The Jacks finished up a successful weekend of wrestling with a win over conference opponents Utah Valley 21-16 and Wyoming 31-3.
South Dakota State will be at First Bank & Trust Arena tomorrow against Northern Colorado and Feb. 14 to compete with Iowa State before ending the regular season on the road against North Dakota State on Feb. 23.
Utah Valley
The Jackrabbits earned six victories over the course of the dual with the Wolverines.
“Utah Valley wrestled extremely well,” said head coach Damion Hahn. “They have some scrappy guys, there is no doubt about it… we had three of our starters not in the lineup and they picked up a couple of close wins which kept them in the match.”
At the 285-pound weight class, No. 25 Luke Rasmussen secured the win over Jack Forbes. In the bout, Rassmussen held control through the entire match, winning by tech fall 20-4.
“We had a good idea of what he [Forbes] was going to do,” said Hahn. “Luke [Rasmussen] just… he wrestled well. He got to his positions, got on top and just tortured him.”
No. 15 Tanner Jordan snagged a narrow victory against Bridger Ricks 4-3 at 125 pounds while No. 6 Bennet Berge won by decision over Caleb Uhlenhopp 14-7 at 184 pounds.
Cade DeVos, whose ranked ninth in the country earned a victory by major decision over Mark Takara 12-2.
At 157 pounds, No. 18 transfer Cobe Siebrecht faced off against Ryker Fullmer of Utah Valley. After a late reversal in the second period from Siebrecht, the pair went into the third period separated by just a point. Siebrecht tallied a takedown in the third period to earn an 8-6 victory.
SDSU’s Colin Dupill toppled Smokey McClure 7-3 in the 149-pound weight class to propel the Jackrabbits to another Big 12 win.
Wyoming
Last Saturday, The Jackrabbits took care of business against the Cowboys, handing out a 31-3 loss to Wyoming.
In the ten matches, the Jacks managed to win nine of them. Their sole loss of the night was in the 197-pound weight class where SDSU’s Thomas Dineen suffered a loss to Joey Novak, the No. 11 wrestler in the 197-pound weight class 7-4.
Drake Rhodes made his return on Saturday with a dominant 18-3 tech fall victory over Cooper Voorhees.
In Jordan’s match against Garrett Ricks, the sixth year won by way of major decision 12-3. Derrick Cardinal follow suit after Jordan, also winning by major decision in his match at 133 pounds.
Berge hit the mat against ranked Eddie Neitenbach and put on a show, earning two takedowns in the first period. He would then go on to win the match 9-2.
DeVos, Siebrecht, Rasmussen, Julian Tagg and Avery Allen all earned victories as well.
Northern Colorado
The jackrabbits will take on the Northern Colorado Bears tomorrow for their second-to-last home dual of the season. The Bears march into the dual boasting a 9-4 record on the season (2-2, Big 12 Conference) and four home wins.
“Out of those ten weights, their lower half is where they are… their solid,” said Hahn in his weekly press conference.
No. 4 Stevo Poulin has made a large impact for the Bears in his junior season with a 17-1 this season at 125 pounds. Poulin will match up against SDSU’s No. 14 Jordan.
“This is a test for TJ [Tanner Jordan],” said Hahn. “A guy TJ has never beaten so game planning and getting things down for him in the sense of what he needs to do from a tactical standpoint is going to be important.”
Dominick Serrano has been a force at 133 pounds this season, holding a 13-2 record on the year and second on the team with wins.
At 141 pounds, No. 3 Andrew Alirez boasts an undefeated record of 8-0 in 2024-25. The redshirt senior was ranked No. 1 during the preseason and was Northern Colorado’s first national champion in the modern wrestler era, finishing the 2022-23 year with a 28-0 record.
