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Sunday, December 1

Brookings, S.D.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Minnesota

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Photo by: Evan Patzwald

11/30/2024 8:34:00 AM | Wrestling

#14 South Dakota State vs. #9 Minnesota
Date and Time	Sunday, December 1st, 2 p.m. CT
Location	Brookings, S.D.
Site	First Bank & Trust Arena
TV / Stream	Midco Sports
Live Stats	TrackWrestling.com
South Dakota State	Game Notes \| Home Page
Minnesota	Game Notes \| Home Page

Brookings, S.D. - The Jackrabbit wrestling program welcomes Minnesota to First Bank & Trust Arena on Sunday in a dual between the No. 14 and No. 9 programs in the country, according to NWCA. Head coach Damion Hahn will look to score one on his alma mater, where he was a two-time NCAA Champion at 197 pounds.

THE LINEUP: These are the projected matchups for the dual vs. Minnesota*:

125- #5 Tanner Jordan (4-0) (SDSU) vs. #14 Cooper Flynn (5-1) (Minnesota)

133- #24 Derrick Cardinal (6-1) (SDSU) vs. #8 Tyler Wells (5-0) (Minnesota)

141- Julian Tagg (4-2) (SDSU) vs. #5 Vance VomBaur (7-0) (Minnesota)

149- Colin Dupill (5-3) (SDSU) vs. #21 Drew Roberts (3-0)(Minnesota)

157- #17 Cobe Siebrecht (3-2) (SDSU) vs. #7 Tommy Askey (6-0) (Minnesota)

165- #25 Drake Rhodes (8-0) (SDSU) vs. #11 Andrew Sparks (6-1) (Minnesota)

174- #3 Cade DeVos (1-0) vs. #25 Clayton Whiting (3-2) (Minnesota)

184- #4 Bennett Berge (4-1) (SDSU) vs. #9 Max McEnnelly (6-0) (Minnesota)

197- #8 Zach Glazier (5-0) (SDSU) vs. #7 Isaiah Salazar (6-0) (Minnesota)

285- #28 Luke Rasmussen (5-2) (SDSU) vs. #1 Gable Steveson (2-0) (Minnesota)

*Lineups are subject to change

UNI Recap

The Jackrabbit wrestling team dropped a tightly contested dual against the No. 14 UNI Panthers on Sunday. The teams split the ten matches evenly, each taking five matches by decision before UNI was awarded a point on criteria.

The dual opened at 125 pounds, where #5 Tanner Jordan went up against UNI's Kyle Gollhofer. Jordan gave up a takedown in period one before scoring late in period three to send the dual to sudden victory. With all the momentum behind him, Jordan landed a takedown deep in the third to give the Jacks the lead to start the dual.

At 133 pounds, Derrick Cardinal gave up two early takedowns and battled hard against UNI's Cory Land. Cardinal dropped the dual by decision, 9-7, his first loss of the year.

Julian Tagg made his dual debut for the Jackrabbits at 141 pounds against the No. 6 wrestler at 141 pounds, Cael Happel. Tagg battled throughout the first period, fending off several attacks from Happel, but after giving up a takedown in period two dropped a decision to Happel, 4-1.

Colin Dupill went down early in his match against Adam Allard, 1-5, heading into the second period. After scoring a takedown at the end of the second period, Dupill pushed the pace in the third and rolled through a takedown attempt, scoring three points and grabbing a decision win against Allard, 7-6.

Cobe Siebrecht fought a contested bout against No. 6 Ryder Downey at 157 pounds. Siebrecht never found his footing in the match, only scoring an escape before dropping a decision, 8-1.

Drake Rhodes scored takedowns in periods one and two against UNI's #30 Jack Thomsen. He scored a takedown in period three to seal the deal and take a decision win over Thomsen, 12-7. Rhodes is 8-0 to start his Jackrabbit career since transferring from Iowa.

Cade DeVos competed in his first dual of the season at 174 pounds against #19 Jared Simma. DeVos gave up a takedown early in the match but ground out the second and third periods, scoring a takedown in period three and finishing the match with a decision victory, 7-6.

The highlighted match for the dual between the Panthers and the Jackrabbits was at 184 pounds, where No. 4 Bennett Berge faced off against No. 2 Parker Keckeisen. No advantage was given in the first as the pair were deadlocked at 0, heading to period two. Keckeisen scored a takedown in period two and never looked back. Berge scored two escapes but ultimately couldn't get a takedown, dropping the decision to Keckeisen, 8-3.

Zach Glazier scored an early takedown against No. 15 Wyatt Voelker in the first period. Glazier stifled Voelker for most of the match and fended off a few late takedown attempts from the Panther's 197-pounder, scoring a 4-3 decision and giving the Jacks a 15-12 lead heading to the 285-pound bout.

Luke Rasmussen stepped to the mat for the Jacks at heavyweight, going up against UNI's Lance Runyon. Runyon scored a takedown in the first period and reversals in the second and third periods, grabbing the decision win, 7-2. This ended the dual at 15-15 before UNI was awarded a point based on criteria. This allowed the Panthers to take the dual 16-15.

Jackrabbit Summary

The South Dakota State Jackrabbit Wrestling program is looking to capitalize on a successful 2023-24 season as they return to action in 2024-25 under head coach Damion Hahn.

