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Ames, Iowa - Chris Drouin and Erik Nye both won major decisions and Vicente Varela added a victory of his own, but it was not enough as the Arizona State University wrestling team dropped a 24-11 decision at No. 2 Iowa State Sunday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The Sun Devils slipped to 2-2 overall on the season while the Cyclones improved to 3-0.

Trailing 8-0 in the team race, the Sun Devils got on the board as No. 8 Drouin scored a 16-5 major decision over Joey DeMarie at 141 pounds, cutting the deficit in half. Varela followed that with a decision win over his own, 10-3, over Dalton Jensen, bringing ASU to within one point at 8-7.

But, the Cyclones would go on to win the next five bouts to secure the team victory. Nate Carr, Jr., won a 10-3 decision over ASU’s Jerrad Trulson at 157 pounds before No. 3 Jon Reader handed Kyle DeBerry at 16-7 major decision loss. True freshman Eric Starks put up a strong fight against No. 9 Dave Burk at 174, but fell, 8-4, before another true freshman, Jake Meredith made his collegiate debut at 184 pounds. In the bout, Meredith nearly defeated Jerome Wade, but gave up a takedown in over time to fall, 6-4. Joe Curran scored an 8-3 decision over ASU’s Thor Moen at 197 to put the team score at 24-7 with one bout remaining.

In the final bout of the night, Nye scored the Sun Devils’ second major decision victory of the evening, defeating Kyle Simonson, 8-0. The three wins by ASU were their only three on the weekend after being shut out at No. 1 Iowa on Friday night after shutting out Portland State last week.

The Sun Devils return home next Sunday at 2 p.m. when they play host to their intrastate rivals, Embry-Riddle, inside Wells Fargo Arena.

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