The ISU wrestling team will travel to Morgantown, W. Va., this weekend for a showdown with new Big 12 member West Virginia.

West Virginia (1-5, 0-2 Big 12) is an unfamiliar foe for the Cyclones (4-3, 0-1) given its recent admission to the conference. This will be just the Mountaineers’ third Big 12 dual meet ever.

“We had a great week of training in our preparation for West Virginia,” said ISU coach Kevin Jackson. “The guys are looking forward to competition; it’s been a couple weeks now. We watched [West Virginia] wrestle against [Oklahoma], seen their results from Oklahoma State, and they have some kids that can wrestle. So, it’s heightened our sense of urgency a little bit since we’ve gotten a chance to really watch them.”

Iowa State is hitting a hot part of its schedule, having won its last three duals, all during a road trip to the East Coast. The winning streak is the longest for the Cyclones since the 2010-11 season, but they are still in search of their first Big 12 victory since 2009-10.

Three Cyclones who wrestled at least twice during the East Coast trip went undefeated. No. 19 Michael Moreno went 3-0 at 165 pounds during the trip, while No. 20 Tanner Weatherman (174) and No. 9 Kyven Gadson (197) both went 2-0.

“We’ve got four duals left, trying to win out those four duals, and I’m trying to really dominate,” Moreno said. “I’m winning a lot of matches, but I’m still not to where I want to be. I have to make sure I capitalize on my opportunities.”

The Mountaineers have lost their last five meets after opening the season by blowing out Johns Hopkins 43-0.

Both Iowa State and West Virginia have been defeated by Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., this season. The Cyclones fell to the Sooners by a tight 19-15 margin while the Mountaineers were beaten 25-14.

“They have a good coaching staff,” said ISU assistant coach Travis Paulson about West Virginia. “They’re going to come out and try to get their first Big 12 win, but I think that we just need to go out and initiate tie-ups and have heavy hands and take the fight to them, and we’ll be fine.”

Following this meet, the Cyclones will return home for three duals in one week — their final home duals of the season.

The meet at West Virginia is set to begin at 2 p.m on Jan. 26.