FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State wrestling opens the Big 12 home schedule on Sunday, January 11, as the Bison welcome in No. 3 Iowa State to the Scheels Center inside the Sanford Health Athletic Complex. The dual between the Bison and Cyclones is set for a 1 p.m. start.
 
North Dakota State Probable Lineup
125: #17 Ezekiel Witt (13-6)
133: #30 Tristan Daugherty (7-7)
141: Michael Olson (6-7)
149: #25 Max Petersen (6-4)
157: Gavin Drexler (3-6)
165: Boeden Greenley (11-7)
174: Max Magayna (8-8) or Tyler Secoy (1-6)
184: #26 Aidan Brenot (6-4) or Andrew McMonagle (11-6)
197: Devin Wasley (11-6)
285: Drew Blackburn-Forst (5-7) or Shilo Jones (5-6)
 
Iowa State Probable Lineup
125: #14 Stevo Poulin (5-5)
133: #3 Evan Frost (10-1) or Adrian Meza (7-5)
141: #4 Anthony Echemendia (10-1)
149: #6 Jacob Frost (8-3)
157: #3 Vinny Zerban (8-2)
165: #18 Connor Euton (6-3) or Aiden Riggins (15-4)
174: #14 MJ Gaitan (8-2)
184: #13 Isaac Dean (11-4)
197: CJ Carter (8-3)
285: #1 Yonger Bastida (13-0)
 
Dual Coverage
Sunday's dual with Iowa State will be televised live on WDAY Xtra. Check GoBison.com for full channel listings and coverage areas. The dual will also be streamed live on NDSU All-Access and will also have live results through TrackWrestling. Links for coverage will be available on GoBison.com.
 
Tickets
Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for youth ages 3-17. Tickets are available online at GoBison.com/tickets or by calling/visiting the Bison Ticket Office, located in the south lobby of the Sanford Health Athletic Complex. Tickets will also be available on Thursday at the door.
 
The Series
The Bison meet Iowa State for the 11th time in series history, dating back to the first-ever meeting in December of 2008. The Cyclones lead the series 9-1, including six-straight. ISU won 27-12 last season in Humboldt, Iowa. NDSU is 1-5 all-time in Fargo, with a 25-16 victory over then #14 Iowa State in November of 2016.
 
Ranked Bison
Five Bison are ranked heading into Sunday's dual. Ezekiel Witt (125) made another big jump up the leaderboard after his weekend in Chattanooga, climbing to #19 in the Flo rankings and #17 in Intermat. Max Petersen (149) sits at #23 in Flo and #25 in InterMat. Aidan Brenot (184) is #26 in InterMat and #32 in Flo. Tristan Daugherty (133) is #30 in InterMat and Devin Wasley (197) comes into the rankings at #32 in Flo.
 
Witt Continues to Impress, Battle Top Competition
Ezekiel Witt has recorded multiple Top-15 victories in recent events, beginning with an upset of #14 Trever Anderson of Northern Iowa in a dual in November. After a narrow defeat against All American and #8 Jore Volk at Minnesota, Witt took down #12 Nico Provo of Stanford 7-2 in Nashville in December.
 
Witt then narrowly missed another upset, falling 6-5 to Penn State's #2 Luke Lilledahl later the same day in Nashville. At the Southern Scuffle, the redshirt freshman reached the final, taking two-time All-American #4 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech all the way to sudden victory.
 
Looking Ahead
North Dakota State will head back on the road next week, traveling to the Charlotte, North Carolina area for the Davidson duals on Friday, January 16. NDSU is set to face Bucknell, Davidson and Lock Haven in three duals at the Baker Sports Complex on the campus of Davidson College.