A good day

Cyclones in third-place, advance six to quarters
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Iowa State wrestling team worked itself into third place after the first two rounds of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Tournament here Thursday.
Six Cyclone wrestlers advanced to quarterfinals, and three wrestlers are still alive in the consolation bracket.
Iowa State had just four wrestlers reach the quarterfinals in last year's NCAA runner-up performance, but three of those were finalists. Head coach Cael Sanderson thought Thursday was "a good day," but said the Cyclones need to continue their winning ways on Friday.
"I like what I'm seeing right now; we've just got to keep rolling," said head coach Cael Sanderson. "We've got to have a better day tomorrow."
Iowa State won 10 of their 11 matches in the first session and six of 10 in the second.
Nick Fanthorpe (133), Nick Gallick (141), Jon Reader (165), Jake Varner (184), David Bertolino (197) and David Zabriskie (HWT) won their first two matches of the tournament.
Mitch Mueller (149), Cyler Sanderson (157) and Aron Scott (174) lost in the second round, while Tyler Clark (125) exited the tournament after two losses.

Here are the results:
Championship second round
133 - No. 5 Nick Fanthorpe dec. Cory Fish, Boise State, 3-1
141 - No. 9 Nick Gallick dec. Zach Bailey, Oklahoma, 10-7
149 - No. 2 Dustin Schatter, Minnesota dec. Mitch Mueller, 6-2
157 - No. 10 Michael Chandler, Missouri dec. Cyler Sanderson, 5-3
165 - No. 6 Jon Reader maj. dec. No. 11 Kurt Gross, 15-2
174 - No. 3 Brandon Browne, Nebraska dec. Aron Scott, 8-5
184 - No. 1 Jake Varner pin Zack Giesen, Stanford, 2:06
197 - David Bertolino dec. No. 3 Mike Tamillow, Northwestern, 6-4 (SV)
HWT - No. 7 David Zabriskie dec. No. 10 Zach Sheaffer, Pittsburgh, 3-2

Consolation
125 - Marcis Orozco, UC-Davis dec. Clark, 4-1

Team Standings
1. Iowa 29.5
2. Nebraska 26.5
3. Iowa State 25
Tie-4. Central Michigan, Minnesota 24
Match-by-match results

125 pounds - Tyler Clark (19-11)
The true freshman gave up a first period takedown and had trouble escaping UC Davis' Marcos Orozco, losing his first wrestleback match and dropping out of the tournament.

133 pounds - Nick Fanthorpe (30-4)
Fanthorpe took down Boise State's Cory Fish with 45 seconds left in the first period. The Cyclone sophomore would add an escape in the second period, but would score no more in a 3-1 decision. Fanthorpe controlled the match, but needed to twist out of a low single by Fish in the third period.
Quarterfinal opponent: 4th-seeded sophomore Joey Slaton (34-4), Iowa, who beat Fanthorpe, 6-5, in the rivalry dual in December.

141 pounds - Nick Gallick (25-11)
Gallick took Oklahoma freshman Zach Bailey down eight seconds into the match and steadily built a lead thereafter. Gallick scored another takedown in the first, two more in the second, and another in the third. Bailey scored five escapes and a takedown to keep the match close, but Gallick was the aggressor throughout a 10-7 victory. The sophomore beat Bailey, 10-3, earlier this season.
Quarterfinal opponent:Cal Poly's No. 1 seeded senior Chad Mendes (28-0). Mendes is one of five undefeated wrestlers in the tournament. He is known for his ability to hit the cement mixer - a dynamic pinning move.

149 pounds - Mitch Mueller (22-12)
The sophomore faced the consequences of being a low seed, facing Minnesota's second-seeded Dustin Schlatter in the second round. Schlatter controlled tie-up and scored takedowns in the first and third periods to win a 6-2 decision.
Quarterfinal opponent: Josh Wagner, Missouri, who Mueller beat in the Big 12 semifinals, 9-5. Wagner won the first meeting against Mueller, 5-4.

157 pounds - Cyler Sanderson(29-5)
Sanderson lost his third battle with Missouri's Michael Chandler, 5-3. With the score tied, 2-2, to start the third period, the Tiger junior tilted Sanderson to score three near-fall points in the third period. Sanderson escaped, but was unable to score a takedown to tie the match and looked worn out, which was strange because of Sanderson's normally excellant conditioning. Head coach Cael Sanderson explained the occurance by saying that Cyler often gets too worked up before matches.
Quarterfinal opponent: Ryan Hluschak, Drexel. The burly senior challenged graduated Cyclone 2007 NCAA Champion Trent Paulson in last year's NCAA quarterfinals.

165 pounds - Jon Reader (28-7)
Reader scored a takedown and two three-point near-falls in a 15-2 major decision win against Kent State senior Kurt Gross. The freshman added two more takedowns and built up over three minutes of riding time in the remainder of the victory.
Quarterfinal opponent:3rd-seeded sophomore Nick Marable, Missouri, who beat Reader, 4-3, in late February. Marable won a scramble and scored a takedown with 32 seconds left in the third period of the two's first meeting. Marable won a 3-1 decision over Arizona State's Pat Pitsch to advance.

174 pounds - Aron Scott (13-12)
Scott scored the first takedown against Nebraska's Brandon Browne, but the Cornhusker overcame the early deficit to win an 8-5 decision.
Quarterfinal opponent:Lloyd Rogers, Tennessee-Chatanooga.

184 pounds - Jake Varner (27-0)
Varner wasted no time, throwing Stanford's Zack Giesen to the mat and twisting his shoulders to the mat for a fall in 2:06.
Quarterfinal opponent:8th-seeded Minnesota senior Roger Kish, who placed third last season. Varner beat Kish in last year's NCAA Tournament semifinals after losing to him twice in the 2006-07 regular season. The Cyclone owns two victories over Kish this season. Kish has been struggling with a shoulder injury in the last two months of the season.


197 pounds - David Bertolino (24-11)
Bertolino matched the biggest upset of the tournament biggest upset of the tournament to date, knocking off third-seeded Mike Tamillow of Northwestern, 6-4, in sudden victory. The unseeded senior Cyclones hit a low reshot on the Wildcat in overtime and drove through to finish. Bertolino is in his first NCAA Tournament. Tamillow beat Bertolino, 10-4, in the mid-January NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals
Quarterfinal opponent: Wisconsin's Dallas Herbst, who pinned Bertolino in the second period of a January dual.

Heavyweight - David Zabriskie (27-5)
Never stop wrestling. Coaches yell it, but Zabriskie takes it to heart. It paid off, as Zabriskie beat 10th-seeded Zach Sheaffer of Pittsburgh in possibly the oddest finish of the tournament. With the scored tied at one in the third period, the two wrestlers battled in the tieup but separated briefly on the edge of the mat. Sheaffer relaxed, expecting the seemingly imminent whistle. Zabriskie then charged and pushed Sheaffer, knocking him off balance and onto the mat. With less than 10 seconds remaining, the Cyclone then dove and covered, keeping his toes in bounds like a wide receiver. A takedown was awarded, putting Zabriskie ahead 3-1. He let Sheaffer up for an escape, and held him off for the 3-2 victory.
Quarterfinal opponent: 2nd-seeded J.D. Bergman, Ohio State. The Buckeye junior moved up to heavyweight after two seasons at 197-pounds.