Takedown Report

Big 12 Dual Meet Results – Feb. 12th

Iowa State University Tops No. 17 West Virginia on Senior Night
AMES, Iowa – No. 4 Iowa State defeated No. 17 West Virginia, 29-11, on senior night Friday inside Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones won seven of 10 matches, including four with bonus points.
David Carr picked up a top-10 victory on his senior night while sophomore Sam Hrabovsky and freshman Tate Naaktgeboren each made their dual debuts against the Mountaineers.
Evan Frost, Cody Chittum and MJ Gaitan – all underclassmen – secured bonus points for ISU. Yonger Bastida capped the night with a tech fall at heavyweight for ISU’s fourth bonus-point win. Iowa State (11-2, 4-1 Big 12) owned a 21-13 takedown advantage over West Virginia (9-4, 2-4 Big 12). 
Kysen Terukina got Iowa State off to a solid start with a 10-7 decision over Jett Strickenberger at 125 pounds. Terukina was better in the later stages of the match, getting a takedown with four seconds left in the second period to take the lead. A takedown and two near fall points with 30 seconds remaining in the third period earned the Cyclone a come-from-behind win. At 133 pounds, Evan Frost pushed Iowa State’s dual lead to 8-0 after two matches with a tech fall against Mason Mills. Frost used three takedowns and two sets of four near fall points to win 17-1 in 3:54. Hrabovsky, wrestling on short notice, battled tough but fell to No. 10 Jordan Titus, 11-3, in the 141-pound match. … story at … Cyclones.com/ISU-tops-no-17-west-virginia-on-senior-night
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Oklahoma State Cowboys Stay Undefeated with 28-9 Rout of Sun Devils
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State wrestling team routed No. 24 Arizona State, 28-9, Friday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena to keep its undefeated season intact at 11-0. With the loss, Arizona State fell to 3-5. The Cowboys picked up five bonus-point wins on the night, matching their season-high set against both Bucknell and Pittsburgh. Now sitting at 11-0 for the first time since 2019, Oklahoma State is one of just two undefeated teams remaining in the country. Oklahoma State has now defeated a ranked opponent in seven straight duals and owns nine ranked victories on the season. In addition, OSU is 12-1 in its last 13 duals against ranked teams and won 16 of its last 17 overall. With the win, head coach John Smith trails Harold Nichols by just five victories at 487 for second-most in Division I wrestling history. ”(Troy) Spratley fell into a couple of situations there that he didn’t create,” coach Smith said. “I’d love to see him go out there and create those situations, but he went out there and found a way to get some points to win. Daton (Fix) needs to push through when it’s hard to score… Those matches prepare you the NCAA Championships when things get tight… Liked what I saw from Brayden Thompson and Dustin Plott. Thompson goes and gets three takedowns, and Plott goes out and gets the pin. Good to see Luke (Surber) back after some injuries.” … story at … OKstate.com/Cowboy-wrestling-cowboys-stay-undefeated-with-28-9-route-of-sun-devils
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Wyoming Wrestling Eases Past Bison, 30-13
LARAMIE, Wyo. (2/4/23) – Plain and simple, No. 4 Jore Volk (125) set the tone for the University of Wyoming wrestling team Sunday inside the UniWyo Sports Complex. He came out, earned a first-period technical fall and it snowballed from there. The Cowboys throttled North Dakota State, 30-13. The victory improves the Pokes to 7-6 on the season and 5-4 in Big 12 play, while the loss drops the Bison to 3-9 overall and 2-4 in league. “It started with Jore,” head coach Mark Branch said. “He came out and wasn’t going to wrestle the match he had on Thursday. He was determined to change it. We talk about the team feeding off each other, and those things make a difference, and a lot of guys followed suit and came out and got after guys.”
It was a return to the form from what Branch had seen over the past month. Wyoming logged early takedowns – 17 first-period takedowns, to be exact – and dictated how matches went. “We really came out aggressive and with a little bit of an attitude,” Branch said. As stated, that began with Volk. He had six first-period takedowns en route to a 20-5 technical fall of Ryan Henningson that improved Volk to 19-6 on the season.
