One year after Iowa State handed Cornell a loss that “embarrassed” CU coach Rob Koll, the Big Red got its revenge.

No. 15 Iowa State (6-8, 0-3 Big 12) kept it close with No. 2 Cornell (7-1, 0-1 EIWA) before the Big Red pulled away with a 30-16 victory in Ithaca, N.Y., on Sunday.

The marquee matchup of the dual featured top-ranked 174-pounder Jon Reader for Iowa State and third-ranked Mack Lewnes, the runner-up at 174 pounds last season.

Reader lunged out to a 6-2 lead in the second period after a reversal from the down position. Lewnes managed to knot the score at 6-6 with a takedown with 1:35 left in the match, but an escape by Reader with 1:10 remaining gave him the winning point in a 7-6 decision.

Reader, a senior, is now 27-0 on the season.

In the 157-pound match, redshirt freshman Trent Weatherman pulled off the upset of the afternoon, pinning No. 9 DJ Meagher in 4:36.

The victory was Weatherman’s first against a ranked opponent.

Junior Jerome Ward lost a close match to No. 1 Cam Simaz at 197 pounds, hanging with the Big Red grappler until giving up two consecutive points for stalling before a takedown by Simaz made the score 9-4 with 21 seconds to go in the second period.

Ward, who has been battling an injury to his right knee, was unable to make a comeback, dropping the match by a 14-6 major decision.