Bastida Advances to Semifinals; Three Cyclones in Blood Round
CLEVELAND – No. 1 Yonger Bastida punched his ticket to the nationwide semifinals with a victory over Iowa’s No. 8 Ben Kueter in the quarterfinals Friday afternoon inside Rocket Arena. With the win, Bastida earns the second All-America honor of his profession.
Bastida is the 89th Cyclone in program historical past to earn at the very least two All-America honors. It is the primary time because the 2022 season Bastida has reached the rostrum on the NCAA Championships.
Two different Cyclones, Anthony Echemendia (141) and MJ Gaitan (174), had been unsuccessful in their quarterfinal bouts. Echemendia and Gaitan will probably be joined by No. 16 Jacob Frost in tonight’s Blood Round with All-America standing on the road. Frost went 2-0 on throughout the afternoon with wins over No. 18 Eugene Harney (MORG) and No. 23 Max Petersen (NDSU) to maintain his season alive.
Steve Poulin (125), Garrett Grice (133), Vinny Zerban (157), Connor Euton (165) and Rocky Elam (197) had been eradicated from the match throughout Session 3.
Iowa State is seventh in the group race with 30.5 factors.
Bastida superior to the semifinals thanks to a 4-2 choice over Kueter in the quarterfinals. Bastida registered a first-period takedown however was unable to end any of his assaults later in the match. The Hawkeye was unable to get to his offense in the match as Bastida managed a lot of the hand combating.
In a 141-pound quarterfinal, No. 4 Anthony Echemendia dropped a good 6-4 choice to Lehigh’s undefeated No. 5 Luke Stanich. Echemendia struck first with a takedown in the opening interval however Stanich would get one among his personal in the third interval to take a 5-4 lead. Stanich surrounded Echemendia for the ultimate minute of the match to safe a using time level.
MJ Gaitan could not get to his offense in an 11-3 loss to No. 3 Christopher Minto. The Cornhusker recorded three takedowns in the match, dropping Gaitan to tonight’s Blood Round.
UP NEXT
Session 4 of the NCAA Championships will start at 7 pm (CT) on ESPN2. Semifinals and Blood Round matches will probably be wrestled.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
No. 13 Steve Poulin (125) – DNP
First Round – WD vs. No. 20 Diego Sotelo (MICH), 10-6
Second Round – LD vs. No. 4 Sheldon Seymour (LEH), 5-4
Consis. Rd. 2 – WD vs. No. 19 Kysen Terukina (UNC), 7-2
R16 – L-MD vs. No. 12 Vincent Robinson (NCST), 11-3
No. 28 Garrett Grice (133) – DNP
First Round – L-MD vs. No. 5 Kyler Larkin (ASU), 13-0
Consis. Rd. 1 – WD vs. No. 21 Sean Spidle (NW), 5-3
Consis. Rd. 2 – WD vs. No. 11 Tyler Ferrara (CORN), 8-6
R16 – L-MD vs. No. 13 Jacob Van Dee (NEB), 12-1
No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (141)
First Round – WD vs. No. 29 Jordan Titus (WVU), 5-1
Second Round – W-MD vs. No. 13 Wyatt Henson (LH), 14-4
QF – LD vs. No. 5 Luke Stanich (LEH), 6-4
R12 – vs. No. 15 Elijah Griffin (RID)
No. 16 Jacob Frost (149)
First Round – WBF vs. No. 17 Lucas Kapusta (LH), 3:48
Second Round – LBF vs. No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (PSU), 2:23
Consis. Rd. 2 – WD vs. No. 18 Eugene Harney (MORG), 4-2
R16 – WD vs. No. 23 Max Petersen (NDSU), 10-6
R12 – vs. No. 3 Cross Wasilewski (PENN)
No. 12 Vinny Zerban (157) – DNP
First Round – LD vs. No. 21 Charlie Millard (MINN), 12-6
Consis. Rd. 1 – W-MD vs. No. 28 Gavin Drexler (NDSU), 11-0
Consis. Rd. 2 – LD vs. No. 6 Jude Swisher (PENN), 6-3
No. 15 Connor Euton (165) – DNP
First Round – W-TF vs. No. 18 Gunner Filipowicz (ARMY), 17-2 (6:09)
Second Round – L-MD vs. No. 2 Joey Blaze (PUR), 10-1
Consis. Rd. 2 – LD vs. No. 32 Cody Walsh (DREX), 14-11
No. 11 MJ Gaitan (174)
First Round – WBF vs. No. 22 Brody Baumann (PUR), 2:41
Second Round – WD vs. No. 6 Matty Singleton (NCST), 6-3
QF – L-MD vs. No. 3 Christopher Minto (NEB), 11-3
R12 – vs. Colin Kelly (ILL)
No. 13 Isaac Dean (184) – DNP
First Round – LD vs. No. 20 Brian Soldano (OKLA), 4-1
Consis. Rd. 1 – LD vs. No. 29 Nick Fox (UNI), 4-1
No. 2 Rocky Elam (197) – DNP
First Round – WD vs. No. 31 Kael Bennie (UVU), 9-3
Second Round – L-MD vs. No. 15 Remy Cotton (RUT), 12-4
Consis. Rd. 2 – LD vs. No. 16 Branson John (MD), 11-4
No. 1 Yonger Bastida (285)
First Round – W-TF vs. No. 32 Emmanuel Ulrich (AU), 22-5 (3:20)
Second Round – W-TF vs. No. 16 Jimmy Mullen (VT), 20-4 (6:21)
QF – WD vs. No. 8 Ben Kueter (IOWA), 4-2
SF – vs. No. 4 AJ Ferrari (NEB)
