Bulldogs travel to Wyoming & NDSU

Thursday, February 6

Laramie, WY

6:00 P.M. PT

Fresno State

Wyoming

Photo by: Keith Kountz/Fresno St

Bulldogs travel to Wyoming & NDSU

2/5/2020 9:30:00 AM | Wrestling

Fresno State Notes (PDF)Fresno State-Wyoming Lineup Card Fresno State-NDSU Lineup Card

By: Travis Blanshan / Assistant Director of Communications

FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State wrestling team hits the road for a pair of Big 12 duals traveling to Wyoming on Thursday and North Dakota State on Saturday.

Fresno State (8-7, 3-1 B12) at Wyoming (7-7, 3-1 B12)
Feb. 6, 2020 • 6 P.M. PT • Uniwyo Sports Complex • Laramie, Wyo.
Video: FloWrestling
Live Scoring: Trackwrestling
Twitter: @FresnoStateWRES
Series History: Fresno State leads 12-1
Last Meeting: Feb. 3, 2019 – W, 21-12 vs. No. 11 Wyoming in Fresno, Calif.

Fresno State (8-7, 3-1 B12) at North Dakota State (6-3, 3-1 B12)
Feb. 8, 2020 • 5 P.M. PT • Scheels Center • Fargo, N.D.
Video: FloWrestling
Live Scoring: Trackwrestling
Twitter: @FresnoStateWRES
Series History: NDSU leads 1-0
Last Meeting: Nov. 16, 2018 – L, 21-20 vs. No. 20 NDSU in Fresno, Calif.

Bulldog Headlines

Fresno State closed out its home schedule last weekend going 1-2 in three duals.
The Bulldogs defeated Air Force, 19-18 on criteria winning six of 10 matches over the Falcons on Senior Day on Sunday.
The 'Dogs fell 34-9 to No. 18 Iowa State on Friday and CSU Bakersfield, 26-10 on Sunday.
Fresno State, who is 8-7 overall in duals this season, finished its home slate with a 5-3 mark.
The Bulldogs are 3-1 in Big 12 duals and sit in a four-way tie for third in the conference.
Fresno State will go on the road for the first time this season traveling to a pair of Big 12 opponents in Wyoming and North Dakota State.
Four Bulldogs found themselves in the initial NCAA Coaches' panel rankings released on Jan. 24 as Josh Hokit was No. 11, Jacob Wright No. 18, DJ Lloren No. 22 and Jackson Hemauer No. 25.

By The Numbers
6 - Number of ranked Bulldog wrestlers as DJ Lloren, Greg Gaxiola, Jacob Wright, Jackson Hemauer, Brandon Martino & Josh Hokit are all nationally-ranked
2 - The 'Dogs will face North Dakota State for the second time in program history on Saturday
19 - Lloren and Hunter Cruz lead the team with 19 wins

Fresno State Probable Lineup
125: Jeremy Trinh, RSo. (4-6 overall, 1-2 dual)
133: Gary Joint, RSo. (10-9, 6-8)
141: No. 22/23/15/13 DJ Lloren, RJr. (19-4, 9-3) OR Lawrence Saenz, RFr. (14-8, 2-2)
149: No. -/-/-/29 Greg Gaxiola, RJr. (13-8, 9-5)
157: No. 18/-/17/14 Jacob Wright, RSo. (18-4, 8-2)
165: Ricky Padilla, RSr. (12-9, 4-3) OR Adam Kemp, RFr. (11-9, 6-6)
174: No. -/-/20/- Brandon Martino, RSo. (9-3, 5-0)
184: Hunter Cruz, RFr. (19-9, 8-5) OR Dominic Kincaid, RSr. (11-6, 1-2)
197: Isaiah Perez, RFr. (9-8, 2-5)
HWT: No. 11/11/12/9 Josh Hokit, Sr. (14-3, 6-1)
- Rankings by NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking/FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

Wyoming Probable Lineup
125: Jake Svihel, Fr. (12-6)
133: No. 7/8/8/8 Montorie Bridges, RJr. (25-4)
141: Trevor Jeffries, RFr. (19-14)
149: No. 26/-/-/32 Jaron Jensen, Jr. (17-12)
157: No. 33/-/-/- Dewey Krueger, Sr. (18-10)
165: Cole Moody, RFr. (16-13)
174: No. 10/12/12/11 Hayden Hastings, RSo. (19-5)
184: No. 32/-/-/32 Tate Samuelson, So. (16-9)
197: No. 26/24/-/27 Stephen Buchanan, Fr. (22-8)
HWT: No. 18/21/-/26 Brian Andrews, Jr. (23-6)
- Rankings by NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking/FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