While Volk boasted the most takedowns during the first three-minute period, No. 31 Cole Brooks (141) laid claim to the quickest one Sunday. He had one in the first five seconds and cruised to a 17-2 technical fall of No. 28 Gavin Drexler. That moves Brooks to 11-4 on the season and represents his first-career ranked win. … story at … GOwyo.com/Wrestling-eases-past-bison-30-13
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Panther wrestling takes down West Virginia, 26-12
UNI stays undefeated against the Mountaineers in first home dual since December. Panthers visit Cal Baptist and Iowa State next weekend.
OFFICIALS – J.R. Blose, Jake Frias   ATTENDANCE – 3,303
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — A last second takedown at 174 pounds and  sudden victory at heavyweight stirred the Panther faithful into a frenzy on Sunday afternoon as No. 18 UNI wrestling took down No. 17 West Virginia in a 26-12 dual win inside the McLeod Center in Big 12 competition.
Northern Iowa evened its overall record at 5-5 and improved to 4-1 against Big 12 challengers with three bonus-point victories to improve to 8-0 all-time against the Mountaineers, including 5-0 against WVU under head coach Doug Schwab.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Following Trever Anderson’s tough 9-6 match-opening loss to No. 31 Julian Strickenberger, Julian Farber (133 pounds) put the Panthers on the board with a commanding win over Mason Mills. After two quick takedowns followed by escapes, Farber entered the second period ahead, and added on with two sets of back points, as well as a late takedown to secure a 23-5 technical fall win. With another takedown Farber catches Mills on his back for two sets of back points leading him to let up Mills for a final takedown securing his bonus point match with a 23-5 technical fall. 
No.7 Cael Happel improved to 3-0 at 141 pounds against No. 10 Jordan Titus in a rematch from last year’s NCAA Championships. The Panther junior picked up a takedown in the first period, and battled into the action-packed third round with a 3-2 lead. Scoring a second takedown late, Happel placed Titus in danger for an extra four back points to extend his lead and finish with an 11-3 major decision. 
After a tough 8-0 major decision loss for Cael Rahnavardi at 149 pounds … story at … UNIpanthers.com/Panther-wrestling-takes-down-west-virginia-26-12
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Oklahoma State Cowboys Handle Missouri, Earn Third Top-Five Win
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The third-ranked Oklahoma State wrestling team dominated No. 5 Missouri, 24-10, Sunday at the Hearnes Center for its third top-five win of the season, its first time doing so since 2011-12. OSU continued its undefeated season at 12-0, while Missouri dropped to 8-2.
The Cowboys rattled off five straight wins to open the dual, taking a commanding 18-0 lead into intermission and taking seven total matches to seal the team win. Missouri managed just three takedowns on the day, while four Cowboy freshmen claimed wins.
Oklahoma State has now beaten a ranked team in eight consecutive duals and owns 10 ranked wins on the season. The Cowboys are 5-1 in their past six duals against top-10 opponents and have won 17 of their last 18 duals overall. With the win, head coach John Smith trails Harold Nichols by just four victories at 488 for second-most in Division I wrestling history.
Troy Spratley set the tone in the opening matching against Noah Surtin, who entered the day ranked seventh behind a 12-1 record. The bout went into sudden victory after the two wrestlers traded escapes, but Spratley managed the key takedown for the 4-1 decision. Over the weekend, Spratley brought home a pair of wins over top-11 wrestlers to move to 17-4 on the year.
Sam Smith recorded the first dual win of his career following a Missouri forfeit at 133 pounds. Daton Fix then bumped up to 141 pounds for his first career start at the weight, but walked away with a tight 2-1 decision over No. 26 Josh Edmond. Jordan Williams extended the Cowboy lead with a 10-3 decision over Joel Mylin at 149 pounds. He was the only wrestler on Sunday to reach double digits and improved his record to 11-5.  In the last match prior to intermission, Teague Travis rode a first period takedown to upset … story at … OKstate.com/Cowboy-wrestling-cowboys-handle-missouri-earn-third-top-five-win
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JACKRABBIT WRESTLERS CONTINUE WINNING WAYS
OREM, Utah — South Dakota State stayed unbeaten against Big 12 opponents and ran its overall winning streak to eight with a 33-3 dual victory over Utah Valley Saturday night at Lockhart Arena.
