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Weatherspoon Rolls To The Semifinals
03.18.2016 | Men's Wrestling
NEW YORK CITY, N.y. – Junior Lelund Weatherspoon continued to bust up the 174-pound bracket on Friday afternoon. He is headed to the semifinals following his 5-3 victory over Ohio's No. 7 Cody Walters. The No. 17 Iowa State wrestling team (10-6, 2-2 Big 12) is currently in 15th place with 19 team points.
Three other ISU grapplers are still alive and will wrestle on Friday evening for a spot on the podium. Seniors Earl Hall and Tanner Weatherman, and sophomore Patrick Downey are all set to scrap in the round of 12.
Wrestling will resume tonight at 7 p.m. CT. You can catch all the action from the semifinals on ESPN. ESPNU and ESPN3 will have coverage of the consolation matches. Be sure to follow @CycloneWR on Twitter live updates from Madison Square Garden.
Session Three
Unseeded Lelund Weatherspoon is heading to the 174-pound semifinals after securing another upset victory. This time Ohio's Cody Walters was the victim. Walters jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period of action. Weatherspoon began the second period on top. He turned the Bobcat for four, and then rode him out, holding a 4-2 advantage into the third period.
Weatherspoon earned an escape in the third to bring his lead to 5-2. Walters secured a riding time point, but was unable to bring the ISU grappler to the mat for the needed takedown.
No. 8 Earl Hall dropped a 5-0 decision against No. 1 Nashon Garrett of Cornell. The Homestead, Fla., never was really able to get his offense going in this match and Garrett won the match without surrendering a point.
The 165-pound quarterfinals featured a rematch from this year's Big 12 Championship. No. 9 Tanner Weatherman was pitted against No. 1 Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State. Dieringer jumped out to a quick lead on Weatherman and remained in control for the remainder of the match. It was the Cowboy with an 11-5 decision over Weatherman.
Unseeded Patrick Downey's streak of upsets came to a close in the quarterfinals. He faced Minnesota's No. 3 Brett Pfarr with a shot in the semifinals on the line. With a 12-3 major-decision, Pfarr topped Downey.
Iowa State Match-by-Match
133: Nashon Garrett (Cornell) dec. Earl Hall (ISU), 5-0.
165: Alex Dieringer (OSU) dec. Tanner Weatherman (ISU), 11-5.
174: Lelund Weatherspoon (ISU) dec. Cody Walters (Ohio), 5-3.
197: Brett Pfarr (UM) maj. dec. Patrick Downey (ISU), 12-3.
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