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Jackrabbits top Utah Valley, Wyoming in Brookings

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Posted 2/3/25

The South Dakota State wrestling team won its first two Big 12 home matches of the season over the weekend.

The Jackrabbits edged out Utah Valley 21-16 on Friday night and then dominated Wyoming …

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Jackrabbits top Utah Valley, Wyoming in Brookings

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The South Dakota State wrestling team won its first two Big 12 home matches of the season over the weekend.

The Jackrabbits edged out Utah Valley 21-16 on Friday night and then dominated Wyoming 31-3 on Saturday night.

The Jacks will return to the mat this Friday when they take on Northern Colorado at 7 p.m.

Friday

SDSU 21, Utah Valley 16

The Jacks picked up a win against Utah Valley on Friday night in a closely contested dual. The dual started at 125 pounds as Tanner Jordan took on Bridger Ricks to start off the Jackrabbits. After giving up an early takedown to Ricks, Jordan battled back with two escapes and rode out Ricks in the third to send the dual to Sudden Victory. After failing to score in the first period, Jordan rode out Ricks again in the tiebreaker to take the match 4-3.

At 133 pounds, the Jacks gave the start to Cale Seaton, who was making his dual debut. Seaton held his own for two periods against Kase Mauger but found himself on the wrong end of a loss by fall, putting the Jacks down 6-3, heading to 141 pounds.

141 pounds featured the only ranked matchup of the night in No. 21 Julian Tagg taking on No. 23 Haiden Drury. Tagg gave up a late takedown in period one, putting Drury up 3-0 heading to the second. Tagg failed to score a takedown in the third, putting the match out of reach as Drury clinched a decision.

Colin Dupill got the Jacks back on the right track as he scored two takedowns against Smokey McClure. After cutting McClure loose in the third Dupill attempted to score one more takedown with 10 seconds left but was unsuccessful, accepting a 7-3 decision win, cutting the Utah Valley lead to 6-9.

Cobe Siebrecht followed Dupill up with an actionpacked first period at 157 pounds against Ryker Fullmer. After scoring a takedown, Siebrecht gave up a reversal and a 2-point near fall, giving Fullmer the lead, before reversing it right back to take a 5-4 lead into the second. After Fullmer rode out Siebrecht in the second, Siebrecht scored a takedown in the third to clinch an 8-6 decision and tie up the dual at the intermission.

After intermission, Marcus Espinoza-Owens took on No. 4 Terrell Barraclough. Barraclough took control of the match in the first, scoring a takedown and riding out Espinoza-Owens, and after scoring an escape in the second, did the same again. This led to a major decision win for Barraclough, once again putting the Wolverines up by 4.

Cade DeVos looked to even the score against Mark Takara. DeVos successfully scored a takedown in the first and rode out Takara, putting him up 3-0 heading to the second. After scoring an escape in the second, DeVos put another takedown on Takara, adding to his lead, 7-0. A takedown in the third secured a major decision, 12-2, once again tying the dual at 13.

No. 6 Bennett Berge took on Caleb Uhlenhopp at 184 pounds. After scoring two takedowns in the first, Berge continued to put the pressure on Uhlenhopp, scoring again in the second. A late takedown by Uhlenhopp knocked Berge out of a bonus point victory, accepting a 14-7 decision and putting the Jacks up 16-13.

At 197 pounds, Thomas Dineen failed to recover from an early takedown by Kael Bennie and dropped a 6-1 decision to knot the score up at 16-16 heading to the heavyweights.

Luke Rasmussen stepped up for the Jacks and took care of business against Jack Forbes. After an opening takedown defense led to a score of his own, Rasmussen rolled Forbes for three near falls and took a tech fall victory, 20-4, securing the match for the Jacks, 21-16.

Saturday

SDSU 31, Wyoming 3

The Jacks took down Wyoming Saturday night in dominant fashion, taking nine of the 10 matches in a 31-3 win.

The dual started with a ranked matchup between No. 18 Cobe Siebrecht and No. 20 Jared Hill. Siebrecht got out to a fast start, scoring a takedown in the first and riding out the period against Hill. After scoring an escape, Siebrecht was taken down by Hill in the third with 30 seconds left. Siebrecht mounted a key takedown defense with 10 seconds left to secure a 5-3 decision and three points for the Jacks.

No. 11 Drake Rhodes returned to action after a month off the mat against Cooper Voorhees. Rhodes got right to work scoring two takedowns in the first and didn’t look back after scoring an 18-3 tech fall win in his return.

No. 9 Cade DeVos took on Riley Davis at 174 pounds. The sixth-year senior scored an escape in the second before shutting out Davis with a 2-0 decision victory.

No. 6 Bennett Berge took on No. 33 Eddie Neitenbach at 184 pounds. Berge came out strong with two takedowns in the first on his way to a 9-2 decision over Neitenbach. The win was Berge’s seventh ranked win of the season.

Tommy Dineen faced a tough test against No. 11 Joey Novak at 197 pounds. Novak scored some early offense with a takedown in the first, but Dineen battled back and secured a takedown of his own with 30 seconds left in the match to send it to sudden victory. Dineen made the first move in sudden victory but could not secure the takedown, allowing Novak to score and take the match in sudden victory. It was the only match of the night the Jacks dropped.

Luke Rasmussen continued his winning ways against Sam Mitchell on his way to a 7-4 decision. No. 15 Tanner Jordan and No. 25 Derrick Cardinal each scored a major decision in their matches to increase the Jacks’ lead with bonus points.

At 141 pounds, Julian Tagg faced off with Cole Brooks in a tightly contested bout. A reversal by Tagg in the third sealed the match for the Jackrabbits, as he took a 3-2 decision win over Brooks.

Avery Allen capped off the night with a decision win over Antonio Avila, his second win over Avila this season. The crucial point of the match was a single-leg takedown by Allen in the second, which Avila could not recover from, giving Allen the 5-1 decision.