Completed Event: Wrestling versus Cyclone Invitational on November 8, 2025 , , Eight Champs
Final
Wrestling
Cyclone Invitational
Eight Champs
Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, December 21
Nashville, Tenn.
3:00 PM
Iowa State
vs
Ohio State
PRIMER: No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 2 Ohio State & No. 20 Lehigh
12.17.2025 | Wrestling
AMES, Iowa -Â No. 3 Iowa State faces two top-20 tests Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee. The Cyclones will square off against No. 2 Ohio State and No. 20 Lehigh at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals, ISU's fourth-consecutive season competing in the event.
THE MATCHUP:Â No. 3Â Iowa State (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. No. 2Â Ohio State (8-0, 0-0 BIG) & No. 20 Lehigh (3-4, 0-0 EIWA)
WHEN:Â Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025 - 3 & 5 p.m. (CT)
WHERE:Â Montgomery Bell Academy - Nashville, Tenn.
PURCHASE TICKETS
The Links
WATCH:Â FloWrestling
LISTEN:Â Radio not available this weekend.
LIVE STATS
MATCH NOTES:Â ISU
PROBABLE MATCHUPS
| Iowa State | Ohio State | Lehigh | |
| 125 | No. 13 Stevo Poulin (4-3) | No. 3 Nic Bouzakis (6-1) or Vinny Kilkeary (11-2) |
No. 5 Sheldon Seymour (6-0) or Logan Wadle (1-1) |
| 133 | No. 3 Evan Frost (9-0) | No. 2 Ben Davino (13-0) | Mason Ziegler (1-5) |
| 141 | No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (8-1) or Osmany Diversent (2-1) |
No. 1 Jesse Mendez (8-0) | Carter Bailey (6-6) |
| 149 | No. 10 Jacob Frost (5-2) | No. 6 Ethan Stiles (8-2) or Dax Chase (2-2) |
Owen Reinsel (3-4) or Anthony Evanitsky (5-1) |
| 157 | No. 3 Vinny Zerban (8-1) or Kane Naaktgeboren (10-1) |
No. 4 Brandon Cannon (9-1) or Landon Desselle (4-1) |
No. 9 Logan Rozynski (4-2) |
| 165 | No. 19 Connor Euton (4-1) or Aiden Riggins (13-3) |
No. 16 Paddy Gallagher (9-3) or e'Than Birden (7-4) |
No. 7 Max Brignola (5-2) |
| 174 | No. 14 MJ Gaitan (7-2) | No. 4 Carson Kharchla (7-1) or Carter Chase (3-2) |
Bekhruz Sadriddinov (1-2) or Dom Federici (1-5) |
| 184 | No. 13 Isaac Dean (8-3) | No. 6 Dylan Fishback (9-2) or Cayaen Smith (0-1) |
No. 22 Rylan Rogers (7-3) |
| 197 | No. 1 Rocky Elam (8-0) or CJ Carter (7-2) |
No. 14 Luke Geog (8-1) or Seth Shumate (7-4) |
No. 29 JT Davis (4-3) or Remy Brancato-Roed (5-6) |
| 285 | No. 1 Yonger Bastida (10-1) | No. 3 Nick Feldman (11-1) | No. 6 Nathan Taylor (2-0) |
INSIDE THE SERIES
vs. Ohio State
12th Meeting
Overall:Â 10-1
Home:Â 4-0
Road:Â 4-0
Neutral:Â 2-1
Current Streak:Â OSUÂ W1
Last Meeting: 12/21/24 (ISU 10, OSU 29)
vs. Lehigh
30th Meeting
Overall:Â 25-3-1
Home:Â 11-1
Road:Â 14-2-1
Neutral:Â 0-0
Current Streak:Â ISU W1
Last Meeting:Â 11/14/2003Â (ISU 23, LEHÂ 18)
MATCHUP NOTES
- This marks Iowa State's fourth consecutive appearance at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals. The Cyclones are 7-2 in their last three appearances at the event.
- Iowa State and Ohio State will meet for the second-consecutive season and the 12th time ever. The No. 5 Buckeyes bested No. 13 ISU, 29-10 at last year's Collegiate Wrestling Duals.
- No. 3 ISU vs. No. 2 OSU will be Iowa State's first top-three matchup since Jan. 10, 2010 when No. 1 Iowa defeated No. 2 ISU, 19-12, at the National Duals.Â
- Sunday will mark the second time in the last three duals between the Cyclones and Buckeyes the teams meet as top-three foes. At the 2010 National duals, No. 2 ISU topped No. 3 OSU, 23-9.
- Iowa State has won 18 of its last 19 duals against Lehigh. Sunday will be the first matchup between the schools since 2003.Â
KEY STORYLINES
- After an off weekend, ISU is back in action at the Collegiate Wrestling Duals against No. 2 Ohio State and No. 20 Lehigh. They will be Iowa State's first duals since Nov. 30 when the Cyclones topped No. 3 Iowa, 20-14. Most recently, Iowa State crowned four champions and won a team title at the Cliff Keen Invitational (Dec. 5-6).Â
- Evan Frost (133), Anthony Echemendia (141), Rocky Elam (197) and Yonger Bastida (285) all won individual CKLV titles. Nine of 10 Cyclones reached the podium as ISU put 183.5 points on the board, including 34.5 bonus points (13 tech falls, seven major decisions, four pins).
- The Cyclones are No. 3 in this week's NWCA Coaches Poll, tied for their highest ranking in the Kevin Dresser era (2017-pres.). ISU has been ranked inside the top-15 for 84 consecutive polls.
- The back of Iowa State's lineup is anchored by a pair of top-ranked wrestlers. Both Rocky Elam (197) and Yonger Bastida (285) are ranked No. 1 at their
- Elam is 8-0 this season with five bonus-point victories. He is 4-0 against ranked foes, including 3-0 against top-10 opponents.respective weight by InterMat and FloWrestling.
- Bastida leads the team with 41 takedowns on the season while surrendering only one. He is 10-0 and has six wins over ranked opponents.Â
- Kevin Dresser preaches a high-paced, entertaining style of wrestling and encourages his athletes to give fans their money's worth. So far this season, 63.6% of ISU's wins have come with bonus points (56-of-88).
WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Head coach Kevin Dresser, Yonger Bastida and Evan Frost met with the media on Tuesday. Watch their interviews below.
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Evan Frost 12-16-25 Media Availability
Tuesday, December 16
Yonger Bastida 12-16-25 Media Availability
Tuesday, December 16
Coach Dresser 12-16-25 Media Availability
Tuesday, December 16
Kevin Dresser Interview (Cliff Keen Invitational)
Saturday, December 06
