No. 3 Cyclones Play Hosts to OU and OSU

01.21.2009 | Men's Wrestling

By: cyclones.com

AMES, Iowa - No. 3 Iowa State returns home to Hilton Coliseum for the first time in two months to take on Big 12 foes Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The action begins Friday at 7 p.m. as ISU (9-2) matches up against 11th-ranked Oklahoma (14-0). The Cyclones then face No. 13 Oklahoma State (11-4) Sunday at 1 p.m.

Dual 12: Oklahoma
Fri., Jan. 23; 7 p.m.
Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum
Live Stats and Video available at cyclones.com

Dual 13: Oklahoma State
Sun., Jan. 25; 1 p.m.
Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum
Live Stats and Video available at cyclones.com
Television: Iowa Public Television at 1 p.m.

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Cyclone Notebook
? No. 3 Iowa State won at Oregon State Jan. 18 in Gill Coliseum, 29-6. The
Cyclones won eight of the ten contested matches.
? At the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals, No. 3 Iowa State (9-2) shutout Indiana
35-0 and beat Boise State 19-15 before falling to Cornell 22-15. ISU beat Nebraska
20-19 to capture third-place. ISU was seventh at the 2008 National Duals.
? The ISU wrestlers take on No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 13 Oklahoma State in key Big
12 matchups.
? ISU is currently ranked 3/3 in the Intermat/NWCA and W.I.N. Magazine polls, respectively.
? Iowa State returns six grapplers who earned All-America honors at last year's
NCAA Championships: Nick Fanthorpe (133), Nick Gallick (141), Cyler Sanderson
(157), Jon Reader (165), Jake Varner (184) and David Zabriskie (HWT).
? The Cyclone wrestling team has won back-to-back Big 12 Conference wrestling titles.

Iowa State vs. Oklahoma Series Notes
? Iowa State leads in the all-time series against Oklahoma, 46-33-4.
? The Cyclones were victorious in their last meeting with the Sooners, 31-3,
in Howard McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla. Jan. 25, 2008.
? ISU?s last victory against OU in Hitlon Coliseum came Jan. 26, 2007, 27-9.
? The Cyclones have won the last six meetings againt Oklahoma, dating back
to a 27-9 dual victory Feb. 16, 2003.

Scouting Oklahoma
? Oklahoma (14-0) is coming off a victory against Arizona State at home Jan
18. 36-7. Eight Sooner wrestlers scored victories for the team in the win. OU
defeated Maryland Jan. 16 by a score of 22-15.
? The Sooners have set the record for the most wins to begin a season in
program history at 14 after breaking the old record of 12 against Maryland.
? Jake Spates holds a 212-88 record at OU in his 17th season at the helm.
? The team lead in wins for the Sooners is tied between Pat Flynn (184) and
Eric Lapotsky (197) at 20.

Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State Series Notes
? Oklahoma State leads in the all-time series against Iowa State, 48-18-3.
? The Cyclones were victorious in their last meeting with the Cowboys at home,
21-12, in Hilton Coliseum Jan. 28, 2007.
? The Cyclones fell to Oklahoma State last season in Stillwater, Okla., 15-16, Jan.
27, 2008.

Scouting Oklahoma State
? Oklahoma State (11-4) is coming off a loss to Iowa at home Jan 18., 20-13. The
Cowboys were led by victories at 125, 157, 197 pounds and HWT.
? OSU is currently led in wins by junior heavyweight Jared Rosholt. The topranked
Cowboy is 24-0 this season.
? John Smith is 277-39-4 in his 18th year in charge of the Cowboy wrestling room.
Smith. He is OSU's all-time winningest coach.

No. 3 ISU Wrestlers Whip Oregon State 29-6
? No. 3 Iowa State got started early and didn't look back en route to a 29-6 wrestling
win over Oregon State Sunday in Gill Coliseum. The Beavers could not match
the bonus points scored by the Cyclone wrestlers and the outcome refl ected that
fact. The Cyclones improve to 12-1 all-time against Oregon State. The ISU squad
sits at 9-2 in duals this season. Oregon State drops to 4-6.
? Iowa State's Jake Varner (197) continued his pinning ways this season, recording
a fall over OSU's Chad Hanke in 4:42. Varner tallied four takedowns before
sticking his opponent. Varner is currently the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the nation
at his weight with an 18-1 season mark. Varner's career mark stands at 78-9 and
the fall was the 30th pin of his career.
? Before the intermission, Cyler Sanderson, a returning All-American at 157
pounds, demonstrated offensive prowess by scoring a technical fall over Beaver
157-pounder Cody Weishoff. Sanderson took a 12-1 lead into the third period and
added two more takedowns to fi nish the match in 6:38 with a score of 17-2.
? At 165 pounds, ISU's redshirt sophomore Jon Reader had a familiar foe in OSU's
Keegan Davis. Reader beat the OSU wrestler in a match at the Midlands Championships,
4-0. Reader was victories once again in the rematch, 9-7. Jerome Ward,
the Cyclone 184-pounder, also had a repeat Beaver matchup from the Midlands.
Ward decisioned OSU's Brice Arand 5-2 in Corvallis Sunday to improve to 2-0
against the Oregon Stater this season after a 2-1 (TB1) win for Ward at the Midlands
Championships.
? At the beginning of the dual, Iowa State 125-pounder Tyler Clark got all he could
handle from Oregon State senior Jake Gonzales. Clark needed overtime to fi nish
off Gonzales by way of decision, 3-1 (SV1).
? Nick Fanthorpe (133) and Nick Gallick (141) were both able to win by decision for
ISU. Fanthorpe won 7-2 against OSU's Kelly Kubec while Gallick edged Beaver
141-pounder Garrett Drucker, 4-1. Cyclone heavyweight David Zabriskie ended the
dual victory for the Cyclone squad by edging Oregon State's Clayton Jack, 7-6.