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No. 8 ISU Grapplers to Host No. 13 Wisconsin
01.17.2008 | Men's Wrestling
AMES, Iowa -- The eighth-ranked Iowa State wrestling team will return to Hilton Coliseum to play host to No. 13/16 Wisconsin at 7 p.m. Friday. The dual will not be televised. Live stats from the dual will be available on cyclones.com and will be broadcast on the Clone Zone.
Cyclone Notebook
-No. 8 Iowa State (10-3) will play host to No. 13/16 Wisconsin (8-1-1) team Friday at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum.
-ISU is coming off a seventh-place finish at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals last weekend in Cedar Falls. Iowa State finished the tournament with a 26-16 win over eighth-seeded Northwestern.
-Iowa State is 33-8-1 against Wisconsin all-time. The two teams last met during the 2001-02 season, head coach Cael Sanderson's senior year. Iowa State beat the Badgers, 24-21 in Ames.
-Cyclone 184-pounder Jake Varner improved to 16-0 Sunday with a 2:17 pin of Northwestern's Adil Kolovic. The All-American has six falls in his sophomore campaign.
-Cyler Sanderson and Jon Reader lead the team with 21 wins at 157 and 165 pounds, respectively. Both grapplers sport a 21-2 record. Sanderson won three bouts via major decision at National Duals and Reader picked up his fourth fall with a 15 second stick of Northwestern's Dominic Marella in 15 seconds. Reader also leads the team in bonus point victories. The redshirt freshman has six major decisions, four technical falls and four pins. Nick Fanthorpe has tallied five major decisions, and a trio of technical falls and pins. David Bertolino has four majors, four technical falls and three pins.
-ISU starters have amassed 182 victories, 66 of which of resulted in bonus points. Cyclone grapplers have registered 31 major decisions, 14 technical falls and pinned 21 opponents.
-True freshman Tyler Clark was pulled from redshirt at last weekend's National Duals. Clark picked up two wins, including a 6-2 decision over Central Michigan's three-time NCAA qualifier Luke Smith.
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