The dual match started at 157 pounds, and the Big Red's Drake Hovis squared off against No. 6 Brian Stith. At 1:29 into the first period, Stith threw Hovis down onto the mat face first to earn two points. Five seconds later, Stith trapped Hovis and a pin looked to be inevitable; however, the Big Red wrestler refused to give up the fight and maneuvered so his opponent would only get three points for the nearfall. Hovis took back a point with an escape, but with one more takedown, the Sun Devil had a 7-1 lead after three minutes of wrestling. The second period started with Hovis in the down position, and Stith's clutches proved impossible for the Big Red grappler to get away from. With 27 left in the second period, Stith once again looked like he would pin Hovis, but for the second time, Stith was only able to secure the nearfall. The third period started with the wrestlers in the neutral position, but neither was able to gain the advantage until with 15 seconds left in the match, Stith earned the final takedown, and with 4:15 in riding time, won a 13-1 major decision over Hovis to give Arizona State a 4-0 lead.
Next up for the Big Red was No. 10 Anceravage at 165 pounds. Anceravage would face sophomore Cameron Smith, who usually competes at 149 pounds. The Big Red wrestler worked to gain the upper hand over Smith for the first minute of the match, and at 1:57 Smith was called for stalling. With 1:21 left in the first period, Anceravage earned the first points of the match with a takedown. Anceravage twisted Smith into a position that proved to be lethal, and Anceravage pinned Smith at 2:17.
No. 19 Joey Hooker and Alex Pavlenko wrestled at 174 pounds, and were scoreless until, with eight seconds left in the first period, Hooker earned two points with a takedown. In the second period, Hooker would once again put the only points on the scoreboard to lead, 5-0, after adding an opening escape and a takedown. The third period started with Pavlenko down on the mat, and the Sun Devil earned his first point with an escape. Hooker would make two more takedowns from which Pavlenko would escape, and Hooker earned three team points winning the 9-3 decision.
At 184 pounds, Cornell's Luke Hogle would face Jake Cranford, and the two wrestlers were scoreless for the first-two periods. Hogle chose the down position to start the third period and earned the first point of the match making an escape. With 1:30 remaining in the bout, Hogle made a takedown, and 10 seconds later Cranford grabbed his only point of the match by escaping. With 2:07 in riding time, Hogle won a 4-1 decision. With the victory, Hogle notched his 50th career win for the Big Red.
No. 4 Jerry Rinaldi wrestled against Jason Trulson at 197 pounds. After two periods, Rinaldi had a 5-0 lead with two takedowns and an escape. Trulson earned his first point in the third period when Rinaldi let him escape from his down position. Rinaldi would make one more takedown from which Trulson would escape, and with 2:40 in riding time, Rinaldi won an 8-2 decision.
At heavyweight, the Big Red's Zach Hammond dueled Quinton Pruett to a scoreless first period. Pruett chose to start the second period down on the mat and earned the only point of the second with an escape. Hammond took the down position in the third and tied the match escaping to the neutral position. With 1:39 left in the match, Hammond took his first lead with a takedown. With 26 seconds left, Pruett came within a point after an escape, but Hammond sealed the win with another takedown. With 1:32 in riding time, Hammond won a 6-2 decision.
The Big Red earned six more team points at 125 pounds when Mike Rodriguez won by forfeit.
No. 3 Frey faced Angel Alegre at 133 pounds. The Big Red wrestler made quick work of Alegre quickly earning four points with a takedown and a nearfall. Frey improved his record to 10-0 when he pinned Alegre in 0:52 putting the Big Red up 30-4.
Freshman Corey Manson wrestled at 141 pounds for the Big Red and went against the Sun Devils' Robert Galvan. Galvan took control early in the match making a quick takedown against Manson, but 21 seconds later, Manson escaped to the neutral position. Galvan earned two more points with another takedown, but Manson also took two making a reversal. Galvan made an escape to take a 5-3 lead after three minutes. Manson escaped from his initial down position in the second, but with a Galvan takedown was behind 7-4. Manson escaped with 1:01 left on the clock, and with six second left in the second period tied the match at seven with a takedown of his own. Galvan chose the down position to start the third, and with an escape, once again took the lead. With 1:18 left in the match, Manson went ahead by a point taking Galvin to the mat. With two seconds left, Galvan tied the match back up with an escape, but Manson won the decision, 10-9 with 1:27 in riding time.
The last bout of the day was the Big Red's No. 4 Leen against Chris Remsen. Leen had an 8-2 lead after the first period with three takedowns and a nearfall, with Remsen's two points coming from escapes. Remsen chose to start the second period in the neutral position, and Leen earned the only points of second with a takedown to lead 10-2. Leen chose the down position in the third and earned three points with an escape and a takedown. Leen would take a 15-2 lead with another nearfall, but Remsen escaped a second later. With 35 seconds left in the match, Leen would earn another four points with a takedown and a nearfall to win a 19-3 tech fall in 6:15. With Leen's final five team points, the Big Red sealed the 38-4 victory.
The Big Red will be off next weekend, but will be back in action Feb. 3 when it will wrestle Hofstra at the New York Athletic Club at 1 p.m. and at Columbia at 7 p.m.
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