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Zach Ourada
UNK Athletics

Lopers Battle One of Division I's Best Teams

Kearney, Neb. – Top-ranked Jackson Kinsella won in overtime, but the sixth-ranked Iowa State Cyclones downed Nebraska Kearney, 37-3, Friday night in Ames.

This was ISU's first dual of the 2025-26 season while UNK falls to 1-1

At 197 pounds, Kinsella (Creston, Ia.) made his return home a memorable one as he used an escape and take down in the first tie-breaking period to down junior CJ Carter. UNK almost had another win to close out the night, but second-ranked Crew Howard (Clarinda, Ia.) fell by a 3-2 decision to sophomore McCrae Hagarty. All the scoring was done in the second period as Howard escaped twice and Hagarty recorded a take down. Finally, fifth-ranked Zach Ourada (Omaha Skutt) was up 5-4 in the third period after a take down of Carter Pearson. However, the freshman tallied a reversal and added riding time to win by a 7-6 count.

Some Lopers will compete Saturday at the Grand View Open in Des Moines with the annual Younes Hospitality Open next Saturday at the SportsPlex.

 
Weight Summary ISU UNK
125 #7 Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) over Caleb Coyle (Maj Dec 15-6) 4 0
133 Carter Pearson (Iowa State) over #5 Zachary Ourada (Dec 7-6) 3 0
141 Evan Frost (Iowa State) over #4 Joseph Airola (Tech Fall 20-4; 6:55) 5 0
149 #4 Paniro Johnson (Iowa State) over Brady Collins (Maj Dec 17-9) 4 0
157 Jacob Frost (Iowa State) over #9 Cael Robb (Tech Fall 19-3; 4:59) 5 0
165 Connor Euton (Iowa State) over #7 Trenton Munoz (Maj Dec 17-4) 4 0
174 #13 MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) over #11 Otgonbayar Batsuuri (Maj Dec 15-1) 4 0
184 #9 Isaac Dean (Iowa State) over Kaden Hart (Tech Fall 19-4; 5:56) 5 0
197 #1 Jackson Kinsella over CJ Carter (Iowa State) (Tie Breaker-1 5-1) 0 3
285 McCrae Hagarty (Iowa State) over #2 Crew Howard (Dec 3-2) 3 0
Team Score: 37 3
Rankings are Division I (ISU) and Division II (UNK)


 
 
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