The return of three All-Americans highlights the squad: Tanner Jordan (125), Cade DeVos (174), and Bennett Berge (184). They return alongside NCAA qualifiers Derrick Cardinal (133), Alek Martin (149), and Cael Swensen (157).

SDSU returns to the mat in 2024-25 after finishing third in the Big 12 Championships and 13th at the NCAA Championships in 2023-24. The Big 12 Championships were highlighted by the crowning of Cade DeVos (174) and Tanner Sloan (197) as champions in their respective weight classes.

The Jacks are coming off a season in 2023-24 where they had a program-record four All-Americans and a program-record-tying eight NCAA Qualifiers. The Jacks went 13-4 in dual meets and 7-2 in conference duals. This is highlighted by a 7-1 home record for South Dakota St. with wins over Air Force and Wyoming.

SDSU is full of new faces, as the program brought in 12 newcomers in the offseason. Six of the newcomers are freshmen. This includes Burk Blasius, Kenton Cooke, Shane McConville, Logan Swensen, Tyson Peach, and Quin Morgan. Sophomore Jacob Fistler wrestled with the JWC last year but has now been added to the 2024-25 squad.

In September, the Jackrabbits announced the addition of four transfers from the University of Iowa. Those include Zach Glazier, Cobe Siebrecht, Cade Siebrecht and Drake Rhodes.

Glazier was the runner-up at 197 pounds at the Big 10 Championships for Iowa in 2023-24. He put together a 37-9 record over 4 years with Iowa, including a 9-4 record against ranked opponents in 2023-24.

Cobe Siebrecht sat out of competition in 2023-24, but in 2022-23, Siebrecht was an NCAA Qualifier at 157 pounds and finished seventh at the Big 10 Championships. He put together a 21-11 record over three years of competition at Iowa.

The Jacks are led by head coach Damion Hahn, who is in his seventh year at the helm of SDSU. Hahn holds a record of 58-34 overall and a Big 12 dual record of 28-21. The 2023-24 season was his best mark by far as the leader of the Jackrabbit wrestling program, as the team went 13-4 in duals. SDSU received their highest preseason ranking from InterMat under Hahn as they are ranked No. 9 to start the season, and are No. 10 and No. 12 in the FloWrestling and NWCA Coaches polls, respectively. He is joined by Cam Simaz, Cody Caldwell, and Clay Carlson as his assistant coaches.

Key Storylines

The New: South Dakota State added four transfers in September from the University of Iowa: Zach Glazier, Cobe and Cade Siebrecht and Drake Rhodes. The transfers come in alongside six freshmen.
The Old: SDSU returns seven of its 10 starters from last year, including All-Americans Tanner Jordan, Cade DeVos and Bennett Berge. The team also returns NCAA Qualifiers Derrick Cardinal, Alek Martin and Cael Swensen.
Program Records: The Jacks brought home a program record four All-Americans in 2023-24 with Tanner Jordan, Cade DeVos, Bennett Berge and Tanner Sloan. The Jacks tied their program record of eight NCAA Qualifiers by sending Cardinal, Martin, Swensen and Clay Carlson.
Experience Matters: The projected starting lineup for the Jackrabbits this year includes five athletes in their sixth year of collegiate eligibility. Amongst those five athletes, they total eight NCAA Qualifications, 1 Big 12 Title and two All-American honors.
In the Rankings: SDSU is ranked No. 14 in the NWCA Coaches Poll this week. There was no movement for the Jacks from last week. The Jackrabbits are ranked No. 6 in InterMat's tournament rankings and No. 9 in FloWrestling.
Home Mat Advantage: The Jackrabbits put up a home record in 2023-24 of 7-1. Their only loss came to fellow ranked program Missouri, only losing the dual 19-21. SDSU scored over 30 points in six of their eight home duals.
In the Classroom: The SDSU wrestling program had the fourth-highest team GPA in the country amongst wrestling programs last year, according to NWCA. The Jackrabbits compiled a 3.5416 team grade-point average to receive the team recognition for the fourth season and were the highest-ranking Big 12 Conference school.
New Staff, Old Faces: Two-Time All-American Clay Carlson was added to the wrestling coaching staff in the offseason as an assistant coach. Carlson wrestled at SDSU for six years and was a four-time NCAA qualifier, two-time All-American and two-time Big 12 Wrestling scholar athlete of the year. Brady Berge was also promoted from volunteer assistant coach to the head coach of the JWC regional training center.
Individual Rankings: The Jacks have a wrestler ranked in nine of 10 weight classes as we hit week four of the college wrestling season. Drake Rhodes, Luke Rasmussen and Derrick Cardinal have been the biggest movers, going from unranked in the pre-season to ranked in both polls as of week five.
100 for DeVos: Cade DeVos currently sits at 99 wins in his college career. DeVos has a chance to score his 100th win this weekend against Minnesota. In the last matchup against Minnesota, DeVos scored a 4-1 decision win over Sam Skillings in the 2023-24 season.
Offseason work: Cael Swensen finished second at the U23 National Duals in Geneva, Ohio, over the summer in the 74-kilogram division. Fellow Jackrabbits Marcus Espinoza Owens, Kail Wynia, Thomas Dineen, Derrick Cardinal and Brock Fettig competed at the event, with Wynia and Dineen placing fourth in their respective divisions.

A Look Ahead

The Jacks are on the road next weekend as they compete in the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, Nev., on Dec. 6th and 7th. They will compete against 30 athletes from all across the nation, including Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Arizona State and Northern Iowa.

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