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03.06.2010 | Men's Wrestling
NORMAN, Okla. – The journey for an Iowa State four-peat is alive at the 2010 Big 12 Championship at the McCasland Field House. But like two of the last three years, it could come down to the meet's last match. The second-ranked Cyclones lead the event through the semifinals with 51 points six finalists. Oklahoma State trails with 49 points and has six finalists. Oklahoma totaled 33 points, with Missouri and Nebraska tied at 16 points to round out the team competition. ISU advanced six wrestlers to the finals, with four Iowa Staters competing in the consolation. The second session is set to begin at 4 p.m. Championship matches are at 7 p.m.
“We lost a couple matches against OSU that we thought we could win,” Iowa State head coach Kevin Jackson said. “We need to be ready tonight as we are vulnerable in the team scoring.”
ISU's Andrew Long scored big points with a semifinal stick of NU's David Klingsheim at 125 pounds. The Cyclone freshman pinned the Husker at the 4:36 mark. ISU's three-time NCAA finalist Jake Varner scored bonus points with a 14-3 major decision victory over Missouri's Brent Haynes. The ISU 125-pounder advances to face OU's Jarrod Patterson in the finals. Varner will meet Nebraska's Craig Brester in the 197-pound final.
At 133 pounds, Iowa State senior Nick Fanthorpe gutted out a tough 3-0 decision over Kendric Maple of Oklahoma. Fanthorpe faces Oklahoma State's Jordan Oliver for the 133-pound league title in what shapes up as a key showdown. Fellow senior Mitch Mueller followed suit with a 10-3 decision of Oklahoma State's Luke Silver at 149 pounds. Mueller matches up with OU's Kyle Terry in the finals. Junior 165-pounder Jon Reader advanced to the finals for the Cyclones by controlling Oklahoma's Tyler Caldwell to a 6-2 decision. Reader will take on Missouri's Nicholas Marable.
To end the first session, Cyclone heavyweight David Zabriskie needed a familiar period of overtime to best Tiger opponent and defending NCAA champion, Mark Ellis. Zabriskie downed the Missouri heavyweight, 2-1 (TB1). Zabriskie is set to meet Oklahoma State's Jared Rosholt for the heavyweight title.
It came to overtime, but Iowa State's Jerome Ward couldn't advance to his second Big 12 final at 184 pounds. Ward was turned away by OSU's Clayton Foster by decision, 6-5 (TB1).
In the 141-pound semifinals, ISU's Dalton Jensen fell to top-seed Zack Bailey of Oklahoma, 11-6. Iowa State's second-seeded Andrew Sorenson (157) dropped to third-seed Neil Erisman of OSU by decision, 8-2. Cyclone 174-pounder Duke Burk also dropped to the consolation bracket after falling to No. 1 Stephen Dwyer, 2-1.
In preliminary action, Cyclones Jensen (141) and Duke Burk (174) picked up wins for the Cyclone effort. Jensen scored payback over Nebraska's Mike Koehnline with a major decision victory, 11-2. Jensen fell to the Husker earlier this season by decision, 4-2. Burk won 7-4 over Missouri's Dorian Henderson.
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2010 Big 12 Championship – First Session Team Score
Iowa State: 51
Oklahoma State: 49
Oklahoma: 33
Missouri: 16
Nebraska: 16
2010 Big 12 Championship – First Session Results
Semifinals
125 pounds - No. 1 Andrew Long (ISU) pinned No. 4 David Klingsheim (NU), 4:36
133 pounds - No. 2 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU) dec. No. 3 Kendric Maple (OU), 3-0
141 pounds – No. 1 Zack Bailey (OU) dec. No. 5 Dalton Jensen (ISU), 11-6
149 pounds - No. 2 Mitch Mueller (ISU) dec. No. 3 Luke Silver (OSU), 10-3
157 pounds - No. 3 Neil Erisman (OSU) dec. No. 2 Andrew Sorenson (ISU), 8-2
165 pounds - No. 1 Jon Reader (ISU) dec. No. 4 Tyler Caldwell (OU), 6-2
174 pounds – No. 1 Stephen Dwyer (NU) dec. No. 4 Duke Burk (ISU), 2-1
184 pounds - No. 2 Clayton Foster (OSU) dec. No. 3 Jerome Ward (ISU), 6-5 (TB1)
197 pounds - No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU) major dec. No. 4 Brent Haynes (MU), 14-3
HWT - No. 2 David Zabriskie (ISU) dec. No. 3 Mark Ellis (MU), 2-1 (TB1)
Preliminary Round
141 pounds - No. 5 Dalton Jensen (ISU) major dec. No. 4 Mike Koehnline (NU), 11-2
174 pounds - No. 4 Duke Burk (ISU) dec. No. 5 Dorian Henderson (MU), 7-4
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