Completed Event: Wrestling versus Cliff Keen Invitational on December 6, 2025 , , 1st, 183.5 pts.
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Wrestling
Cliff Keen Invitational
1st, 183.5 pts.
Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, January 11
Fargo, N.D.
1:00 PM
Iowa State
at
North Dakota State
PRIMER: No. 3 Iowa State at North Dakota State
01.09.2026 | Wrestling
AMES, Iowa - No. 3 Iowa State concludes its 10-day road trip with another Big 12 showdown Sunday at North Dakota State. The Cyclones look for their seventh-consecutive win over the Bison at 1 p.m. on NDSU All-Access (GoBison.com/watch).
THE MATCHUP: No. 3 Iowa State (5-1, 1-0 Big 12) at North Dakota State (1-5, 0-1 Big 12)
WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026 - 1 p.m. (CT)
WHERE: Fargo, N.D. / Scheels Center
The Links
WATCH: NDSU All-Access (GoBison.com/watch)
LISTEN: The Varsity Network
(PxP: Ryan Rohlk)
LIVE STATS
MATCH NOTES: ISU
PROBABLE MATCHUPS
No. 3 Iowa State (5-1, 1-0 Big 12) at North Dakota State (1-5, 0-1 Big 12)
125: No. 14 Stevo Poulin (5-5) vs. No. 17 Ezekiel Witt (13-6)
133: No. 3 Evan Frost (10-1) -or- Adrian Meza (7-5) vs. No. 30 Tristan Daugherty (7-7)
141: No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (10-1) vs. Michael Olson (6-7)
149: No. 6 Jacob Frost (8-3) vs. No. 25 Max Petersen (6-4)
157: No. 3 Vinny Zerban (8-2) vs. Gavin Drexler (3-6)
165: No. 18 Connor Euton (6-3) -or- Aiden Riggins (15-4) vs. Boeden Greenley (11-7)
174: No. 14 MJ Gaitan (8-2) vs. Max Magayna (8-8) -or- Tyler Secoy (1-6)
184: No. 13 Isaac Dean (11-4) vs. No. 26 Aidan Brenot (6-4) -or- Andrew McMonagle (11-6)
197: CJ Carter (8-3) vs. Devin Wasley (11-6)
285: No. 1 Yonger Bastida (13-0) vs. Drew Blackburn-Forst (5-7) -or- Shilo Jones (5-6)
*InterMat Rankings (1/6/2026)
INSIDE THE SERIES
vs. NDSU
11th Meeting
Overall: 9-1
Home: 3-0
Road: 5-1
Neutral: 1-0
Current Streak: ISU W6
Last Meeting: 12/15/2024 (ISU 27, NDSU 12)
MATCHUP NOTES
- Iowa State and North Dakota State meet for the 11th time in program history Sunday afternoon. The Cyclones have won six in a row over the Bison.
- The teams have not met in Fargo since 2021 when the Cyclones were victorious, 32-6, over NDSU.
- Iowa State won last season's dual, 27-12, in Humboldt, Iowa.
KEY STORYLINES
- Last time out, Iowa State won its Big 12 dual opener at Arizona State, 29-14. The Cyclones won seven of ten bouts, including five by bonus-point margin.
- The Cyclones are in the midst of a 10-day western road trip and will finally head back to Ames after Sunday's dual against NDSU. ISU wrestled at No. 24 Stanford on Jan. 4 and flew to Arizona immediately following for a dual on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The team took advantage of the semester break and stayed in Arizona to train in warmer weather for the remainder of the week before flying to Fargo for the final leg of the trip.
- Iowa State is 48-14 in Big 12 duals under Kevin Dresser, including 20-4 in the last four seasons.
- Dresser is nearing his 100th dual victory as head coach of the Cyclones. At 98 entering Sunday's dual against the Bison, he would become the fourth coach in program history to reach the milestone.
- Yonger Bastida is the No. 1 ranked heavyweight in the country by all major pollsters. Bastida leads the team with 54 takedowns on the season while surrendering only one takedown. He is 13-0 with eight wins over ranked opponents.
- MJ Gaitan (174) and Vinny Zerban (157) both made their return to the ISU lineup Tuesday at Arizona State. Both had been out recovering from injury since the CKLV on Dec. 5-6.
- Cyclone 141-pounder Anthony Echemendia has yet to lose a match this season to a wrestler not named Jesse Mendez, Ohio State's two-time defending NCAA champion. Echemendia is 10-1 on the season with four ranked wins.
- The Cyclones are No. 3 in the NWCA Coaches Poll, tied for their highest ranking in the Kevin Dresser era (2017-pres.). ISU has been ranked inside the top-15 for 86 consecutive polls.
Dream. Sacrifice. Victory.
— Iowa State Wrestling (@CycloneWR) January 9, 2026
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MEDIA INTERVIEW
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