BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State University wrestling team brings a five-match winning streak into a dual Friday night against 16th-ranked Iowa State.
Action begins at 7 p.m. at Frost Arena, with online video coverage available through FloWrestling.org (subscription required). The Warm Up Frost event will feature winter-related giveaways.
The Jackrabbits enter the dual with a 6-3 overall record, including a 3-0 mark in Big 12 Conference duals. SDSU ran its winning streak to five last week with a 25-13 road win at then-No. 16 Northern Iowa on Jan. 10, followed by a 17-16 home win two days later over Wyoming.
South Dakota State ranks second among team receiving votes in the NWCA Division I Coaches’ Poll and is 23rd in the dual rankings conducted by Intermat.
Iowa State, meanwhile, carries a 4-3 overall dual record into Friday’s matchup and a 1-0 mark against Big 12 foes after posting a 45-0 victory Jan. 9 at Utah Valley. The Cyclones, who feature eight ranked wrestlers in their lineup, ended last week by going 1-2 in the Sun Devil Duals, defeating Harvard (34-6), while losing to Campbell (14-22) and host and 12th-ranked Arizona State (12-21).
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SERIES VERSUS IOWA STATE: Friday’s dual will mark the 13th time South Dakota State and Iowa State have met on the wrestling mat. The Cyclones lead the all-time series, which dates back to a 27-2 ISU victory during the 1951-52 season by a 10-2 count.
Iowa State won the first nine duals in the series before the Jackrabbits recorded two consecutive convincing victories at Frost Arena during the 2016-17 (27-9) and 2017-18 (30-15) seasons.
The Cyclones turned the tables in strong fashion last season, shutting out the Jackrabbits, 47-0, on Feb. 1, 2019, at Hilton Coliseum. Four Iowa State wrestlers won by pin, one picked a win by forfeit, while two others earned victories by major decision.
#14 IOWA STATE 47, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 0 (Feb. 1, 2019)
157: Chase Straw (ISU) dec. Colten Carlson (SDSU), 11-4
165: Zane Mulder (ISU) def. Logan Peterson (SDSU), by fall 1:55
174: Marcus Coleman (ISU) major dec. Samuel Grove (SDSU), 12-3
184: #15 Sam Colbray (ISU) dec. Zach Carlson (SDSU), 8-4
197: #6 Willie Miklus (ISU) won by forfeit
285: Gannon Gremmel (ISU) dec. Blake Wolters (SDSU), 5-3
125: Alex Mackall (ISU) def. Gregory Coapstick (SDSU), by fall 2:25
133: #8 Austin Gomez (ISU) def. Rylee Molitor (SDSU), by fall 4:52
141: #11 Ian Parker (ISU) major dec. Aric Williams (SDSU), 17-6
149: #15 Jarrett Degen (ISU) def. Henry Pohlmeyer (SDSU), by fall 5:48
RABBITS RANKED: Five South Dakota State wrestlers appear in the NCAA Division I rankings compiled by a variety of media outlets.
Ranked throughout the season have been Henry Pohlmeyer at 149 pounds and Tanner Sloan at 197 pounds. A two-time NCAA qualifier and a senior from Johnston, Iowa, Pohlmeyer was the big mover this week, vaulting to 10th in the rankings conducted by both FloWrestling and TrackWrestling. He also rejoined the Intermat rankings at No. 11.
Sloan, a redshirt freshman from Alburnett, Iowa, was ranked in the top 10 by three media outlets earlier in the season. He is currently ranked 17th by Intermat, 19th by TrackWrestling and 20th by FloWrestling.
At 184 pounds, Zach Carlson has moved into all three rankings, holding spots of 12th by TrackWrestling, 14th by Intermat and 16th by FloWrestling. He holds a 15-4 record, including sharing a team-best 7-2 mark in duals.
Also appearing in the rankings this week are 125-pounder Danny Vega and 165-pounder Tanner Cook. Vega, a junior who previously competed at Iowa State, is ranked 20th by Intermat and 26th by TrackWrestling. He has a 6-1 mark in duals since entering the lineup Dec. 20 versus Minnesota.
Cook, a freshman from Ilion, New York, posted pins in each of his first four duals of the season to take over the 26th spot in the TrackWrestling rankings this week.
Also appearing in the rankings this season, but not currently ranked, are 133-pounder Zach Price and 141-pounder Clay Carlson. Both are redshirt freshmen.
A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbits close out a three-dual homestand by hosting Oklahoma on Jan. 26. The dual is slated for a 2 p.m. start at Frost Arena.
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