No. 11 Iowa State Set For Showdown With No. 2 Iowa

AMES, Iowa – The No. 11 Iowa State wrestling team (1-0, 0-0 Big 12) is set to host No. 2 Iowa (1-0, 0-0 Big 10) in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk dual on Sunday at 2 p.m.

MATCH INFO
When: Sunday, Nov. 24 – 2 p.m.
Where: Ames, Iowa / Hilton Coliseum
Watch: Cyclones.tv / FloWrestling
Live Stats: Live stats are available through Trackwrestling

CYCLONE HEADLINES
-No. 11 Iowa State is set to host No. 2 Iowa in Hilton Coliseum at 2 p.m. on Sunday for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Dual.
-Last season's Iowa State vs. Iowa dual was one of the most entertaining in recent history as Iowa just edged Iowa State in Iowa City, 19-18.
-Iowa State head coach Kevin Dresser enters his third season as Iowa State's head coach. Dresser is the reigning Big 12 Coach of the Year and NWCA National Coach of the Year.
-The Cyclones are ranked No. 11 in the NWCA National Coaches' Poll this week. ISU is also ranked No. 7, 8 and 8 in the FloWrestling, Intermat and TrackWrestling team rankings.
Alex Mackall (7, 7, 9), Austin Gomez (5, 5, 5), Ian Parker (13, 12, 14), Jarrett Degen (4, 4, 6), David Carr (19, 11, 6), Chase Straw (NR, NR, 20) Marcus Coleman (NR, NR, 18) Sam Colbray (5, 7, 8), Joel Shapiro (NR, NR, 23) and Gannon Gremmel (16, 16, 15) all are ranked in the FloWrestling, Intermat and Trackwrestling polls this week.
-Iowa State's 10 individually ranked wrestlers are the most of any Big 12 team.
-The Cyclones opened the dual season last Sunday with a victory over the Bucknell Bison, 24-15. ISU won six out of the 10 bouts and received bonus-point victories from Degen, Carr and Coleman.
-The Cyclone wrestling roster continues to mature. After only returning one NCAA Qualifier for the 2018-19 season, Iowa State will return eight NCAA Qualifiers (Mackall, Gomez, Parker, Degen, Straw, Coleman, Colbray and Gremmel) and one All-American (Degen).
-Iowa State also returns 88% of its dual wins, 90% of its dual points scored and 90% of its total team wins from the 2018-19 squad.
-Beyond that, Iowa State will have 66% of its dual starts over the past two seasons on the roster in 2019-20.
-Chase Straw has started in 33 consecutive duals for the Cyclones dating back to the beginning of the 2017-18 season.
-Gomez, Degen and Coleman all finished the season with a team-high 40 takedowns in duals. Gomez led the team in total back points in dual matches (52) and points scored per dual match (11.5).
-This fall, Carr made Iowa State history before ever taking the mat for the Cyclones. He won the 74 kg gold medal at the Junior World Championships to become Iowa State's first-ever Junior World Champion. He is the second Cyclone to medal at the Junior World Championships, joining Zach Thompson (Silver, 1998 - 90 kg).
-Dresser made two additions to his coaching staff for the 2019-20 season. Iowa State will retain Miklus as the team's Graduate Assistant and added three-time NCAA Qualifier Joey Palmer (Oregon State) as its Volunteer Assistant Coach.
-Iowa State's home dual attendance in 2018-19 (3,569) ranked sixth nationally. It was also the fourth best attendance mark in the last 25 years.
-Iowa State athletics director Jamie Pollard announced that Iowa State wrestling season ticket sales have surpassed the 2,000 mark, making it a new school record.
-Dresser improved his all-time dual wins to 179 against Bucknell. He currently ranks as the No. 17 winningest active coach in Division I wrestling.

Players Mentioned

David Carr

Sam Colbray

Marcus Coleman

Jarrett Degen

Joel Devine

Austin Gomez

Gannon Gremmel

Alex Mackall

Ian Parker

Chase Straw

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