.

This MCAC Duals Tournament helps seed the NJCAA Region 13 athletes for the North Plains District Tournament, which serves as the national championship qualifying tournament. The 2024 North Plains District Tournament will be held at RCTC on February 18. 

The MCAC Duals results are listed below:

Places

  • 1st Place - Rochester
  • 2nd Place - Itasca
  • 3rd Place - Ridgewater
  • 4th Place - Minnesota West
  • 5th Place – Northland

 

Round 1:

  • Rochester defeated Minnesota West 55-0.
  • Itasca defeated Ridgewater 33-19.
  • Northland received a bye

Round 2:

  • Rochester defeated Itasca 27-18.
  • Minnesota West defeated Northland 42-18.
  • Ridgewater received a bye

Round 3:

  • Rochester defeated Northland 49-6.
  • Ridgewater defeated Minnesota West 39-18.
  • Itasca received a bye

Round 4:

  • Ridgewater defeated Northland 41-6.
  • Itasca defeated Minnesota West 57-0.
  • Rochester received a bye

Round 5:

  • Rochester defeated Ridgewater 42-9.
  • Itasca defeated Northland 53-6.
  • Minnesota West received a bye

 

For up-to-date MCAC Wrestling news, please visit MCAC Wrestling or click on the following link:  https://mcacsports.org/sports/wrest/index

 

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About the Minnesota College Athletic Conference

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system, as well as select colleges in North Dakota and Wisconsin.  The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions.  The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.