"We're getting good mat time. Those who wrestled tonight wrestled well. Overall, we had a good performance," head coach Bobby Douglas said. "Virginia Tech has great potential in the future and we're going to have to wrestle very well when we face them next."
After opening the dual with a forfeit at 184 pounds, true freshman Joe Curran recorded his third pin in four appearances at Hilton Coliseum with a fall at the 4:11 mark over Tech's Matt Woods at 197 pounds. Curran improved to 5-1 in dual action and notched his fourth pin of the year.
Aron Scott returned to action after taking a medical forfeit at Midlands by scoring a 22-4 technical fall in five minutes over Joe Thompson. Scott used two three-point near falls and one two-point near fall en route to the victory.
"I feel good, real good. I went out there and worked my stuff," Scott said. "I had to wrestle my match and I came away with the win."
Travis Paulson, a third-place finisher at Midlands, scored his third technical fall of the season, a 22-6 (6:38) victory against Mark Czarny at 165 pounds. Paulson registered eight takedowns and a three-point near fall.
Two-time All-American Nate Gallick, picked up his fifth major decision of the season at 141 pounds. Gallick scored four takedowns against No. 8 David Hoffman in the final period to win the match, 19-6.
Also picking up wins for the Cyclones were Jesse Sundell (133) and David Bertolino (174).
The Cyclones will travel to Tempe, Ariz., on Jan. 8 to face UC Davis (2-1, 1-0 Pac-10) and Arizona State (3-3, 1-0 Pac-10) in the Sun Devil Duals. ISU downed ASU in their last meeting on Nov. 28, 2004, 22-16. It will be the first meeting between the Cyclones and the Aggies.
Wrestling action will return to Ames on Sun., Feb. 5, at noon when Iowa State will play host to Penn State. The dual will take place at Ames High School due to a scheduling conflict in Hilton Coliseum.
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