Completed Event: Wrestling versus Nebraska-Kearney on November 14, 2025 , Win , 37, to, 3


12.06.2025 | Wrestling
LAS VEGAS – Iowa State went 5-3 in Saturday's semifinal round at the Cliff Keen Invitational. The Cyclones placed five in the finals and three more in the third-place match for tonight's final session.
Evan Frost (133), Anthony Echemendia (141), Vinny Zerban (157), Rocky Elam (197) and Yonger Bastida (285) will all wrestle for a CKLV title. Stevo Poulin (125), Jacob Frost (149) and Aiden Riggins (165) will wrestle for third place.
Zerban and Elam both logged wins over top-10 opponents in their semifinal matches. Riggins posted a 2-0 day to battle along the consolation side of the bracket to earn his spot in the third-place match.
Isaac Dean concluded his tournament with a fifth-place finish.
Iowa State remains in first place in the team race with 164.5 points, followed by Michigan (92.5) and Stanford (92).
UP NEXT
Finals and third-place matches will be wrestled live on FloWrestling at 5 p.m. (CT).
ISU RESULTS
No. 1 Stevo Poulin (125)
R32 – Bye
R16 – W-TF vs. Tucker Owens (AF), 18-1 (3:10)
QF – WBF vs. No. 23 Diego Sotelo (MICH), 4:33
SF – L-D vs. No. 13 Jett Strickenberger (WVU), 7-4 SV-1
Consis. SF – W-MD vs. Dedrick Nevarro (NW), 12-4
3rd Place Match – vs. No. 11 Nico Provo (STAN)
No. 1 Evan Frost (133)
R32 – WBF vs. Anthony Lucio (CALP), 4:52
R16 – W-D vs. Ethan Rivera (PU), 6-1
QF – W-MD vs. Gunner Andrick (WVU), 11-3
SF – W-D vs. Luke Willochell (WYO), 13-7
Finals – vs. No. 19 Kyler Larkin (ASU)
No. 1 Anthony Echemendia (141)
R32 – W-TF vs. Deuce Curtis (NIU), 19-2 (3:24)
R16 – W-TF vs. Santino Sanchez (CSUB), 20-5 (7:00)
QF – W-D vs. No. 29 Haiden Drury (UVU), 10-3
SF – W-MD vs. Jack Consiglio (STAN), 12-2
Finals – vs. No. 26 Elijah Griffin (RID)
No. 3 Jacob Frost (149)
R32 – W-TF vs. Jake Samuels (SHU), 15-0 (1:51)
R16 – W-MD vs. Kaemen Smith (NAVY), 9-1
QF – W-D vs. No. 12 Aden Valencia (STAN), 4-3
SF – L-D vs. No. 23 Eligh Rivera (PU), 11-4
Consis. SF – W-MFF vs. David Evans (UVU)
3rd Place Match: vs. No. 2 Kaleb Larkin (ASU)
No. 3 Vinny Zerban (157)
R32 – W-TF, vs. Jake Doone (AF), 19-2 (3:18)
R16 – W-TF Devyn Flores-Che (CSUB), 20-4 (6:06)
QF – W-TF vs. No. 23 Jimmy Harrington (HARV), 17-1 (6:30)
SF – W-D vs. No. 4 Daniel Cardenas (STAN), 7-4
Finals – vs. No. 1 Ty Watters (WVU)
No. 5 Aiden Riggins (165)
R32 – W-TF vs. Zach Hanson (STAN), 18-2 (4:38)
R16 – W-D vs. Sloan Swan (WYO), 10-6
QF – L-D vs. No. 15 Ty Whalen (PU), 5-3
Consis. Rd. 4 – W-D vs. Matthew Olguin (ORST), 8-3
Consis. Rd 5 – W-TF vs. Shawn Taylor (WVU), 17-1 (3:49)
Consis. Semis. – W-MD vs. Marcus Espinoza-Owens (SDSU), 12-3
3rd-Place Match – vs. No. 15 Ty Whalen (PU)
No. 2 MJ Gaitan (174) - DNP
R32 – L-D Guillermo Escobedo (CSUB), 9-2
Consis. Rd. 1 – Bye
Consis. Rd. 2 – W-TF vs. Mason Espinoza (CBU), 15-0 (4:38)
Consis. Rd. 3 – WBF vs. No. 29 Nick Fine (COL), 5:45
Consis. Rd. 4 – LBF vs. No. 13 Beau Mantanona (MICH), 3:50
No. 2 Isaac Dean (184) - 5th Place
R32 – W-D Abe Wojcikiewicz (STAN), 8-3
R16 – W-D vs. Matthew Walsh (HARV), 10-3
QF – W-D vs. No. 31 Sal Perrine (OHIO), 4-2
SF – L-D vs. No. 12 James Conway (F&M), 9-5
Consis. SF – LBF vs. No. 11 Eddie Neitenbach (WYO), 2:35
5th-Place Match – W-D vs. No. 31 Sal Perrine (OHIO), 2-2 TB-1 RT
No. 1 Rocky Elam (197)
R32 – Bye
R16 – W-MD vs. Eli Sheeren (CBU), 17-3
QF – W-MD vs. No. 23 Ben Vanadia (PUR), 15-4
SF – W-D vs. No. 8 Justin Rademacher (ORST), 4-3
Finals – vs. No. 6 Joey Novak (WYO)
No. 1 Yonger Bastida (285)
R32 – W-TF vs. Brendan Gilchrist (SHU), 21-5 (4:38)
R16 – WBF vs. Brody Kline (F&M), 1:37
QF – W-TF vs. No. 23 David Szuba (ASU), 21-5 (6:04)
SF – W-TF vs. No. 17 Trevor Tinker (CALP), 23-4 (4:38)
Finals – vs. No. 27 Christian Carroll (WYO)