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No. 2 Cyclones Set For League Foes In Trip To Oklahoma
01.20.2010 | Men's Wrestling
AMES, Iowa - The No. 2-ranked Iowa State wrestling team will wrestle in two top-10 dual matchups this weekend at Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. ISU will look to improve on their 7-2 dual record for the 2009-10 campaign against its first Big 12 Conference opponents of the season.
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Dual 10: Oklahoma
Fri., Jan. 22, 7 p.m. CST
Norman, Okla. ? McCasland Field House
Live Stats: Link
Live Video: OU All-Access
Dual 11: Oklahoma State
Sun., Jan. 24, 2 p.m. CST
Stillwater, Okla. ? Gallagher-Iba Arena
Live Stats: Link
Live Video: OSUTube
Cyclone Notebook
? No. 2 Iowa State will open its conference dual schedule with a pair of top-10 opponents in No. 10 Oklahoma and No. 3 Oklahoma State. ISU took down both OU and OSU last season in Ames, Iowa, by scores of 23-15 and 24-12, respectively.
? ISU downed 20th-ranked Illinois Jan. 16 with the help of bonus points, 33-9. The Cyclones notched a pair of falls in the dual.
? The Cyclones posted their best National Duals finish since 2000, earning second place Sunday in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Cyclones beat Bloomsburg, No. 8 Maryland and No. 3 Ohio State before falling to No. 1 Iowa, 19-12.
? Iowa State notched a team runner-up finish at the 47th Annual Midlands Championships in Evanston, Ill., Dec. 29-30. ISU's Jake Varner took the 197-pound crown.
? The Cyclones are 7-2 in the 2009-10 season with earlier dual victories coming Nov. 12 in Hilton Coliseum over South Dakota State (43-3), Dec. 19 at UNI, 42-0 and Jan. 3 at No. 6 Minnesota by a score of 19-16.
? ISU is currently ranked 2/2 in the Intermat and W.I.N. Magazine polls, respectively.
? Iowa State is 996-263-20 all-time in duals, dating back to 1916.
? The Cyclones are coming off a third-place showing at last year's NCAA Championships.
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma Series Notes
? Iowa State leads in the all-time series against Oklahoma, 47-33-4.
? ISU has been victorious in its last seven meetings with the Sooners, dating back to 2003.
Scouting Oklahoma
? The Sooners are 12-1-1 in dual competition thus far in the 2009-10 season. OU owns dual victories over Arizona State (24-11) and Cal Poly (27-13).
? Oklahoma tied Big 12 foe Oklahoma State 16-16 in Norman, Okla. Dec. 1.
? OU is coming off a 4-0 performance at the Lonestar Duals in Arlington, Texas.
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma State Series Notes
? Oklahoma State leads in the all-time series against Iowa State, 48-19-3.
? Iowa State was victorious in its last meeting with the Cowboys, winning 24-12 in Hilton Coliseum last season.
Scouting Oklahoma State
? The OSU wrestling team sports a 8-1-1 record this season.
? The Cowboys were perfect at the Virginia Duals, going 4-0 and capping the event with a 30-6 rout of No. 8 Lehigh.
? Oklahoma State fell to No. 1 Iowa by a narrow dual-score margin of 19-16 in Iowa City, Iowa, Jan. 16.
Cyclones Storm Bonus-Points On Illinois To Win 33-9
? Second-rated Iowa State scored two pins and two technical falls en route to a 33-9 rout of 19th-ranked Illinois Jan. 16 in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones were missing regular starters Nick Gallick (141), Mitch Mueller (149) and Duke Burk (174) from their lineup. That fact didn't stop the ISU squad from coming up with plenty of bonus points for the crowd of 2,812 Cyclone supporters on hand to witness the dual victory.
? Iowa State improved to 7-2 in duals this season. It was Iowa State's 996th dual win in 94 years of Cyclone wrestling history. Illinois fell to 5-3.
? ISU's Dalton Jensen was a pinning machine for the Cyclone team effort, once again. Jensen, hailing from Missouri Valley, Iowa, downed 10th-ranked 141-pounder Ryan Prater of Illinois at the 3:27 mark in the second period. Jensen secured a cradle hold on his opponent to turn the tide in the bout. Jensen's last four victories have come by way of a fall.
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