The 11^th-ranked Jackrabbits upped their season record to 11-2, including a 5-0 mark against Big 12 Conference foes. UVU fell to 2-4 overall and 1-4 versus league opponents.
 Decisions by 18^th-ranked Tanner Jordan at 125 pounds and No. 17 Derrick Cardinal in the 133-pound bout gave SDSU an early 6-0 lead. Jordan shut out Yusief Lillie, 5-0, while Cardinal scored the final eight points in an 8-3 victory over Kase Mauger.
Haiden Drury came up with the only victory of the night for Utah Valley, downing Jackrabbit backup Caleb Gross by a 2-0 score in the 141-pound matchup.
Just as it did Thursday night in a victory by the same score at Wyoming, SDSU closed the dual with seven consecutive victories. Alek Martin, ranked 21^st at 149 pounds, ran his personal winning streak to seven matches with a 7-3 decision over Isaiah Delgado, while No. 15 Cael Swensen put the Jackrabbits out front 12-3 on the team board with a 5-1 decision versus Alex Emmer.
The next three bouts all resulted in bonus points for the Jackrabbits, starting with a pin … story at … GOjacks.com/Jackrabbit-wrestlers-continue-winning-ways
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JACKRABBITS OUTLAST OKLAHOMA, 20-13
NORMAN, Okla. — Twelfth-ranked South Dakota State won the final three matches to get past No. 23 Oklahoma, 20-13, in a back-and-forth Big 12 Conference wrestling dual Friday night at McCasland Field House. The victory was the ninth in a row for the Jackrabbits, who improved to 12-2 overall and remained unbeaten against conference opponents at 6-0. Oklahoma dropped to 5-6 overall and 2-5 in the Big 12.
Trailing 13-11 through seven matches, the Jackrabbits gained the lead for good with an 8-5 decision by fourth-ranked Cade DeVos over Tate Picklo in the 174-pound matchup. The match was scoreless through one period before DeVos opened a 4-0 lead with an escape and takedown early in the second stanza. Picklo would come back to tie the match on a couple occasions before DeVos came up with the decisive takedown midway through the third period.  
Ninth-ranked Bennett Berge followed with a 7-2 decision over Giuseppe Hoose to give the Jackrabbits a 17-13 lead with one bout to go.  
The final matchup of the night pitted a pair of top-five 197-pounders as fifth-ranked Tanner Sloan of SDSU met second-ranked Stephen Buchanan. Sloan was awarded a takedown in the closing seconds of the first period and increased his advantage to 4-0 with an escape early in the second period. Buchanan got on the board with an escape about 40 seconds into the third stanza, but Sloan secured a 4-1 victory and the sealed the dual win by fending off a Buchanan takedown attempt on the edge in the final seconds … story at … GOjacks.com/Jackrabbits-outlast-oklahoma-20-13
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UNI wrestling emerges with 36-9 win in first-ever trip to Cal Baptist
Panthers score six bonus point wins and eight total victories in dual in southern California. UNI visits No. 4 Iowa State on Sunday in Ames.
RIVERSIDE, Calif.— The UNI wrestling team made the most of its first-ever road trip to Cal Baptist on Friday night, securing a 36-9 dual victory over the Lancers at Van Dyne Gymnasium for its fifth Big 12 win of the year and third straight.
After dropping the opening bout of the night, the Panthers rattled off seven consecutive wins, including six in a row in bonus points to improve to 6-5 overall this season in duals. Northern Iowa also improved to 2-0 in its short series history with Cal Baptist. … story at … UNIpanthers.com/UNI-wrestling-emerges-with-36-9-win-in-first-ever-trip-to-cal-baptist

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