Iowa State Releases Wrestle-Off Brackets
October 10th, 2024 by Asa Lucas
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser released wrestle-off brackets for the 2024-25 season Wednesday evening.
What: Wrestle-off Semifinals
When: Sunday, Oct. 13 – 2 p.m.
Where: Lied Recreational Center Main Floor
Watch: IAwrestle on Rokfin
Admission: FREE
Wrestle-offs will be split into two dates with the semifinal round taking place Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. Best 2-of-3 finals matches will be contested on a date to be determined in early November.
Both dates will be wrestled on the main floor of the Lied Recreational Center and are open to the public free of charge. IAwrestle will stream all matches live on Rokfin.
Several wrestlers will be held out of wrestle-offs until November and are not currently included in the brackets: Zach Redding, Casey Swiderski, Owen Helgeson, MJ Gaitan, Nando Villaescusa, CJ Carter, Cody Chittum and Paniro Johnson.
*Semifinal Bout Order
125 – Osmany Diversent (Fr.) vs. Ethan Perryman (So.)
125 – Adrian Meza (Fr.) vs. Garrett Grice (So.)
133 – Evan Frost (So.) vs. Canon Acklin (Fr.)
133 – Blake Gioimo (R-Fr.) vs. Kysen Terukina (Sr.)
157 – Tucker Stangel (Fr.) vs. Christian Stanek (So.)
165 – Gabe Carver (Fr.) vs. Manny Rojas (So.)
174 – Aiden Riggins (R-So.) vs. Cade Schmidt (Sr.)
184 – Evan Bockman (Sr.) vs. Colby Runner (R-Fr.)
184 – Cole Carlucci (So.) vs. Caleb Helgeson (So.)
197 – Christian Carroll (R-Fr.) vs. Rowan Udell (So.)
197 – McCrae Hagarty (R-Fr.) vs. Sawyer Bartelt (Fr.)
285 – Xavier Bruening (So.) vs. Daniel Herrera (Fr.)
*At Coach Dresser’s discretion, any semifinal matchup could turn into a best 2-of-3 series.