{"id":221061,"date":"2026-01-05T05:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/221061\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T05:18:09","slug":"shorthanded-cyclones-rally-to-win-at-no-24-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/221061\/","title":{"rendered":"Shorthanded Cyclones Rally to Win at No. 24 Stanford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALO ALTO, Calif. \u2013 No. 3 Iowa State rallied from an 11-point deficit at the intermission to defeat No. 24 Stanford, 20-18, Sunday afternoon inside a rowdy Maples Pavilion. The shorthanded Cyclones were absent five regular starters from their lineup but won four of the final five bouts to win a dual that came down to the final match.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa State (4-1, 0-0 Big 12) and Stanford (2-4, 0-0 ACC) split the ten bouts with five wins apiece, but ISU held the edge with three bonus-point victories, including tech falls from <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/connor-euton\/13878\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13878\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Euton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/yonger-bastida\/13873\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13873\" target=\"_blank\">Yonger Bastida<\/a>. The Cyclones won the takedown battle, 17-13.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford started the dual with victories at 125 and 133 pounds, including a bonus point in the later, but <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/anthony-echemendia\/13877\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13877\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Echemendia<\/a> got the Cyclones on the board at 141 pounds. Echemendia secured three takedowns to defeat Jack Consiglio, 11-1, and pull ISU to within 7-4 in the team score. Echemendia improved to 9-1 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford took a 15-4 advantage into the intermission following wins at 149 and 157 pounds, which included a tech fall at 157 pounds. The Cyclones would win four of the next five bouts.<\/p>\n<p>At 165 pounds, No. 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/connor-euton\/13878\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13878\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Euton<\/a> pushed the pace early in a 19-4 tech fall over Zach Hanson. Euton improved to 6-2 on the season and recorded six takedowns in the victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/aiden-riggins\/13893\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13893\" target=\"_blank\">Aiden Riggins<\/a> bumped up and got the nod at 174 pounds, earning a crucial 8-3 decision over Collin Guffey. Despite a clear size disadvantage, Riggins controlled the action from neutral and tallied two takedowns in the match.<\/p>\n<p>No. 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/isaac-dean\/13900\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13900\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Dean<\/a> prevailed in a tight 5-3 decision over Abraham Wojcikiewicz at 184 pounds. Dean scored a reversal and a takedown in a decisive second period and fended off a late attack by Wojcikiewicz in the closing seconds of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The Cyclones dropped the 197-pound bout and entered the duals final match trailing, 18-15, in the team score.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked Bastida left no doubt as he dismantled Stanford&#8217;s Jackson Mankowski, 19-4, in 3:19. Bastida tallied six takedowns to clinch the dual and remain unbeaten on the season. Now 12-0 on the year, Bastida owns a 49:1 takedown ratio.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a quick turnaround for the Cyclones as they head straight to Arizona for their Big 12 opener against Arizona State Tuesday evening at 7:30 (CT).<\/p>\n<p>MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNo. 3 Iowa State 20, No. 24 Stanford 18<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n125:\u00a0No. 14 Nico Provo (STAN) dec. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/ethan-perryman\/13892\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Perryman<\/a>\u00a0(ISU), 9-3<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n133:\u00a0No. 7 Tyler Knox (STAN) maj. dec. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/adrian-meza\/13889\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13889\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Meza<\/a> (ISU), 11-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n141:\u00a0No. 4\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/anthony-echemendia\/13877\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Echemendia<\/a>\u00a0(ISU) maj. dec. No. 17 Jack Consiglio (STAN), 11-1<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n149:\u00a0No. 14 Aden Valencia (STAN) dec. No. 5\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/jacob-frost\/13881\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Frost<\/a>\u00a0(ISU), 4-3<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n157:\u00a0No. 9 Daniel Cardenas (STAN) TF <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/kane-naaktgeboren\/13890\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kane Naaktgeboren<\/a>\u00a0(ISU), 20-5 (5:31)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n165:\u00a0No. 18\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/connor-euton\/13878\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Euton<\/a>\u00a0(ISU) TF Zach Hanson (STAN), 19-4 (5:51)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n174:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/aiden-riggins\/13893\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"13893\" target=\"_blank\">Aiden Riggins<\/a> (ISU) dec. Collin Guffey (STAN), 8-3<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n184:\u00a0No. 13\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/isaac-dean\/13900\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Dean<\/a>\u00a0(ISU) dec. Abraham Wojcikiewicz (STAN), 5-3<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n197:\u00a0No. 19 Angelo Posada (STAN) dec. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/cj-carter\/13875\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CJ Carter<\/a>\u00a0(ISU), 2-0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n285:\u00a0No. 1\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cyclones.com\/sports\/wrestling\/roster\/yonger-bastida\/13873\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yonger Bastida<\/a>\u00a0(ISU)\u00a0TF Jackson Mankowski (STAN), 19-4 (3:19)<\/p>\n<p>Attendance: 2,189<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALO ALTO, Calif. \u2013 No. 3 Iowa State rallied from an 11-point deficit at the intermission to defeat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-221061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}