Andrew Sorenson gave his family a show on Sunday night, recording the only pin of Iowa State’s first-ever dual meet against Old Dominion at Hilton Coliseum, despite not having to record a single takedown to do so.

“I had a lot of fans here from my hometown,” Sorenson said. “That was for them. They don’t get to come too often and watch me wrestle, so that was for them.”

Early in the first period, Sorenson went for a single-leg attack and managed to hook Dan Rivera’s ankle to position himself on top of Rivera’s head. Rivera wound up on his back as Sorenson applied enough pressure to get the fall.

“I’ve been in that position plenty of times,” said the Cyclone 165-pounder. “Even in practice and stuff, it’s a feel position. I felt him, he was pretty clinged on to my back and I just kind of sat back on his head and waited and got the fall.”

Sorenson pumped his arms in celebration after the referee slapped the mat, solidifying Sorenson’s win-by-fall in the Cyclones’ 26-11 dual meet victory over Old Dominion on Sunday night at Hilton Coliseum.

“[Sorenson] is the real deal,” said ISU coach Kevin Jackson. “He’s had a great season so far. He’s turned the corner on us and really wrestled with a lot of confidence, a lot of emotion, and a lot of energy.”

No. 23 Iowa State (4-0) won seven of its 10 matches against the Monarchs (0-2), with dominating performances in the first five matches of the evening.

In the 157-pound match, a new-look Trent Weatherman notched seven takedowns and a two-point nearfall in his 17-6 major decision over the Monarchs’ Chad Lowman. Weatherman’s dominating performance has caught the attention of Jackson, as the Maxwell, Iowa native has gone 9-3 in his last 12 matches.

“We’ve been in his ear a lot over the past couple of weeks,” Jackson said. “I know he was getting a little frustrated and getting a little upset and kind of worried about us being on him so much, but at the same time I think it came out of him today and I was really impressed with the way he competed.”

Kyle Simonson began his preparation for this weekend by beating fellow heavyweight Matt Gibson in a wrestle-off on Thursday to win the starting spot in the dual meet for the Cyclones.

In the dual meet, Simonson controlled Grant Chapman for almost the entire match before giving up a reversal with 0:01 left in the third period. Simonson’s riding time advantage knotted the score at 2-2, enforcing an overtime.

“I went out there with the mentality that I wasn’t going to lose and I got a little sloppy for a second and he took advantage of it,” Simonson said. “No matter how tired I was, the other guy was also tired, so I just kept fighting for it.”

After a scoreless sudden victory period, Simonson methodically rode Chapman for the full 30 seconds of the first tiebreaker period to stay alive in the match. He then went on to escape in the latter half of the first tiebreaker period to win, 3-2.

“Sometimes you’ve got to win a match twice, he won that match twice,” Jackson said. “You can give one point in that situation but you never give a reversal in that situation, and so it was unfortunate but at the same time you’ve got to deal with a little adversity and I think he dealt with it real well and he found a way to win.”

The Cyclones will get a week of rest before the travel to Iowa City to face intrastate rival and reigning three-time national champion Iowa on Dec. 3. That match is set to begin at 7 p.m.