The Jackrabbit Wrestling team put on a show last week after a 30-10 comeback victory over Northern Colorado in SDSU’s second-to-last home meet of the season.
In this dual, The Jackrabbits fell short early on and lost the opening three matches. South Dakota State then went on to win the next seven (one by forfeit) to seal the victory and move to 13-3 on the year (5-1, Big 12).
Dominic Serrano of UNC started the dual by defeating SDSU’s Derrick Cardinal 9-2 while Andrew Alirez, the 2023 National Champion at 141 pounds beat Julian Tagg 11-3.
At 149 pounds, Benji Alanis and Avery Allen battled closely before Alanis added a third Northern Colorado victory with a win by decision 4-3.
The Jackrabbits would then sweep the remaining seven matches of the dual.
Transfer Cobe Siebrecht tallied SDSU’s first points of the night with an upset victory over No. 15 Vinny Zerban 4-1. Siebrecht started hot early on with a takedown in the first and a reversal in the second period.
“Cobe went out there and picked up a big win,” said Damion Hahn. “Two weekends in a row picking up big wins. Cobe [is] kind of coming into his zone confidence wise and he got the ball rolling for us and we kept the momentum… we ended up running the table.”
Drake Rhodes earned a victory at 165 pounds over Clayton Ulrey by major decision (12-1). Rhodes started the match strong with a takedown before scoring another with under a minute and a half remaining in the second period. The redshirt sophomore tallied a third takedown in the final period and racked up over third and a half minutes of ride time.
At 174 pounds, Cade DeVos earned SDSU’s first of two tech falls with his being against Aydin Rix-McElhinney 21-5. Heavyweight Luke Rasmussen brought in their second over Jose Valdez 15-0.
Bennett Berge won his match 4-2, Zach Glazier beat Andrew Donague 11-2 and Tanner Jordan earned a victory by forfeit.
Iowa State
For the last home dual of the season, the Jackrabbits will host No. 14 Iowa State tomorrow at First Bank & Trust Arena with the match scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
“It’s going to come down to the wire,” said Hahn. “This is going to be a battle.”
The last time Iowa State and South Dakota State met on the met was in 2021 when the Cyclones won at a neutral site 19-2.
Historically, SDSU is 2-12 against ISU with their two victories dating back to 2016 and 2018.
This season, The Cyclones boast a 10-4 record (4-1, Big 12) with losses over Stanford, Iowa, Ohio State and Oklahoma State. Three of their four losses have been against teams ranked inside the top eight.
ISU has tallied four of their ten wins this season to ranked opponents with notable victories over Pitt and North Carolina.
The Cyclones are strongest in the early to middle weights, with top-10 wrestlers at 133, 141, 149 and 157 pounds.
Evan and Jacob Frost, two twin sophomores from Louisiana have been stellar on the mat for Iowa Stat this season.
Evan Frost wrestles in the 133-pound weight class and is ranked No. 5 in the country and has a season record of 14-2 and 9-1 in duals while tallying two pins, three tech falls and three major decisions.
His brother Jacob is ninth in the country and has a 10-1 record in duals. Jacob Frost, Manny Rojas and Sawyer Bartelt each have seven tech falls this season.
