"We learned a lot of lessons from this tournament," Iowa State head coach Cael Sanderson said. We are disapointed but we are working our way toward March. As anyone will tell you, that is when it counts."
In the 197-pound final, Wisconsin's Dallas Herbst avenged a defeat from earlier this season, beating Jake Varner with a third-period reversal with 32 seconds left in the match for a 3-2 decision.
The 165-pound title match between Iowa State's Jon Reader and Iowa's Ryan Morningstar was controversial. Reader had a 4-1 lead but ultimately the match came down to an official's call.
The call in question was made when referee Mike Allen awarded Reader a takedown and apparent victory with just seconds left in overtime. But the call was overruled by the outside official, sending the match further into the sudden victory process. Morningstar escaped from Reader with four seconds left in the next tie-breaker period to give the Hawk a 5-4 victory.
Second-seeded Brandon Precin of Northwestern scored a third-period takedown to edge ISU's fourth seeded Tyler Clark, 3-2 in the 125-pound match.
Iowa's Daniel Dennis used a second-period takedown and an escape after a third-period reversal scored by Cyclone Nick Fanthorpe and prevailed 4-3 in the 133-pound title match.
In the 157-pound title match, former Iowa State assistant coach Chris Bono, currently the head coach at Tennessee-Chattanooga, got a takedown in overtime to beat Cyler Sanderson, 4-2.
Iowa State's Nick Gallick claimed third place by medical forfeit at 141 pounds. Cyclone Dalton Jensen was pinned in his fifth-place match at 141 after a strong tournament performance.
Jordan Blanton of Illinois got a takedown late in the third period to beat Iowa State's Jerome Ward, 3-2 in the fifth-place match at 184 pounds. At heavyweight, Cyclone Dave Zabriskie gained revenge for his only tournament loss by beating Dom Bradley of Missouri, 5-2 for third place.
The scoring system for the Midlands is different than the NCAA Tournament. At Midlands this season, schools designated 10 individuals who would be "scorers" for the team. Teams were allowed to designate two wrestlers from one weight class and not count another weight class toward its point total. In addition, post-collegiate competitors, such as Bono are allowed to compete.
Iowa State is off until the National Duals, Jan. 10-11 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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