Iowa State Dominates Overwhelmed Huskies

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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Iowa State wrestling team physically dominated Northern Illinois en route to a 23-11 victory in the first consolation round of the National Duals in the UNI-Dome. A pin from Andrew Sorenson at 165 pounds and a technical fall from top-ranked Jon Reader at 174 pounds led the way for the Cyclones.

In an extremely tight match with the Huskies' Izzy Montemayor at 133 pounds, Ben Cash hit a takedown with only one second remaining in overtime to secure a 5-3 victory and three valuable points for his team.

Chris Drouin continued his strong day with a dominant 7-2 victory over Tristen DeShazer at 141 pounds, and after the match Northern Illinois was deducted a team point for misconduct.

Sorenson brought the crowd to their feet with a punishing pin over Matt Mougin at 165 pounds. Sorenson was in on a shot, and threw in a deep half-nelson to throw Mougin to his back and earn the pin at the 5:32 mark of the match.

Reader turned his opponent three separate times, and although unable to get the pin, earned his team five team points with a dominant technical fall over Zach Benzio. The victory is Reader's 14th bonus point victory of the season and runs his record to 20-0.

Phil Hawes won a strategic battle against Mike Lukowski at 197 pounds. Hawes used an early takedown and good defense en route to a 3-2 victory.

Kyle Simonson once again finished the dual with a victory for the Cyclones. The Algona, Iowa native racked up over three minutes of riding time on his way to an easy 7-0 victory.

The Cyclones will face the loser of the Wisconsin/American dual Saturday night.

Results

125: Nick Smith (Northern Illinois) dec. Patrick Hunter (Iowa State), 7-5

133: Ben Cash (Iowa State) dec. Izzy Montemayor (Northern Illinois), 5-3 SV

141: Chris Drouin (Iowa State) dec. Tristen DeShazer (Northern Illinois), 7-2

149: Vince Castillo (Northern Illinois) dec. Max Mayfield (Iowa State), 4-2

157: Bryan Deutsch (Northern Illinois) dec. Trent Weatherman (Iowa State), 11-6

165: Andrew Sorenson (Iowa State) pin Matt Mougin (Northern Illinois), 5:32

174: Jon Reader (Iowa State) TF5 Zach Benzio (Northern Illinois), 19-4

184: Brad Dieckhaus (Northern Illinois) dec. Matt Riley (Iowa State), 9-2

197: Phil Hawes (Iowa State) dec. Mike Lukowski (Northern Illinois), 3-2

285: Kyle Simonson (Iowa State) dec. Dakota Greenhaw (Northern Illinois), 7-0

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