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Iowa State Ready for Tough Test at National Duals
01.04.2011 | Men's Wrestling
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AMES, Iowa - Coming off of a top-10 showing at the Midlands Championships in Evanston Ill., the No. 13 Iowa State wrestling team is geared up and ready to go for the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals. This tournament will be at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Jan. 8-9. Iowa State is coming off of a second-place showing at this event last year. The Cyclones are 4-1 in duals this season, and will test that mark against second-rated Boise State.
National Duals
Sat. Jan. 8 (9 a.m.) - Sun. Jan. 9 (3 p.m.)
Cedar Falls, Iowa
UNI Dome
Cyclone Notebook
The Cyclones are 4-1 in dual competition so far this year, with victories over Virginia Tech, Kent State, Boston University and Old Dominion.
Chris Drouin (141-lbs.) and Chris Spangler (165-lbs.) joined Jon Reader on the stand at Midlands with fourth and sixth-place finishes. Iowa State placed eighth as a team.
Jon Reader (174-lbs) has record of 18-0 this year, and has won titles at the Hokie Open, the Harold Nichols Open and the Midlands
Championships. Reader is also the top-ranked wrestler in the country according to Intermat.com
Iowa State boasts a line-up that includes six wrestlers rated in the top 20 of their respective weight classes.
The Cyclones claimed four titles at the Harold Nichols Open only two days after defeating Boston University by a score of 32-12.
Matt Gibson (HWT) and Jon Reader were both crowned champions at the Hokie Open.
In his first appearance in Hilton Coliseum, sophomore Patrick Hunter (125-lbs) sent the crowd to its feet with a second-period pin against Boston University.
Jon Reader (174-lbs) leads the team with 18 victories and 12 bonus point victories.
Iowa State at the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals
Iowa State placed second at the 2010 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals, presented by Hibiclens, posting a 3-1 record in the event.
En route to the second-place showing, ISU notched dual victories over Bloomsburg (38-7), Maryland (26-6) and Nebraska (23-9). The
No. 2 Cyclones were dropped in finals action by top-ranked Iowa, 19-12.
ISU has participated in six-straight National Dual events.
In the event's history, Iowa State has taken one team championship (2000), and has been team runner-up twice, in 1992 and 2010.
Iowa State vs. Boise State Series Notes
Iowa State is 2-0 all time against Boise State.
The Cyclones defeated Boise State by a score of 30-9 at the Lone Star Duals on Jan. 8, 2000. In their most recent match-up, the Cyclones registered a 32-10 in 2004.
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