The seventh-ranked Iowa State wrestling team ended a four-dual meet losing streak with a 22-13 victory over Nebraska at Hilton Coliseum on Sunday. It was the Cyclones’ first victory over a Big 12 foe.

“The Big 12 matches are the most important to me,” Coach Bobby Douglas said. “This is a victory our young people can build on.”

The Huskers, ranked fifth, were forced to forfeit at 118, giving Cody Sanderson the victory and the Cyclones a 6-0 lead. A lead the team would not relinquish.

At 126, ISU’s Dwight Hinson earned a 6-3 decision over 11th-ranked Jeramie Welder. Hinson, currently ranked No. 2, was coming off a big week. Hinson defeated the top ranked 126-pounder, Oklahoma State’s Eric Guerrero, for the second time this season and will gain the top spot in next week’s rankings. He now stands at 19-2.

Brad Canoyer, a native of Griswald, finally got the Huskers on the board with a major decision over Frank Kisley. Kisley only trailed by five points at the end of the second period, but Canoyer earned six take-downs in the final stanza to earn the 20-7 victory.

Cole Sanderson came up with one of the biggest victories of the day at 142. Sanderson had already dropped two matches this year to Nebraska grapplers, but came up with a 3-2 win over Jose DeAnda. Sanderson scored all of his points in the second period with a fantastic gramby roll to escape and then promptly earned a takedown.

“I knew I was in better shape than (DeAnda),” Cole Sanderson said. “There isn’t a guy at my weight that works harder and I knew he wouldn’t have enough late to put anything together.”

At 150 pounds, David Maldonado had a dominating victory for the Cyclones over Ryan Bauer.

Maldonado was all over Bauer from the outset, including a five-point throw in the first period. He won 14-5 in a major decision. The victory ran Maldonado’s record to 16-7 and gave the Cyclones a 16-4 lead.

Following the 150-pound match, the 1972, 1973 and 1987 National Championship teams were honored. Among those in attendance were Olympic gold medalist Ed Banach, national champion Stewart Carter and former coach Jim Gibbons.

The 190-pound match came next because Nebraska’s Ryan Tobin, along with Hinson needed to leave early to catch a flight to Buffalo, New York for an All-Star wrestling meet.

ISU’s ninth-ranked Zach Thompson, a redshirt freshman, gave Tobin, a senior ranked fourth, everything he could handle, nearly scoring a takedown in the first period, but lost 3-0.

Nebraska’s top-ranked Temoer Terry beat Cyclone Perry Parks. Terry ran his record to a perfect 7-0.

Cyclone Matt Patitz earned his 11th victory of the year with a 6-1 win over Brad Cooper. Patitz scored a takedown in each of the first two periods to pave the way.

At 177, Matt Mulvihill took on Nebraska’s No. 8 wrestler Brad Vering. Mulvihill led 3-1 in the second period when Vering threw him straight to his back. Mulvihill avoided the pin, but lost by decision. ISU led 19-13 heading into the final match.

ISU’s Trent Hynek sealed the victory with a 4-0 win over J.R. Plienis. Hynek dominated the match, controlling Plienis by riding him for nearly three minutes. Hynek didn’t allow him to make a single offensive move in the contest.

The Cyclones upped their record to 7-7, with all their losses coming courtesy of the top eight teams in the country.

“Right now, matches are the most important thing. We have to get to their battle stations and not only wanting to win for themselves, but for the team,” Douglas said.

“I know they’re trying as hard as they can, but right now we just don’t have the experience, and in some areas we don’t have as much talent,” he said.

ISU will take on Wisconsin and Truman State next Sunday at Hilton.

“We have a lot of freshmen wrestling right now, and going against those teams should give them some confidence,” Sanderson said. “It will give us a chance to do our stuff and execute the things we work on in practice.”