Second-ranked Iowa State made history Sunday afternoon in defeating Arizona State, 30-10, at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Arizona.
The Cyclones became the first college wrestling program to earn its 1,000th dual-meet victory. The Iowa State wrestling program began in 1916.
Iowa State won seven of nine matches wrestled (Arizona State forfeited at 197 pounds), including a major decision at 133 pounds, a technical fall at 165, and a pin by Andrew Sorenson at 157. Arizona State got bonus points with Chris Drouin's major decision at 141 pounds.
Results
125: No. 3 Anthony Robles (ASU) dec. No. 5 Andrew Long (ISU), 12-10
133: No. 10 Nick Fanthorpe (ISU) major dec. Ben Ashmore (ASU), 12-3
141: No. 18 Chris Drouin (ASU) major dec. No. 13 Dalton Jensen (ISU), 10-1
149: No. 10 Mitch Mueller (ISU) dec. Vicente Varela (ASU), 3-2
157: Andrew Sorenson (ISU) pinned Michael Swigart (ASU), 1:53
165: No. 2 Jon Reader (ISU) tech. fall Kyle DeBerry (ASU), 15-0 (3:23)
174: Duke Burk (ISU) dec. Eric Starks (ASU), 7-2
184: Jake Meredith (ASU) dec. No. 10 Jerome Ward (ISU), 3-2
197: No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU) won by forfeit
HWT: No. 4 David Zabriskie (ISU) dec. No. 14 Erik Nye (ASU), 4-1
Resources
TheMat.com: Schedule and results for February 1-7
College Wrestling 101: Links to articles answering basic questions about wrestling, including rules, scoring, uniforms, more
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