From Patrick Crawford,
Iowa State Athletics Communications:
TEMPE, Ariz. – It was a big win. For
Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Jackson, it was the 11th victory of his
coaching career, but for the vaunted Cyclone wrestling program, it was a more
tremendous milestone. No. 2-ranked ISU posted the 1,000th dual win in program
history Sunday afternoon in Wells Fargo Arena, beating Arizona State, 30-10.
Iowa State turned up the heat on the Sun Devils, winning seven of the nine
contested matches to become the first collegiate program to reach 1,000 wins.
Jackson recognized the magnitude of his team’s win, but stressed to importance
of further improvement from the Cyclone grapplers.
“We’re happy with the victory,” Jackson said. “We’re glad this group of guys
was able to accomplish that for our university and for all Cyclones out there.
“I don’t believe we wrestled to our full ability today. Overall, we’ll take the
win, but we have to improve. We have to wrestle the way we want to wrestle at
the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA tournament. That will be our focus over
the next few weeks.”
Four Cyclone win results added bonus points towards the team’s effort, with
157-pounder Andrew Sorenson scoring the biggest victory. The sophomore Iowa
Stater pinned ASU’s Michael Swigart in the first period at the 1:53 mark.
Sorenson drove the Sun Devil straight to his back after finishing a double-leg
takedown. Top-ranked Cyclone Jake Varner also earned six team points after
being forfeited to at 197 pounds. The two teammates hold season records of 22-6
and 22-0, respectively.
ISU 165-pound junior Jon Reader recorded his fifth technical fall of the season
against Arizona State’s Kyle DeBerry. Reader powered his way to a 13-0 lead to
finish the first period. Starting in neutral, the two-time All-American ended
the match with a takedown at the 3:23 mark. Reader improves to 19-3 and 11-2 in
dual matches.
Senior 133-pounder Nick Fanthorpe scored bonus points for Iowa State with a
12-3 major decision of ASU’s Ben Ashmore. Fanthorpe (13-6) nears the 100-win
plateau with a 95-29 overall record for his career.
Cyclones Mitch Mueller (149), Duke Burk (174) and David Zabriskie (HWT) notched
victories by decision in their matchups against Arizona State. Mueller edged
Sun Devil Vicente Varela by a score of 3-2. Burk was victorious over ASU’s Eric
Starks, 7-2. Zabriskie concluded the dual meet with a 4-1 win over Erik Nye of
Arizona State.
The ISU-ASU dual began with fireworks at 125 pounds with a matchup of top-five
individuals. Fifth-ranked Cyclone Andrew Long was unable to finish off an upset
of No. 3 Anthony Robles of ASU after leading 10-2 in the second period. The Sun
Devil went on a run of 10 points to close the match against the redshirt
freshman Cyclone, 12-10.
The Cyclones return home to Hilton Coliseum Feb. 14 to dual Big 12 foe
Missouri. Mat competition begins at 2 p.m.
IOWA STATE 30, ARIZONA STATE 10
125 pounds – No. 3 Anthony Robles (ASU) dec. No. 5 Andrew Long (ISU), 12-10
133 pounds – No. 10 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU) major dec. Ben Ashmore (ASU), 12-3
141 pounds – No. 18 Chris Drouin (ASU) major dec. No. 13 Dalton Jensen (ISU),
10-1
149 pounds – No. 10 Mitch Mueller (ISU) dec. Vicente Varela (ASU), 3-2
157 pounds – Andrew Sorenson (ISU) pinned Michael Swigart (ASU), 1:53
165 pounds – No. 2 Jon Reader (ISU) tech. fall Kyle DeBerry (ASU), 15-0 (3:23)
174 pounds – Duke Burk (ISU) dec. Eric Starks (ASU), 7-2
184 pounds – Jake Meredith (ASU) dec. No. 10 Jerome Ward (ISU), 3-2
197 pounds – No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU) won by forfeit
HWT – No. 4 David Zabriskie (ISU) dec. No. 14 Erik Nye (ASU), 4-1
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