Iowa State wrestling (1-11, 1-6 Big 12) appeared to have its second win of the season locked up in the dual against West Virginia in Morgantown.

The Cyclones maintained a lead throughout the dual until the final match when heavyweight Brandon Ngati for West Virginia pinned Jon Scanlan allowing the Mountaineers to snatch the win away, 22-20.

At intermission the Cyclones led 15-3, featuring Earl Hall’s 100th win and capped off with a first period fall from Colston DiBlasi.

The Cyclones then lost four of the next five matches including a major-decision and two pins.

A tech-fall from Lelund Weatherspoon at 174 seemingly put the dual out of reach for the Mountaineers before they would get back-to-back wins, one by major-decision.

Going into the final match at 285, the Cyclones were up 20-16.

Coach Kevin Jackson made the decision to put in Scanlan over Quean Smith. Scanlan led 1-0 after getting an escape to start the second period.

Scanlan and Ngati tied up slowly and swayed back and forth.

Suddenly Scanlan had flipped a full 90 degrees to his back, Ngati picked up the dual-deciding pin in 4:28.

Iowa State heads back home for the final dual meet of the season against Minnesota on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.