NCAA Wrestling Day 1: Cyclones Sputter

All nine Iowa State NCAA tournament qualifiers have been eliminated from title contention prior to the quarterfinals. Four have advanced to Friday’s action and will fight for All-American status. Iowa State looked flat in almost every match on Thursday. They lost six first round matches. In two of those losses the Cyclone led in the third period. Another they entered the third period tied. Yet another loss they were favored in. In the three championship side second round matches, Iowa State failed to score a single takedown.

In his first match, 125-pounder Kysen Terukina had a rematch against OSU’s #7 Trevor Mastrogiovanni. The Cowboy avenged his early season loss with a 4-2 victory where a…