ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Iowa State wrestling team salvaged the second day of the NCAA Div. I Tournament in the evening consolation round.
Seven Cyclones earned All-American honors here Friday - the most for Iowa State since 1993. Sophomore 184-pounder Jake Varner (29-0) reached the finals for the second straight season by beating Central Michigan's Christian Sinnott, 4-2, in the semifinals.
Iowa State moved into back into third place as a team, but Iowa clinched the team title with a strong fourth session performance. The Cyclones have 68 points - three less than Ohio State. The Hawkeyes have 102 team points.
Varner led 3-0 in the final seconds before Sinnott scored a takedown. The Cyclone had only been taken down once all season - on Nov. 16 by Rider's Doug Umbehauer.
He will face Ohio State's second-seeded Mike Pucillo in the finals.
Nick Gallick (141) and David Zabriskie (HWT) are still trying for third place, while Nick Fanthorpe (133), Cyler Sanderson (157), Jon Reader (165) and David Bertolino (197) will wrestle for seventh place Saturday morning.
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