"Overall I thought we wrestled well," Iowa State head coach Cael Sanderson said. "We are working on getting better individually with our eye on March. The move up a weight for several of our wrestlers this season is paying off and making our guys better. We expect to be in the fight in March."
Iowa State wrestled in the seventh-place match after the first day of competition saw ISU lose its opening dual to Hofstra 19-18 on criteria. The Cyclones battled back through the consolation bracket, wrestling in three duals over a six-hour period, defeating Northern Iowa (31-3) and fourth-seeded Central Michigan (24-6) before falling to top-seeded Penn State (22-16).
Reader, the nation's sixth-ranked grappler at 165 pounds, took only 15 seconds to stick Northwestern's Dominic Marella. The fall is the one of the quickest in Iowa State wrestling history and is the fourth of Reader's redshirt freshman campaign. The school record for quickest pin is six seconds by Mike Land versus Mike Vilolao of FIU in 1976.
"I've had some quick pins in high school and before that but I don't know if I've had any that quick," Reader said. "It was fast."
In five bouts this weekend, the Davison, Mich., native notched two major decisions, a technical fall and the pin. He has amassed 14 victories resulting in bonus points and carries a 21-2 record.
Varner registered his seventh win by fall this season with a 2:17 stick of Adil Kolovic at 184 pounds. It only took the All-American 30 seconds to take Kolovic down and work to get a three-point near fall. Thirty seconds later, Varner got the pin. The sophomore from Bakersfield, Calif., holds a record of 16-0.
Cyler Sanderson tallied a 12-3 major decision over Kyle Bertin. To notch his sixth major of the year and third of the tournament, Sanderson used four takedowns and a two-point nearfall. Currently ranked fifth at 157 pounds, the sophomore hailing from Heber City, Utah, holds a 21-2 record.
Nick Gallick (15-9) decisioned James Kohlberg 11-4 at 141 pounds and Nick Fanthorpe (20-3) received a forfeit at 133 pounds.
Iowa State returns back to Hilton Coliseum Friday night to take on No. 12/15 Wisconsin at 7 p.m. The dual will not be televised. Live stats will be available at cyclones.com.
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