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Eight Cyclones Earn NCAA Bids At Big 12 Championship
03.08.2020 | Men's Wrestling
TULSA, Okla. – The No. 21 Iowa State wrestling team is in second place at the 2020 Big 12 Championship with 108.5 team points through three sessions. The Cyclones have qualified eight wrestlers for the NCAA Championships in Alex Mackall, Ian Parker, Jarrett Degen, David Carr, Chase Straw, Sam Colbray, Marcus Coleman and Gannon Gremmel.
Four Cyclones have already locked in their spot on the podium. Degen will finish third at 149, Straw and Colbray are both fourth-place finishers and Coleman earned a fifth-place finish.
The Big 12 Championship concludes with the Big 12 finals on Sunday evening. Alex Mackall, Ian Parker, David Carr and Gannon Gremmel are all set to go for Big 12 gold. Title bouts are set to start at 6 p.m. from the BOK Center. They will be broadcast live on Fox Sports regional affiliates, be sure to check your local listings. Fans can also stream the finals through the Fox Sports GO app.
How It Happened
After winning his consolation semi over No. 5 Cole Moody by 9-5 decision, sixth-seeded Straw then fell to SDSU's No. 4 Tanner Cook by pin. To determine a true fourth-place finisher, and determine who would get an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, Straw would take on No. 7 Adam Kemp of Fresno State.
Through the first period, it looked bleak for Straw. Kemp took Straw down three times in the first and led 6-3. Straw answered back in the third period, earning an escape and takedown to tie the match at 6-6. Kemp started the third with an escape, but Straw took him down to claim his first lead of the match at 8-7. Kemp sent the match to sudden victory on an escape, 8-8. In the extra period, Straw secured the winning take down, confirming his fourth-place finish and earning him a spot in the field at the NCAA Championships.
No. 4 Degen went 2-0 in Sunday morning's third session. In his first match of the day, Degen secured his second fall of the season over No. 6 Greg Gaxiola, pinning the Fresno State 149-pounder in 4:20. For third place, Degen squared up against No. 5 Andrew Alirez of UNC for the second time in the tournament. Just like the first meeting, it was Degen over Alirez by way of 5-3 decision.
Third-seeded Colbray also won his first match of the day in the consolation semifinals. He gritted out a match in sudden victory two, securing a takedown in the 10th minute of the match to move past No. 4 Kimball Bastian of Utah Valley. In the third-place match, Colbray was forced to injury default in the first period against OSU's No. 5 Joe Smith.
No. 5 Coleman finished his tournament in style at 184 pounds. After falling in the consolation semifinals, Coleman was pitted against No. 7 Tate Samuelson in the fifth-place bout. Late in the second period, Coleman rolled through on a Samuelson shot and came out on top of the Cowboy, pinning him in 4:20.
Session Two Recap
The Cyclones entered the semifinals with eight still in the title hunt and sent four wrestlers to the Big 12 finals. The team race was still in the balance with Oklahoma State holding a slight over edge over Iowa State and UNI who were still looking at dethroning the Pokes, who have won seven-straight conference championships.
Session One Recap
Saturday morning's first session saw the Cyclones jump out to an early lead at the Big 12 Championship. ISU posted a 10-2 record through the pigtail and quarterfinal rounds to secure eight spots in the semifinals.
Team Scores
1. Oklahoma State – 135.5
2. Iowa State – 108.5
3. UNI – 101.5
4. South Dakota State – 94.5
5. North Dakota State – 86.5
6. Oklahoma – 83
7. Northern Colorado – 72.5
8. Wyoming – 71.5
9. Fresno State – 57
10. West Virginia – 37
11. Utah Valley – 33
12. Air Force – 25.5
Iowa State Match-by-Match
125: No. 3 Alex Mackall dec. No. 6 Danny Vega (SDSU), 13-6.
No. 3 Alex Mackall dec. Cody Phippen (Air Force), 7-3.
133: Zach Price (SDSU) dec. No. 5 Todd Small, 11-10.
No. 7 Jack Skudlarczyk (UNI) dec. No. 5 Todd Small), 10-7.
No. 5 Todd Small maj. dec. Jared Van Vleet (Air Force), 11-3.
No. 1 Taylor LaMont (Utah Valley) dec. No. 5 Todd Small, 3-1 (SV1).
141: No. 2 Ian Parker dec. Dylan Droegemueller (NDSU), 7-2.
No. 2 Ian Parker dec. No. 7 Clay Carlson (SDSU), 8-4.
No. 2 Ian Parker dec. No. 3 Michael Blockhus (UNI), 4-0.
149: No. 4 Jarrett Degen dec. No. 5 Andrew Alirez (UNC), 4-3.
No. 1 Boo Lewallen (Oklahoma State) pinned No. 4 Jarrett Degen, 6:17.
No. 4 Jarrett Degen pinned No. 5 Greg Gaxiola (Fresno State), 4:20.
No. 4 Jarrett Degen dec. No. 5 Andrew Alirez (UNC), 5-3.
157: No. 1 David Carr dec. No. 8 Dewey Krueger (Wyoming), 11-5.
No. 1 David Carr dec. No. 4 Justin Thomas (Oklahoma), 4-1.
165: No. 6 Chase Straw dec. Jordan Robinson (UNC), 7-4.
No. 2 Andrew Fogarty (NDSU) maj. dec. No. 6 Chase Straw, 15-2.
No. 6 Chase Straw dec. No. 5 Cole Moody (Wyoming), 9-5.
No. 4 Tanner Cook (SDSU) pinned No. 6 Chase Straw, 4:58.
No. 6 Chase Straw dec. No. 7 Adam Kemp (Fresno State), 10-8 (SV1).
174: No. 3 Sam Colbray dec. No. 6 Hayden Hastings (Wyoming), 3-2.
No. 2 Anthony Mantanona (Oklahoma) dec. No. 3 Sam Colbray, 6-5.
No. 3 Sam Colbray dec. No. 4 Kimball Bastian (Utah Valley), 4-2 (SV2).
No. 5 Joe Smith won by injury default No. 3 Sam Colbray
184: No. 5 Marcus Coleman dec. No. 4 Alan Clothier (UNC), 4-3.
No. 1 Taylor Lujan dec. No. 5 Marcus Coleman, 4-0.
No. 2 Anthony Montalvo (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 5 Marcus Coleman, 10-4.
No. 5 Marcus Coleman pinned No. 7 Tate Samuelson, 5:47.
197: No. 2 Tanner Sloan (SDSU) maj. dec. Joel Shapiro, 9-0.
No. 5 Dakota Geer (Oklahoma State) dec. Joel Shapiro, 13-7.
285: No. 2 Gannon Gremmel dec. Josiah Jones (Oklahoma), 4-1.
No. 2 Gannon Gremmel dec. No. 7 Brandon Metz (NDSU), 3-0.
No. 2 Gannon Gremmel dec. No. 6 Dalton Robertson (UNC), 10-3.
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