Jacks host Iowa State in key Big 12 dual

Friday, January 17

Brookings, S.D.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Iowa State

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1/15/2020 3:03:00 PM | Wrestling

Dual 10: #16 Iowa State (4-3, 1-0 Big 12) at South Dakota State (6-3, 3-0)

When	Friday, Jan. 17 \| 7 p.m.	ORDER TICKETS
Where	Frost Arena \| Brookings, South Dakota
TV	FloWrestling.org (subscription)
Radio	None
Live Stats	TrackWrestling.com
Match Notes	South Dakota State Notes \| SDSU Statistics \| Iowa State Notes
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BROOKINGS, S.D. — The South Dakota State University wrestling team brings a five-match winning streak into a dual Friday night against 16th-ranked Iowa State.

Action begins at 7 p.m. at Frost Arena, with online video coverage available through FloWrestling.org (subscription required). The Warm Up Frost event will feature winter-related giveaways.

The Jackrabbits enter the dual with a 6-3 overall record, including a 3-0 mark in Big 12 Conference duals. SDSU ran its winning streak to five last week with a 25-13 road win at then-No. 16 Northern Iowa on Jan. 10, followed by a 17-16 home win two days later over Wyoming.

South Dakota State ranks second among team receiving votes in the NWCA Division I Coaches' Poll and is 23rd in the dual rankings conducted by Intermat.

Iowa State, meanwhile, carries a 4-3 overall dual record into Friday's matchup and a 1-0 mark against Big 12 foes after posting a 45-0 victory Jan. 9 at Utah Valley. The Cyclones, who feature eight ranked wrestlers in their lineup, ended last week by going 1-2 in the Sun Devil Duals, defeating Harvard (34-6), while losing to Campbell (14-22) and host and 12th-ranked Arizona State (12-21).

SERIES VERSUS IOWA STATE: Friday's dual will mark the 13th time South Dakota State and Iowa State have met on the wrestling mat. The Cyclones lead the all-time series, which dates back to a 27-2 ISU victory during the 1951-52 season by a 10-2 count.

Iowa State won the first nine duals in the series before the Jackrabbits recorded two consecutive convincing victories at Frost Arena during the 2016-17 (27-9) and 2017-18 (30-15) seasons.

The Cyclones turned the tables in strong fashion last season, shutting out the Jackrabbits, 47-0, on Feb. 1, 2019, at Hilton Coliseum. Four Iowa State wrestlers won by pin, one picked a win by forfeit, while two others earned victories by major decision.

#14 IOWA STATE 47, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 0 (Feb. 1, 2019)
157: Chase Straw (ISU) dec. Colten Carlson (SDSU), 11-4
165: Zane Mulder (ISU) def. Logan Peterson (SDSU), by fall 1:55
174: Marcus Coleman (ISU) major dec. Samuel Grove (SDSU), 12-3
184: #15 Sam Colbray (ISU) dec. Zach Carlson (SDSU), 8-4
197: #6 Willie Miklus (ISU) won by forfeit
285: Gannon Gremmel (ISU) dec. Blake Wolters (SDSU), 5-3
125: Alex Mackall (ISU) def. Gregory Coapstick (SDSU), by fall 2:25
133: #8 Austin Gomez (ISU) def. Rylee Molitor (SDSU), by fall 4:52
141: #11 Ian Parker (ISU) major dec. Aric Williams (SDSU), 17-6
149: #15 Jarrett Degen (ISU) def. Henry Pohlmeyer (SDSU), by fall 5:48

LAST WEEK: The Jackrabbits turned in a successful week on the wrestling mat, recording a pair of Big 12 dual victories and also having a number of younger wrestlers win titles at the Ridgewater Open.

Recap vs. Northern Iowa
Recap vs. Wyoming
Ridgewater Open Recap

POHLMEYER HONORED: South Dakota State 149-pounder Henry Pohlmeyer was named Tuesday as Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after helping lead the Jackrabbits to a pair of victories over conference opponents.

A senior from Johnston, Iowa, Pohlmeyer opened the week with a 9-1 major decision over seventh-ranked Max Thomsen in a Jan. 10 dual at Northern Iowa — a matchup in which the Jackrabbits came away with a 25-13 dual win over the 16th-ranked Panthers. He closed the weekend with a 6-2 decision over 19th-ranked Jaron Jensen of Wyoming on Jan. 12 as SDSU prevailed 17-16 in the dual.

With his two wins, Pohlmeyer improved to 11-3 on the season, including 4-1 in duals. He vaulted from being ranked 17th by both FloWrestling and TrackWrestling to 10th in this week's rankings. He also is ranked 11th by Intermat.

