BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Northern State junior Matt Meuleners added another notch to his trophy case this week when he was named as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Wrestler of the Year by the league's head coaches.  Meuleners successfully defended his NCAA Division II national title earlier this month, defeating St. Cloud State's Jake Kahnke in the title match for the second straight year.
 
With the victory, his 32^nd of the season, Meuleners became only the second two-time national champion in NSU wrestling history and the only one to do it at the Division II level.  Meuleners scored the match's only takedown in the sudden victory overtime period to secure the win over Kahnke and capture his third straight All-America honor.
 
The junior from Young America, Minn., won his last 26 matches of the season, including the Super Region 3 championship.  He became just the tenth member of NSU's 100 career wins club earlier in the season.

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Video: Meuleners vs. Kahnke in Nat'l Finals