"We were going for the right ties tonight and scoring 2-on-1 off those moves," Sanderson said. "We've been working really hard in the room and I think it showed tonight, especially in the longer matches. I think we could have had a couple more bonus decisions and we talked about that in the locker room."
The marquee match of the night was at 165 pounds between natives of Michigan and Iowa. The Cyclone from Michigan was victorious. No. 7-ranked Cyclone Jon Reader, a sophomore from Davison, Mich. and fourth-ranked Northern Iowan senior Moza Fay of Anamosa, Iowa duked it out in a top-10 165-pound bout. Reader topped his higher-ranked opponent by decision, 4-2. Reader used a reversal and takedown in the third period to better the Panther.
Iowa State's Varner, the top-ranked 197-pounder in the nation, continued his winning ways against UNI's Andrew Anderson. ISU's two-time NCAA finalist scored a major decision against the Sioux City native, 9-1, to improve to 21-1 on the year. Varner is a perfect 13-0 in dual action.
The ISU 141-pounder is on a winning streak. Nick Gallick extended his string of wins to 18 with his decision of Northern Iowa's Trent Washington, 9-2. The Tucson, Ariz. native is ranked third in the country and sits at 24-2 in his junior season.
ISU's David Zabriskie needed all the time possible to wear down UNI's redshirt freshman Christian Brantley. The Cyclone heavyweight went into quadruple overtime with the Panther. He won by riding time in the final top/bottom period with an advantage of 14 seconds.
"We go 30 to 40 minutes in the practice room, so an 11-minute match is really not as tough as those long practice sessions," Zabriskie said. "Even when I didn't get to finish the takedown in regulation, I didn't panic because I've been in a lot of overtimes the last three years."
The explosive offense coming from ISU's 157-pounder was on its mark again Friday night. Sanderson major decisioned UNI's Tyson Reiner 14-4 with four takedowns, three of which that came in the third period. With the victory, the Cyclones took a 13-6 lead into the intermission.
Cyclones Tyler Clark (125), Mitch Mueller (149) and Duke Burk (174) all won by decision. Clark beat UNI's Cruse Aarhus 10-4 and Mueller decisioned Panther Brett Robbins, 7-3. Burk was victorious over Scott Hazen of Northern Iowa by decision, 8-2.
ISU returns to action against Tennessee-Chattanooga in Hilton Coliseum Friday at 7 p.m.
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