BIG 12 SUCCESS: Now in its fifth season as an affiliate member of the Big 12 Conference for wrestling, South Dakota State has proven it can contend in one of the top wrestling leagues in the country.

Since joining the league at the start of the 2015-16 season, the Jackrabbits have combined to post a 27-10 record in duals against Big 12 opponents, with seven of those losses coming during the 2018-19 campaign. SDSU posted an 8-0 mark in Big 12 duals during the 2017-18 season.

The Jackrabbits also turned in back-to-back third-place efforts at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship in both 2017 and 2018, after a fourth-place finish at their inaugural league meet in 2016.

RABBITS RANKED: Five South Dakota State wrestlers appear in the NCAA Division I rankings compiled by a variety of media outlets.

Ranked throughout the season have been Henry Pohlmeyer at 149 pounds and Tanner Sloan at 197 pounds. A two-time NCAA qualifier and a senior from Johnston, Iowa, Pohlmeyer was the big mover this week, vaulting to 10th in the rankings conducted by both FloWrestling and TrackWrestling. He also rejoined the Intermat rankings at No. 11.

Sloan, a redshirt freshman from Alburnett, Iowa, was ranked in the top 10 by three media outlets earlier in the season. He is currently ranked 17th by Intermat, 19th by TrackWrestling and 20th by FloWrestling.

At 184 pounds, Zach Carlson has moved into all three rankings, holding spots of 12th by TrackWrestling, 14th by Intermat and 16th by FloWrestling. He holds a 15-4 record, including sharing a team-best 7-2 mark in duals.

Also appearing in the rankings this week are 125-pounder Danny Vega and 165-pounder Tanner Cook. Vega, a junior who previously competed at Iowa State, is ranked 20th by Intermat and 26th by TrackWrestling. He has a 6-1 mark in duals since entering the lineup Dec. 20 versus Minnesota.

Cook, a freshman from Ilion, New York, posted pins in each of his first four duals of the season to take over the 26th spot in the TrackWrestling rankings this week.

Also appearing in the rankings this season, but not currently ranked, are 133-pounder Zach Price and 141-pounder Clay Carlson. Both are redshirt freshmen.

COACH HAHN: Damion Hahn, who helped build Cornell into a national power as an assistant coach, was hired on April 9, 2018, to lead the Jackrabbit wrestling program.

"Damion represents everything we are looking for in being able to take our wrestling program to the next level," said South Dakota State University Director of Athletics Justin Sell in announcing the hire. "His success both as a collegiate wrestler and coach, along with his ability to recruit high-achieving student-athletes on and off the mat, made him the ideal candidate. He is a tremendous ambassador for the sport who will work tirelessly to ensure wrestling thrives both on our campus and across the country."

During his first season with the Jackrabbits, Hahn faced a rebuilding task as SDSU featured new starters in six spots in the lineup. SDSU finished with a 3-10 dual record, including a 2-7 mark against Big 12 Conference opponents.

The Jackrabbits ended the 2018-19 season with a 10th-place finish at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship and had one NCAA qualifier in 149-pounder Henry Pohlmeyer.

Hahn enters this week with a 9-13 career dual record at SDSU.

Hahn spent 12 years as an assistant coach and later the associate head coach at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. During his tenure, the Big Red recorded 11 top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships, including consecutive runner-up finishes in 2010 and 2011. He mentored 50 All-Americans, 12 of whom were individual NCAA champions. Cornell also won 12 straight Ivy League dual championships and 11 consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association team titles.

In accepting his first head coaching position, Hahn made a return to the Midwest. As a collegiate wrestler at Minnesota, Hahn won NCAA individual national titles as a junior and senior. A four-time All-American, he also was a three-time Big 10 individual champion and was named the Jesse Owens Big 10 Male Athlete of the Year in 2004. The Golden Gophers won team NCAA championships during both his freshman and sophomore seasons. He finished his collegiate career with a 118-21 record.

Hahn was inducted into the University of Minnesota's M Club Hall of Fame in 2018.

THE ROSTER: The 2019-20 SDSU wrestling roster features 36 student-athletes from 12 different states. Of the 36 wrestlers, 10 are from Minnesota, followed by nine who are native South Dakotans. Iowa is represented by seven wrestlers, while two wrestlers hail from New York. Eight states — Arizona, California, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin — each have one wrestler.

By class, five are seniors, four are juniors, eight are sophomores, seven are redshirt freshmen and 12 are incoming freshmen.

A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbits close out a three-dual homestand by hosting Oklahoma on Jan. 26. The dual is slated for a 2 p.m. start at Frost Arena.

-GoJacks.com-