JACKS HEAD EAST FOR DUALS AT RIDER AND DREXEL

Friday, December 20

Lawrenceville, N.J.

9 a.m.

South Dakota State University

Rider

Photo by: Evan Patzwald

12/19/2024 9:29:00 AM | Wrestling

#14 South Dakota State at Rider Quad, Drexel

Date

Friday, Dec. 20 & Saturday, Dec. 21

Time (CT)

9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (Rider Quad), 5 p.m. (Drexel)

Location

Lawrenceville, N.J. (Rider Quad), Philadelphia, Pa. (Drexel)

Site

Alumni Gymnasium (Rider Quad), Daskalakis Athletic Center (Drexel)

TV / Stream

Broncvision (Rider Quad), FloWrestling (Drexel)

Live Stats

TrackWrestling

South Dakota State

Game Notes | Home Page

Brookings, S.D. - The Jackrabbit wrestling team is on the road again this weekend as they head to Lawrenceville, N.J., to compete in a quad dual with Rider, No. 18 Pittsburgh and No. 24 Maryland. On Saturday, they will head to Philadelphia for their final dual action of the 2024 calendar year against Drexel.

THE LINEUP: These are the probable wrestlers for this weekend's duals:

125- #14 Tanner Jordan
133- #22 Derrick Cardinal
141- Caleb Gross
149- Colin Dupill -or- Avery Allen
157- Moses Espinoza-Owens
165- #14 Drake Rhodes -or- Marcus Espinoza-Owens
174- #8 Cade DeVos
184- #6 Bennett Berge
197- #15 Zach Glazier -or- Thomas Dineen
285- #25 Luke Rasmussen

*FloWrestling Rankings

RIDER DUALS SCHEDULE (Central Time):

Friday, Dec. 20

9 a.m. - at Rider

11 a.m. - vs. Pittsburgh

1 p.m. - vs. Maryland

CKLV Recap

Five Jackrabbit wrestlers made the podium at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday with impressive upset wins from Derrick Cardinal and Drake Rhodes. The Jackrabbits finished ninth out of 30 teams at the prestigious events with a team score of 62.

On Saturday night, Bennett Berge was the only Jackrabbit wrestler to compete in the Championship Rounds during Session Four. Berge wrestled in the third-place match against Ohio State's Seth Shumate. Berge scored two takedowns in the first period, allowing a late reversal before taking control of the match and scoring three more takedowns throughout the match, scoring a major decision win, 18-4 and securing a third-place finish. Earlier in the day, Berge took down 6-seed Jaden Bullock from Michigan with a gritty 4-1 decision win, where he was set to go against 5-seed Evan Bockman of Iowa State, where Bockman medically forfeited, allowing Berge to compete in the third-place match.

Drake Rhodes competed in the fifth-place match at 165 pounds during Session Three after a decision win against Kyle Mosher from Hofstra and a decision loss to 10-seed Bubba Wilson from Nebraska. Rhodes went up against 4-seed Hunter Garvin in the fifth-place match. After giving up an early takedown, Rhodes scored two takedowns of his own, grabbing an 8-4 decision over the No. 6 ranked wrestler in the country. Rhodes started the tournament unseeded and rattled off wins against the 12, 11, 9, and 4 seeds. His only losses were to 6 and 10 seeds at 165 pounds.

Derrick Cardinal scored the highest-ranked win of the day for the Jackrabbits when he went up against 1-seed Dylan Ragusin from Michigan in the seventh-place match. Cardinal scored a takedown in period one and a reversal in period two before scoring two near falls in the third and taking the decision, 12-5. Earlier in the session, Cardinal dropped a decision to 10-seed Reece Witcraft from Oklahoma State.

Tanner Jordan lost his first match of the day against the 8-seed Maximo Renteria from Oregon State in a tightly contested decision loss. He bounced back from the loss in the seventh-place match against Cornell's Marcello Milani, where he shut out Milani and finished in seventh place at 125 pounds.

Cade DeVos dropped both of his matches in Session Three, losing both matches by decision in matches that were battles. He dropped his first match against 5-seed Danny Wask from Navy, 11-7, and his second against 8-seed Jared Simma from UNI, 11-9. He finished eighth at the CKLV Invitational.

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.
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.
Series with Rider, Drexel, Pittsburgh and Maryland: SDSU has never competed against Rider in dual format. They are 1-1 against Drexel and Pittsburgh. They are also 1-0 against Maryland. The Jacks have won their most recent matchups against Drexel and Maryland and dropped their last match against Pitt.
Individual Rankings: The Jacks have a wrestler ranked in eight of 10 weight classes as we hit week eight 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 FloWrestling's polls as of week eight.
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 will return to action after the Christmas break as they head to Coralville, Iowa, to compete in the Soldier Salute tournament on Dec. 29-30.

-GoJacks.com-