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CARLSON PLACES THIRD AT BIG 12 MEET
3/6/2022 3:32:00 PM | Wrestling
TULSA, Okla. — Clay Carlson recorded a third-place finish in the 141-pound weight class and two other South Dakota State wrestlers posted top-five placings during competition Sunday afternoon at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship at BOK Center.
Heading into tonight's championship matches, the Jackrabbits rank sixth in the team standings with 66 points, four points ahead of North Dakota State. Missouri leads the team race with 127.5 points, followed by Oklahoma with 113 and Iowa State with 106. The championship session begins at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2.
Second-seeded Tanner Sloan is the lone South Dakota State wrestler in the finals and will face top-seeded Stephen Buchanan of Wyoming in the 197-pound finals.
A junior from Willmar, Minnesota, Carlson won two matches Sunday to run his season record to 30-4 overall. In the consolation semifinals, the returning All-American tallied an 11-4 decision against Oklahoma's Jacob Butler. Wrestling for third place, Carlson defeated North Dakota State's Dylan Droegemueller, 7-5.
Also wrestling in a third-place match Sunday for the Jackrabbits was 174-pounder Cade DeVos. The sophomore from Altoona, Iowa, earned a 5-2 victory over fifth-seeded Hayden Hastings in the consolation semifinals, before suffering a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Anthony Mantanona of Oklahoma to finish fourth.
Heavyweight A.J. Nevills turned in a fifth-place finish in his weight class to become the fourth Jackrabbit to secure an automatic berth in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships later this month. Nevills was edged, 8-6, by Missouri's Zach Elam in the consolation semifinals before outlasting Oklahoma's Josh Heindselman, 5-4, in match that went to an overtime tiebreaker.
Jackrabbit wrestlers combined to go 1-2 in seventh-place matches, as well, on Sunday. Tanner Cook was the lone winner for SDSU in those matches, picking up his 15th pin of the season with a first-period fall against Northern Colorado's Nick Knutson.
Gabriel Tagg and Kenny O'Neil lost their matches to place eighth at 133 and 157 pounds, respectively. Tagg suffered his second loss of the tournament to Missouri's Connor Brown, this time by fall, while O'Neil dropped an 8-2 decision to Alex Hornfeck of West Virginia.
COMPLETE SDSU RESULTS
125: Tanner Jordan, So., St. Paris, Ohio (0-2 record)
• lost by dec. to #2 Taylor LaMont, Utah Valley, 3-1 [SV-1]
• lost by major dec. to #8 Jace Koelzer, Northern Colorado, 11-2
Jordan eliminated
133: #3 Gabriel Tagg, So., Lodi, Ohio (1-3 record)
• lost by dec. to Connor Brown, Missouri, 7-4
• dec. Garett Lautzenheiser, West Virginia, 7-2
• lost by dec. to Sidney Flores, Air Force, 12-10 [SV-1]
• lost to Connor Brown, Missouri, by fall 5:53
Eighth Place
141: #2 Clay Carlson, Jr., Willmar, Minn. (3-1 record)
• First-round bye
• dec. #7 Darren Green, Wyoming, 6-2
• lost by dec. to #3 Andrew Alirez, Northern Colorado, 5-3
• dec. Jacob Butler, Oklahoma, 11-4
• dec. #8 Dylan Droegemueller, North Dakota State, 7-5
Third Place
149: Daniel Kimball, So., Buckingham, Iowa (0-2 record)
• lost by dec. to #1 Kaden Gfeller, Oklahoma State, by fall 4:12
• lost by dec. to Dylan Martinez, Air Force, 9-3 [SV-1]
Kimball eliminated
157: Kenny O'Neil, Jr., Prior Lake, Minn. (1-3 record)
• lost to #7 Derek Holschlag, Northern Iowa, 4-1
• dec. #8 Jaxon Garoutte, Utah Valley, 4-2
• lost by dec. to #4 Jarrett Jacques, Missouri, 5-3
• lost by dec. to Alex Hornfeck, West Virginia, 8-2
Eighth Place
165: #6 Tanner Cook, So., Ilion, N.Y. (2-2 record)
• lost by dec. to Danny Snediker, Utah Valley, 9-4
• dec. #4 Travis Wittlake, Oklahoma State, 9-4
• lost by dec. to #8 Joe Grello, Oklahoma, 7-6
• def. Nick Knutson, Northern Colorado, by fall 2:25
Seventh Place
174: #2 Cade DeVos, So., Altoona, Iowa (3-2 record)
• dec. Sam Wolf, Air Force, 5-2
• dec. #7 Joel Devine, Iowa State, 3-0
• lost by dec. to #6 Peyton Mocco, Missouri, 2-0
• dec. #5 Hayden Hastings, Wyoming, 5-2
• lost by dec. to #3 Anthony Mantanona, Oklahoma, 6-3
