JACKS TAKE SECOND AT NATIONAL DUALS

Friday, January 10

Cedar Falls, Iowa

South Dakota State University

NWCA National Duals

1/11/2025 5:30:00 PM | Wrestling

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The Jacks took second at NWCA National Duals this weekend as they split their matches against No. 17 Little Rock and No. 7 UNI on Saturday.

In their first dual of the day, SDSU went up against No. 17 Little Rock. Tanner Jordan started the day for the Jacks with bonus points as he scored a 9-1 decision over Jayden Carson to give SDSU an early lead. Julian Tagg added to the lead at 141 pounds when he took down Brennan Van Hoecke 14-5 to add another four points to the Jacks lead.

SDSU dropped their matches at 149 and 157 pounds by decision allowing Little Rock to take a slight lead after five matches, 10-8. Marcus Espinoza-Owens got the Jacks back on the right track by upsetting No. 24 Joseph Bianchi at 165 pounds with a 13-6 decision.

Cade DeVos followed up Espinoza-Owens with a dominant 8-2 decision against Tyler Brennan. In the highlight match from the dual, No. 6 Bennett Berge took on No. 10 Brock DelSignore. Each wrestler had one point from an escape coming down to the last minute of the match when Berge scored a huge takedown to take a decision 5-1 over DelSignore. This put the Jacks up 17-10 with two matches left.

Thomas Dineen put up a good fight against No. 6 Stephen Little, holding the top-ranked 197-pounder to a 7-3 decision. No. 25 Luke Rasmussen finished the dual with an impressive pinfall victory over Keith Miley at 5:45 of the match to secure the victory for the Jacks, 23-13.

In the championship dual, the Jacks wouldn't fare as well. After a late takedown by Tanner Jordan put the Jacks on the board with a decision win, the Jacks would drop the rest of the matches, allowing UNI to take the bout 31-3.

Derrick Cardinal, Marcus Espinoza-Owens, and Cade DeVos had tightly contested matches at 133, 165 and 174 pounds. Cardinal gained an early lead against Julian Farber with a takedown but couldn't build any momentum, dropping a decision 6-3. Marcus Espinoza-Owens faced a tough challenge going up against No. 18 Jack Thomsen. After each wrestler scored an escape, Thomsen was able to push through a takedown and take a decision over Espinoza-Owens. DeVos battled with No. 16 Jared Simma for the third time this year. After scoring a late takedown to go up 5-4 in the match, DeVos gave up a late reversal, allowing Simma to take the 6-5 decision and go 2-1 against DeVos for the year.

UP NEXT

The Jacks are back in Big 12 competition next week with a pair of duals against Cal Baptist on Thursday and Air Force on Saturday. Both duals are on the road.

RESULTS*

No. 14 SDSU 23, No. 17 Little Rock 13

125 - No. 12 Tanner Jordan (SDSU) MD Jayden Carson (LR), 9-1

133 - No. 9 Nasir Bailey (LR) MD No. 20 Derrick Cardinal (SDSU), 11-1

141 - Julian Tagg (SDSU) MD Brennan Van Hoecke (LR), 14-5

149 - No. 16 Jordan Williams (LR) dec. Colin Dupill (SDSU), 9-5

157 - No. 23 Matty Bianchi (LR) SV-1 Moses Espinoza-Owens (SDSU), 4-1

165 - Marcus Espinoza-Owens (SDSU) dec. No. 24 Joseph Bianchi (LR), 13-6

174 - No. 7 Cade DeVos (SDSU) dec. Tyler Brennan (LR), 8-2

184 - No. 6 Bennett Berge (SDSU) dec. No. 10 Brock DelSignore, 5-1

197 - No. 6 Stephen Little dec. Thomas Dineen (SDSU), 7-3

285 - No. 25 Luke Rasmussen (SDSU) pinfall win Keith Miley (LR), 5:45