The Iowa State Cyclones return to the mat on Saturday January 11th to take on Rider in Hampton Virginia. The dual features 13 ranked wrestlers, with only 3 head to head ranked matches.
History: Iowa State leads the series with 3 wins to 1 lose. This years meeting should provide another Cyclone victory, as they are heavy favorites.
Keys To Victory: Iowa State is a heavy favorite and just needs to show up, they could even wrestle a few backups and still have nothing to worry about. Rider has no clear path to victory.
125 Kysen Terukina #14 vs Kaden Naame
133 Evan Frost #5 vs Nieko Malone
141 Jacob Frost #21 vs Bell, McKenzie
149 Anthony Ecemendia #6 or Paniro Johnson vs Alvarez, Sammy #18
157 Cody Chittum #6 vs Washleski, Colton
165 MJ Gaitan #15 vs Mungui a,Enrique
174 Aiden Riggins vs #24 Wilson, Michael
184 Evan Bockman #16 vs Isaac Dean #17
197 Christian Carroll #17 vs De Lange, Steyn
285 Daniel Herrera vs David Szuba #21
Conclusion: I see Iowa State winning 8 of the 10 bouts, and honestly winning all 10 isn’t out of the realm of possibilities. As always the case with Iowa State this season, it will be interesting to see who starts. I could see a final score of 32-6.