“We lost a couple matches against OSU that we thought we could win,” Iowa State head coach Kevin Jackson said. “We need to be ready tonight as we are vulnerable in the team scoring.”
ISU’s Andrew Long scored big points with a semifinal stick of NU’s David Klingsheim at 125 pounds. The Cyclone freshman pinned the Husker at the 4:36 mark. ISU’s three-time NCAA finalist Jake Varner scored bonus points with a 14-3 major decision victory over Missouri’s Brent Haynes. The ISU 125-pounder advances to face OU’s Jarrod Patterson in the finals. Varner will meet Nebraska’s Craig Brester in the 197-pound final.
At 133 pounds, Iowa State senior Nick Fanthorpe gutted out a tough 3-0 decision over Kendric Maple of Oklahoma. Fanthorpe faces Oklahoma State’s Jordan Oliver for the 133-pound league title in what shapes up as a key showdown. Fellow senior Mitch Mueller followed suit with a 10-3 decision of Oklahoma State’s Luke Silver at 149 pounds. Mueller matches up with OU’s Kyle Terry in the finals. Junior 165-pounder Jon Reader advanced to the finals for the Cyclones by controlling Oklahoma’s Tyler Caldwell to a 6-2 decision. Reader will take on Missouri’s Nicholas Marable.
To end the first session, Cyclone heavyweight David Zabriskie needed a familiar period of overtime to best Tiger opponent and defending NCAA champion, Mark Ellis. Zabriskie downed the Missouri heavyweight, 2-1 (TB1). Zabriskie is set to meet Oklahoma State’s Jared Rosholt for the heavyweight title.
It came to overtime, but Iowa State’s Jerome Ward couldn’t advance to his second Big 12 final at 184 pounds. Ward was turned away by OSU’s Clayton Foster by decision, 6-5 (TB1).
In the 141-pound semifinals, ISU’s Dalton Jensen fell to top-seed Zack Bailey of Oklahoma, 11-6. Iowa State’s second-seeded Andrew Sorenson (157) dropped to third-seed Neil Erisman of OSU by decision, 8-2. Cyclone 174-pounder Duke Burk also dropped to the consolation bracket after falling to No. 1 Stephen Dwyer, 2-1.
In preliminary action, Cyclones Jensen (141) and Duke Burk (174) picked up wins for the Cyclone effort. Jensen scored payback over Nebraska’s Mike Koehnline with a major decision victory, 11-2. Jensen fell to the Husker earlier this season by decision, 4-2. Burk won 7-4 over Missouri’s Dorian Henderson.
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