Fourth Place
184: #5 Cade King, Jr., Waseca, Minn. (0-2 record)
• lost by dec. to Anthony Carman, West Virginia, 5-2
• lost by dec. to #3 Tate Samuelson, Wyoming, 4-2
King eliminated
197: #2 Tanner Sloan, Jr., Alburnett, Iowa (3-0 record)
• def. Kayne Hutchison, Air Force, by fall 2:25
• dec. #7 Alan Clothier, Northern Colorado, 5-1
• major dec. #6 Owen Pentz, North Dakota State, 8-0
• Championship: vs. #1 Stephen Buchanan, Wyoming
285: #4 A.J. Nevills, Jr., Clovis, Calif. (3-2 record)
• dec. Chase Trussell, Utah Valley, 3-2
• dec. #5 Michael Wolfgram, West Virginia, 4-3
• lost to #1 Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Force, by fall
• lost by dec. to #2 Zach Elam, Missouri, 8-6
• dec. #8 Josh Heindselman, Oklahoma, 5-4 [TB-1]
Fifth Place
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Missouri – 127.5
2. Oklahoma - 113
3. Iowa State - 106
4. Oklahoma State - 96.5
5. Northern Iowa - 95
6. South Dakota St. - 66
7. North Dakota St. - 62
8. West Virginia - 58
9. Wyoming - 53.5
10. Air Force - 40
11. Utah Valley - 34.0
12. Northern Colorado - 31.5
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
125: #1 Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) vs. #3 Brody Teske (Northern Iowa)
133: #1 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa)
141: #3 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) vs. #4 Allan Hart (Missouri)
149: #1 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Willie McDougald (Oklahoma)
157: #1 David Carr (Iowa State) vs. #2 Jared Franek (North Dakota State)
165: #1 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) vs. #2 Peyton Hall (West Virginia)
174: #1 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs. #6 Peyton Mocco (Missouri)
184: #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) vs. #6 Jeremiah Kent (Missouri)
197: #1 Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) vs. #2 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State)
285: #1 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) vs. #7 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State)
Heading into tonight's championship matches, the Jackrabbits rank sixth in the team standings with 66 points, four points ahead of North Dakota State. Missouri leads the team race with 127.5 points, followed by Oklahoma with 113 and Iowa State with 106. The championship session begins at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN2.
Second-seeded Tanner Sloan is the lone South Dakota State wrestler in the finals and will face top-seeded Stephen Buchanan of Wyoming in the 197-pound finals.
A junior from Willmar, Minnesota, Carlson won two matches Sunday to run his season record to 30-4 overall. In the consolation semifinals, the returning All-American tallied an 11-4 decision against Oklahoma's Jacob Butler. Wrestling for third place, Carlson defeated North Dakota State's Dylan Droegemueller, 7-5.
Also wrestling in a third-place match Sunday for the Jackrabbits was 174-pounder Cade DeVos. The sophomore from Altoona, Iowa, earned a 5-2 victory over fifth-seeded Hayden Hastings in the consolation semifinals, before suffering a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Anthony Mantanona of Oklahoma to finish fourth.
Heavyweight A.J. Nevills turned in a fifth-place finish in his weight class to become the fourth Jackrabbit to secure an automatic berth in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships later this month. Nevills was edged, 8-6, by Missouri's Zach Elam in the consolation semifinals before outlasting Oklahoma's Josh Heindselman, 5-4, in match that went to an overtime tiebreaker.
Jackrabbit wrestlers combined to go 1-2 in seventh-place matches, as well, on Sunday. Tanner Cook was the lone winner for SDSU in those matches, picking up his 15th pin of the season with a first-period fall against Northern Colorado's Nick Knutson.
Gabriel Tagg and Kenny O'Neil lost their matches to place eighth at 133 and 157 pounds, respectively. Tagg suffered his second loss of the tournament to Missouri's Connor Brown, this time by fall, while O'Neil dropped an 8-2 decision to Alex Hornfeck of West Virginia.
