DETROIT – Four Iowa State Cyclones remain at the NCAA Championships after the opening day. All four Cyclones will wrestle in the consolation second round Friday morning at Little Caesars Arena.

David Carr (157), Marcus Coleman (184) and Yonger Bastida (197) all dropped matches in the championship second round, as they fell to the consolation bracket. After an opening round loss, Ian Parker (141) earned a victory in the consolation first round to keep his season going.

Carr, the defending national champion, had his 55-match winning streak snapped by 17^th-seeded Hunter Willits of Oregon State. In a scoreless first period, Willits was hit with stalling with :40 left in the period. In the second, Carr took a 1-0 lead by escaping :09 into the period. In the third period, Willits escaped with 1:08 to go. With the match tied 1-1, neither wrestler scored in sudden victory. Willits rode out Carr in the first tiebreaker before Willits escaped with :01 left in tiebreaker to pick up the victory. In the consolation second round, Carr will face 31^st-seeded Wyatt Sheets of Oklahoma State. Carr is 4-0 in his career against Sheets, including a pair of major decisions.

Coleman trailed 1-0 going to the third period against ninth-seeded Zach Braunagel of Illinois before escaping :11 into the third period to even the match. In sudden victory, Braunagel recorded a takedown with 1:13 left for the 3-1 victory. Coleman will face 23^rd-seeded Travis Stefanik of Princeton in the consolation second round.

After beating seventh-seeded Rocky Elam of Missouri twice this season, Bastida dropped a 1-0 decision to Elam. After a scoreless first period, Elam escaped :10 into the second period for the only points of the match.

Parker had a scoreless first period against 29^th-seeded Connor McGonagle of Lehigh. In the second, Parker escaped early before adding a takedown with :18 left to take a 3-0 lead. Holding a 3-1, Parker recorded a takedown with :07 left and a point for riding time for a 6-1 victory. Parker will face 19^th-seeded Chad Red of Nebraska Friday morning. Parker is 1-2 in his career against Red, with the losses coming at the 2021 and 2019 NCAA Championships.

At 125 pounds, Kysen Terukina dropped a 6-4 decision to 23^rd-seeded Dylan Shawver of Rutgers. Ramazan Attasauov medically forfeited out of the tournament at 133 pounds after suffering an injury in his first match of the day. At 149 pounds, No. 17 Jarrett Degen concluded his career with a 5-2 loss to 32^nd-seeded Zachary Sherman of North Carolina. Eighth-seeded Michael O’Malley of Drexel defeated No. 24 Joel Devine 4-1. In the final match of the night, No. 25 Isaac Reid of Lock Haven defeated No. 24 Sam Schuyler 8-5.