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Cyclones Play Host to Panthers Friday
02.03.2009 | Men's Wrestling
AMES, Iowa - No. 2 ISU wrestles 21st-ranked Northern Iowa Friday at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones are on a four dual winning streak and have turned away UNI in six consecutive meetings.
Dual 14: Northern Iowa
Fri., Feb. 6; 7 p.m.
Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum
Live Stats available at cyclones.com
Television: Mediacom Connections at 7 p.m.
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Cyclone Notebook
? ISU faces its third-straight ranked dual opponent in No. 21 Northern Iowa.
? The third-ranked Cyclones turned away Big 12 foes Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Jan. 23 and Jan. 25 in Hilton Coliseum. ISU handled the Sooners 23-15 and beat the Cowboys 24-12. Returning All-American Nick Fanthorpe (133) injury defaulted in the OU dual and ISU forfeited his weight against OSU.
? 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 2/2 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. Northern Iowa Series Notes
? Iowa State leads in the all-time series against Northern Iowa, 50-16.
? The Cyclones' last meeting with the Panthers came at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Iowa State won the dual, 31-3.
? Iowa State was victorious in its last meeting with Northern Iowa in Hilton Coliseum, 38-3, Dec. 17, 2006.
? ISU has turned back UNI in their last six dual meetings.
Scouting Northern Iowa
? No. 22 Northern Iowa (6-5) is coming off a victory against Northern Illinois at home on Friday, 40-3. Seven Beaver wrestlers scored bonus points for the Oregon State team in the victory.
? The Panthers boast returning All-American Moza Fay, a native of Anamosa, Iowa, at 165 pounds. Fay sports a 20-3 record in his senior campaign.
? Brad Penrith is in his ninth year as UNI's head coach and has compiled a 74-62-4 dual record.
? Northern Iowa finished 20th at last year's NCAA Championships.
Zabriskie's Big Win helps ISU Top OSU, 24-12
? Iowa State All-American 133-pounder Nick Fanthorpe did not wrestle Jan. 25 against No. 13 Oklahoma State and ISU forfeited that weight class. Cyclones Jon Reader (165), Jerome Ward (184) and heavyweight Dave Zabriskie made sure the six forfeited points didn't matter as No. 3 ISU turned back the Cowboys, 24-12 in Hilton Coliseum.
? A crowd of 3,177 saw the Cyclones improve to 11-2 overall and 2-0 in Big 12 competition. ISU won seven of the 10 contested weights and recorded 12 takedowns to OSU's five. ISU has won two straight duals against the Cowboys at Hilton. The Cyclones have taken three of the last four duals against OSU. Fanthorpe missed the match after injury defaulting in the Cyclones' 23-15 win over No. 11 Oklahoma Friday.
No. 3 ISU Wrestlers Handle No. 11 Oklahoma
? No. 3 Iowa State was able to overcome an early deficit to down 11th-ranked Oklahoma Jan. 23 at Hilton Coliseum, 23-15. ISU won six out of the 10 contested weights. The Cyclone come-from-behind victory was powered by strong bonus-point performances by Cyclone middleweights Cyler Sanderson (157) and Jon Reader (165). Cyclone Jake Varner , the top 197-pounder in the nation, chipped in his own bonus points for the team to improve his personal record to 19-1 this season. ISU totaled 24 takedowns to OU's five in the dual.
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