COMPLETE SDSU RESULTS
125: Tanner Jordan, So., St. Paris, Ohio (0-2 record)
• lost by dec. to #2 Taylor LaMont, Utah Valley, 3-1 [SV-1]
• lost by major dec. to #8 Jace Koelzer, Northern Colorado, 11-2
Jordan eliminated
133: #3 Gabriel Tagg, So., Lodi, Ohio (1-3 record)
• lost by dec. to Connor Brown, Missouri, 7-4
• dec. Garett Lautzenheiser, West Virginia, 7-2
• lost by dec. to Sidney Flores, Air Force, 12-10 [SV-1]
• lost to Connor Brown, Missouri, by fall 5:53
Eighth Place
141: #2 Clay Carlson, Jr., Willmar, Minn. (3-1 record)
• First-round bye
• dec. #7 Darren Green, Wyoming, 6-2
• lost by dec. to #3 Andrew Alirez, Northern Colorado, 5-3
• dec. Jacob Butler, Oklahoma, 11-4
• dec. #8 Dylan Droegemueller, North Dakota State, 7-5
Third Place
149: Daniel Kimball, So., Buckingham, Iowa (0-2 record)
• lost by dec. to #1 Kaden Gfeller, Oklahoma State, by fall 4:12
• lost by dec. to Dylan Martinez, Air Force, 9-3 [SV-1]
Kimball eliminated
157: Kenny O'Neil, Jr., Prior Lake, Minn. (1-3 record)
• lost to #7 Derek Holschlag, Northern Iowa, 4-1
• dec. #8 Jaxon Garoutte, Utah Valley, 4-2
• lost by dec. to #4 Jarrett Jacques, Missouri, 5-3
• lost by dec. to Alex Hornfeck, West Virginia, 8-2
Eighth Place
165: #6 Tanner Cook, So., Ilion, N.Y. (2-2 record)
• lost by dec. to Danny Snediker, Utah Valley, 9-4
• dec. #4 Travis Wittlake, Oklahoma State, 9-4
• lost by dec. to #8 Joe Grello, Oklahoma, 7-6
• def. Nick Knutson, Northern Colorado, by fall 2:25
Seventh Place
174: #2 Cade DeVos, So., Altoona, Iowa (3-2 record)
• dec. Sam Wolf, Air Force, 5-2
• dec. #7 Joel Devine, Iowa State, 3-0
• lost by dec. to #6 Peyton Mocco, Missouri, 2-0
• dec. #5 Hayden Hastings, Wyoming, 5-2
• lost by dec. to #3 Anthony Mantanona, Oklahoma, 6-3
Fourth Place
184: #5 Cade King, Jr., Waseca, Minn. (0-2 record)
• lost by dec. to Anthony Carman, West Virginia, 5-2
• lost by dec. to #3 Tate Samuelson, Wyoming, 4-2
King eliminated
197: #2 Tanner Sloan, Jr., Alburnett, Iowa (3-0 record)
• def. Kayne Hutchison, Air Force, by fall 2:25
• dec. #7 Alan Clothier, Northern Colorado, 5-1
• major dec. #6 Owen Pentz, North Dakota State, 8-0
• Championship: vs. #1 Stephen Buchanan, Wyoming
285: #4 A.J. Nevills, Jr., Clovis, Calif. (3-2 record)
• dec. Chase Trussell, Utah Valley, 3-2
• dec. #5 Michael Wolfgram, West Virginia, 4-3
• lost to #1 Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Force, by fall
• lost by dec. to #2 Zach Elam, Missouri, 8-6
• dec. #8 Josh Heindselman, Oklahoma, 5-4 [TB-1]
Fifth Place
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Missouri – 127.5
2. Oklahoma - 113
3. Iowa State - 106
4. Oklahoma State - 96.5
5. Northern Iowa - 95
6. South Dakota St. - 66
7. North Dakota St. - 62
8. West Virginia - 58
9. Wyoming - 53.5
10. Air Force - 40
11. Utah Valley - 34.0
12. Northern Colorado - 31.5
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES
125: #1 Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) vs. #3 Brody Teske (Northern Iowa)
133: #1 Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Kyle Biscoglia (Northern Iowa)
141: #3 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) vs. #4 Allan Hart (Missouri)
149: #1 Kaden Gfeller (Oklahoma State) vs. #2 Willie McDougald (Oklahoma)
157: #1 David Carr (Iowa State) vs. #2 Jared Franek (North Dakota State)
165: #1 Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) vs. #2 Peyton Hall (West Virginia)
174: #1 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) vs. #6 Peyton Mocco (Missouri)
184: #1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) vs. #6 Jeremiah Kent (Missouri)
197: #1 Stephen Buchanan (Wyoming) vs. #2 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State)
285: #1 Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) vs. #7 Luke Surber (Oklahoma State)
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