Nate Gallick wants three more matches with Teyon Ware.

On Saturday, the second of a much-anticipated four-part season series with the Oklahoma grappler takes place in Norman.

“I expect to see him on Saturday, and I also expect to see him twice more this year,” Gallick said. “Most likely, in the Big 12 finals and, if all goes well, the NCAA finals again. I want nothing more than to get another crack at him in front of the national crowd.”

Just days before the start of the Big 12 season, the Cyclone senior expressed both his confidence and respect for his rival.

“I do have a lot of respect for him as a wrestler. He is really solid and barely loses, so he is doing something right,” Gallick said. “But I can beat him, which is kind of the bottom line.”

Gallick (23-0) has earned six victories in seven attempts against the two-time national champion, including a 3-1 decision in the NWCA All-Star Classic during Thanksgiving break.

That decision, however, was an exhibition match, and doesn’t affect Ware’s record. It did, however, help Gallick exercise any lingering disappointment from last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Ware beat Gallick 3-2 in the 2005 141-pound championship match.

“[Gallick] is very confident. It ate at him all summer when he lost,” said teammate Trent Paulson. “But it gave him that much more desire and will to work harder, and make sure he wins when it counts this year.”

Ware (15-0) is ranked No. 1 by the Intermat/NWCA poll, but after the All-Star Classic, Gallick regained the No. 1 ranking in various other polls.

“I don’t think they’ll weigh their season right now,” Paulson said.

“Those two are thinking about the National Tournament.”

Gallick said he hadn’t marked the calendar for Saturday’s dual. And as far as strategy, he isn’t complicating the process.

“I’ll probably start getting mentally ready the next few days and do the same stuff I’ve been doing,” he said. “I just want to get on the videos and keep doing what I’ve been doing, which is winning.”

The rivalry pits two kinds of wrestlers against each other and fans should never tire of watching, said ISU coach Bobby Douglas. With an understanding for each other’s talents, Gallick and Ware have low-scoring, cerebral matches.

“It is a match made in heaven for spectators; it is a chess-match type of battle,” Douglas said.

Paulson said he agreed.

“A lot of people say their matches aren’t exciting, but it is because they know each other so well,” Paulson said. “Every little technique they do, the other one sees . and they see it three moves ahead. They have to scheme and hand-fight, and they have match plans to beat each other.”

Douglas described both Gallick and Ware as counter-wrestlers that can also attack.

“Who attacks who most is what is debatable,” Douglas said. “But the important thing is who can score the points.”

Ware won his first national title as a freshman, but Gallick beat him in the 2004 NCAA fifth-place match. Gallick also won 6-3 in last year’s dual.

“It is great for wrestling,” Douglas said. “It is one of the great rivalries we’ve had at that weight class. There have been others, but this is a good one, typical of the Big 12.”