“It is early,” first-year head coach Cael Sanderson said. “We have good kids who are hard workers. We matched up well with Arizona State. There are a lot of little things that we need to be working on and that is where we are concentrating.”
The 40-point victory marked Iowa State’s biggest win over Arizona State. ISU NCAA champion teams beat the Sun Devils 32-2 in the 1968 – 69 season and 33-3 during the 1969 – 70 season. The 40-0 victory also marks only the fifth time since the program began in 1916 that the Cyclones have shut out their first two opponents.
Meeting for the second time in less than a week, Iowa State’s two-time All-American Trent Paulson took on NCAA runner-up and top-ranked Brian Stith. The two faced off at the NWCA All-Star Meet Nov. 20 with Paulson coming out on top, 2-1. Sunday’s match remained scoreless until the start of the third period when Paulson started from the down position. He scored an escape at the 1:50 mark. Paulson accumulated 1:48 worth of riding time that ultimately gave him the advantage and the 2-0 victory.
“I am just working hard to continue to improve,” the undefeated Paulson said. “This match was a part of that.”
At 149-pounds, Cyler Sanderson wasted no time by taking down Cameron Smith six seconds into the match. From there it was only a matter of time before the redshirt freshman was able to stick Smith to the mat for the pin at 51 seconds.
“I just went out to wrestle hard and it worked out,” Sanderson said. “I have been waiting for a long time to wrestle in Hilton Coliseum.”
Jake Varner registered his seventh pin of the season at 184-pounds against Greg Glifford to improve to 10-0 overall. Varner scored early with a takedown in both the first and second periods before he pinned Glifford at the 4:05 mark. Like Sanderson, Varner has pinned both opponents in dual meet action on the season.
David Zabriskie closed out the dual, recording three takedowns and a three-point nearfall in the first period to go up 9-2 on Arizona State’s Thor Moen. With 35 seconds left in the second period, Zabriskie scored another takedown and then stuck Moen to the mat in 4:35.
Redshirt ISU freshman Nick Fanthorpe amassed four takedowns and a two-point nearfall en route to a 14-3 major decision over ASU’s Tyler Bowles in the match’s first bout.
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