North Dakota State Probable Lineup
125: McGwire Midkiff, RSo. (8-4; 3-2)
133: No. 11/11/13/10 Cam Sykora, RSr. (9-4; 5-3)
141: Sawyer Degen, RSo. (9-7; 3-2) OR Dylan Droegemueller, RFr. (10-6; 2-2)
149: Jaden Van Maanen, RSo. (9-11; 3-6)
157: No. 30/19/-/16 Jared Franek, RFr. (19-6; 7-2) OR Luke Weber, RJr. (12-7; 0-1)
165: No. -/12/11/10 Andrew Fogarty, RSr. (15-2; 8-0) OR Austin Brenner, RFr. (9-6; 1-2)
174: No. -/-/-/33 Lorenzo De La Riva, RSr. (3-7; 1-3)
184: Noah Cressell, RFr. (9-7; 3-3) OR TJ Pottinger, RFr. (7-8; 1-2)
197: No. 33/-/-/- Cordell Eaton, RSr. (8-8; 2-6)
HWT: No. 21/22/-/27 Brandon Metz, RSo. (18-6; 6-2) OR Dan Stribal, RSr. (10-5; 2-0)
- Rankings by NCAA Coaches Panel Ranking/FloWrestling/InterMat/Trackwrestling

Scouting Wyoming

Fresno State leads the all-time series over the Cowboys, 12-1.
The Cowboys are 7-7 in duals on the season with a 3-1 mark in Big 12 duals with wins over Air Force (21-12), North Dakota State (34-6) and Utah Valley (37-9) while falling to South Dakota State (17-16).
Wyoming is 2-0 at home with a 34-3 win over CSU Bakersfield and its victory over Utah Valley.
Seven Cowboys are in the national coaches' panel rankings led by a pair of top 10 wrestlers in Montorie Bridges at 133 lbs. and Hayden Hastings at 174 lbs.
This will be the 'Dogs first trip to Laramie since Jan. 27, 2018 when the Cowboys won 40-6.

Scouting North Dakota State

North Dakota State leads the all-time series over the Bulldogs, 1-0.
The Bison are 6-3 in duals on the season and 3-1 in Big 12 duals with wins over Oklahoma (24-15), Northern Colorado (25-12) and Utah Valley (20-15) while falling to Wyoming (34-6).
NDSU is 3-2 at home with wins over Oklahoma, CSU Bakersfield (24-9) and Augustana (32-9) while falling to No. 25 Purdue (22-12) and Wyoming.
Five Bison are in the national rankings with 133-pound redshirt senior Cam Sykora leading the way being ranked as high as No. 10 by Trackwrestling.
The will be the 'Dogs first-ever trip to North Dakota State.

'Dogs in the national rankings
141 lbs. DJ Lloren - No. 23 by FloWrestling, No. 15 InterMat & No. 13 by Trackwrestling
149 lbs. Greg Gaxiola - No. 29 by Trackwrestling
157 lbs. Jacob Wright - No. 17 by InterMat & No. 14 by Trackwrestling
174 lbs. Jackson Hemauer - No. 20 by FloWrestling & No. 33 by Trackwrestling
174 lbs. Brandon Martino - No. 20 by InterMat
Hwt. Josh Hokit - No. 11 by FloWrestling, No. 12 by InterMat & No. 9 by Trackwrestling

Fresno State closes out home schedule
The 'Dogs wrapped up their home slate last weekend with three duals, including a pair of Big 12 duals. The Bulldogs defeated Air Force, 19-18 at home on criteria while falling to Iowa State, 34-9 and CSU Bakersfield, 26-10. Four 'Dogs knocked off nationall-ranked opponents as 165-pounder Adam Kemp and 174-pounder Brandon Martino defeated ranked foes from Iowa State while Gary Joint (133 lbs.) and Lawrence Saenz (141 lbs.) knocked off ranked foes from CSU Bakersfield.

'Dogs in Big 12 action
The 'Dogs are 8-9 in dual meet action in three seasons in the Big 12 after narrowly defeating Air Force and falling to No. 18 Iowa State last weekend. Fresno State recorded a pair of wins to start the season defeating Utah Valley, 24-19 on Jan. 2 and topped Northern Colorado, 25-15 on Nov. 30 in their Big 12 opener. Fresno State went 4-4 in 2018-19 and 1-5 in 2017-18 and is 5-4 overall in home Big 12 duals, 3-4 on the road and 0-1 at a neutral site.

Fresno State places third at 2020 Virginia Duals
The Bulldogs overcame an opening round loss to Maryland to defeat Duke, 50-0 before topping Old Dominion, 20-15 and Kent State, 16-15 to place third in the field on Jan. 11. Lloren, Cruz and Hokit all went 4-0 in the tournament as Hokit used a 13-3 major decision over Kent State's Spencer Berthold to complete the comeback win over the Golden Flashes.

Wright earns Big 12 Co-Wrestler of the Week
For the second time in program history, Fresno State Wrestling had a Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after Wright was named the Big 12 Co-Wrestler of the Week on Nov. 5 after going 3-0 at the AFC Duals/Battle on the Midway on Nov. 1 in San Diego.

Up next
Fresno State stays on the road next week traveling to Big 12 foe South Dakota State (8-5, 4-2 B12) on Saturday, Feb. 15.

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