In a letter to Iowa State wrestling fans, new coach Kevin Dresser updated them on a number of topics that included the schedule, the location of a dual and the Cyclone Regional Training Center.

Dresser plans to release a monthly newsletter to fans, updating them on all the current happenings.

Here are the biggest notes in the first letter.

Eight home duals

Iowa State will host eight home duals next season, plus the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open.

The Cyclones only had five home duals last season, plus the Cyclone Open.

The teams coming to Ames in 2017-18 are Drexel, Rider, Iowa, Oregon State, Northern Colorado, West Virginia, Fresno and Wyoming.

Ancient art meets fine art

While the dates and times for the duals aren’t set yet, one thing is — one of those duals will take place in Stephens Auditorium.

“Yes, a wrestling dual meet in a fine arts theater,” Dresser wrote in the newsletter. “Ancient Art meets Fine Arts — you won’t want to miss that!”

The idea of wrestling in a fine arts theater is something Dresser pioneered at Virginia Tech.

The Hokies hosted three duals in the Moss Arts Center on the Virginia Tech campus in 2015.

Since then, the idea has gained steam. Clarion hosted Michigan State at its fine arts center last season.

After the 2014-15 season, when Virginia Tech hosted the three meets at its fine arts center, Iowa announced the Grapple on the Gridiron — a dual wrested in Kinnick Stadium. Dresser started the idea of wrestling outside the normal arena, and he plans to continue that at Iowa State.

Cyclone Regional Training Center — Junior Nationals

The Cyclone Regional Training Center is sending eight current Iowa State wrestlers to the United World Wrestling Junior Nationals in Las Vegas.

The wrestlers include freshman standouts Danny Vega, Kanen Storr, Ian Parker and Sam Colbray. Highly touted heavyweight Gannon Gremmel will also make the trip along with Brenden Baker, Briar Cochran and Zemua Baptista.

Storr qualified for the Senior Nationals but elected to compete in the Junior Nationals.

The C-RTC will send three guys to compete at the Senior Nationals. Those senior-level athletes include NCAA Champion Kyven Gadson and All-Americans Mike Moreno and Dom Bradley.