LOUIS, Mo. – The ISU wrestling team may have wasted too many

Cyclones earned only four All-American honors here Thursday at the

NCAA Tournament, but the team still sits in third place. Iowa State

trails leader Ohio State by 12.5 points and second-place Iowa by

9.5, though the Hawkeyes will get three automatic points in the

State coach Cael Sanderson was clearly upset after the night

session, in which Jon Reader (165) and David Zabriskie (HWT) lost

Varner (197) is the ISU finalist and will wrestle Nebraska’s

top-seeded Craig Brester Saturday night in a rematch of the Big 12

don’t know how many opportunites got nearly handed to us, you know,

on a plate nearly handed to us,” Sanderson said. “and we didn’t

State won three of five quarterfinal matches Thursday morning.

Sixth-seeded Nick Gallick (141) was pinned in the Thursday morning

quarterfinals, and is the only Cyclone alive in consolations other

Zabriskie regained his balance, broke Wise’s control, dropped down

to Wise’s leg and scored a takedown with three seconds

fortune didn’t carry into the semifinals for the Cyclones, however,

as Reader lost in double overtime on riding time, while Zabriskie

was taken down with 1:20 left by fifth-seeded Konrad Dudziak of

approximately 20 seconds remaining, Zabriskie shot and reached the

legs of Dudziak, but the Blue Devil grabbed Zabriskie’s ankle and

you play the game, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,”

Sanderson said. “There is an attitude to wins, there’s a discipline

that you have to have to follow your gameplan, and do what you do.

you play the edge, you’re going to fall off, you know — every once

in a while. I mean, there’s no surprises. You’ve got to take ‘em.

You’ve gotta take those opportunities. How many opportunities do

the second set of tiebreakers, Reader needed 25 seconds to escape,

while King got out in 11 seconds. A riding time advantage from the

two tiebreakers results in a point, so King won the match,

guys need to finish high,” Sanderson said. “Right now it’s a matter

of pride and being the best you can be, and being a man… and you

multitude of different scenarios could play out in the team race,

as Ohio State has three finalists and one wrestler in the

consolations. Iowa has one finalist, and four wrestlers in the

finalists, Brester (197) and Jordan Burroughs (157). Each win in

the finals would add four points to the team score. Brandon Brown

(174) and Vince Jones (184) can earn 4.5 points each in

if Varner beats Brester in the finals. Gallick, Reader and

Zabriskie are alive with a chance for third. If each wins, that

explained below) has one finalist, returning Hodge Trophy winner

Brent Metcalf (149). Ryan Morningstar (165), Phil Keddy (184) and

Dan Erekson (HWT) can wrestle for third place. The Hawkeyes were

fortunate, as Daniel Dennis (133) will add three points just by

stepping on the mat. His opponent, Joe Baker of Navy, medically

forfeited, giving the Hawkeyes one extra point for placement and

two more for a forfeit. Advancement points are not scored in

Reece Humphrey (133), J Jaggers (141) and Mike Pucillo (184). Lance

advancing in the consolation semifinals adds 3.5 points to each

2 Reece Humphrey (30-3) vs. No. 1 Franklin Gomez, Michigan State,

4 Lance Palmer (31-4) vs. No. 8 Jake Patacsil, Purdue,

3 J Jaggers (27-7) vs. No. 8 Ryan Williams, Old Dominion,

3 Mike Pucillo (23-1) vs. No. 1 Jake Herbert, Northwestern,

1 Brent Metcalf (37-0) vs. No. 3 Darrion Caldwell, N.C. State,

3 Ryan Morningstar (30-6) vs. No. 4 Moza Fay, Northern Iowa,

2 Phil Keddy (33-4) vs. No. 12 Vince Jones, Nebraska,

7 Daniel Erekson (26-7) vs. No. 1 David Zabriskie, Iowa State,

1 Jordan Burroughs (34-0) vs. No. 2 Michael Poeta, Illinios,

3 Brandon Browne (29-4) vs. No. 6 Steve Anceravage, Cornell,