STILLWATER, Okla. – No. 15 Sun Devil Wrestling (3-2, 0-1) was stymied by Big 12 Conference foe No. 4 Oklahoma State (4-0, 3-0), falling 33-6 in Sunday's dual in Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Jesse Vasquez and Nicco Ruiz provided the scoring for the Sun Devils with a pair of big wins. Vasquez downed #18 Carter Young, 9-7, for his second top-20 win on the season, while Ruiz's sudden-victory win against #6 Cameron Amine was the highest-ranked win of his career.
Competing in their first conference dual match as members of the Big 12, the Sun Devils began their bout with the Cowboys at the heavyweight position with a top-five showdown between Cohlton Schultz and Wyatt Hendrickson.
No. 4 Oklahoma State 33, No. 15 Arizona State 6
HWT | #3 Hendrickson (OSU) over #5 Schultz (ASU) by Decision 11-5 | 3-0, OSU
125 | #6 Spratley (OSU) wins over Brewster by Fall (4:35) | 9-0, OSU
133 | #33 Cael Hughes (OSU) wins over Carter Dibert by technical fall (18-1/6:35) | 14-0, OSU
141 | #12 Tagen Jamison (OSU) wins over Emilio Ysaguirre by Decision 5-1 | 17-0, OSU
149 | #15 Jesse Vasquez (ASU) wins over #18 Carter Young (OSU) by Decision 9-7 | 17-3, OSU
157 | Cutter Sheets (OSU) over Austin Scott (ASU) by Major Decision 18-5 | 21-3, OSU
165 |#15 Nicco Ruiz (ASU) wins over #6 Cameron Amine (OSU) by Decision (SV) 4-1 | 21-6, OSU
174 | #5 Dean Hamiti Jr. (OSU) wins over Chance McLane by Major Decision 14-4 | 25-6, OSU
184 | #3 Dustin Plott (OSU) wins over Shay Addison (ASU) by Major Decision 15-2 | 29-6, OSU
197 | #17 Luke Surber (OSU) wins over Max Acciardi (ASU) by Major Decision 17-4 | 33-6, OSU
The Sun Devils are back in action in two weeks for the annual Cliff Keen Invite in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Dec. 6-7.
Read it Again
All roads lead to Philadelphia, where the Sun Devils will end their season at the 2025 NCAA Championships at the Wells Fargo Center. Under Jones, the Sun Devils have established themselves as one of the nation's premier programs, having finished within the top-seven at the national tournament in each of the last four seasons.
Previewing the 2024-25 Sun Devil Wrestling Season
Sun Devils in the Postseason Under Head Coach Zeke Jones (11 years)
Year | Conference | NCAAs
2024-25 | TBD | TBD
2023-24 | 1st | 6th
2022-23 | 4th | 7th
2021-22 | 1st | 4th
2020-21 | 1st | 4th
2019-20 | 1st | N/A (Ranked #4 in last poll)
2018-19 | 2nd | 12th
2017-18 | 1st | 10th
2016-17 | 1st | 14th
2015-16 | 2nd | 33rd
2014-15 | 2nd | 29th
Sun Devil Wrestling Individual National Champions (13 titles won by 10 individuals)
Richard Figueroa, 125 (2024)
Zahid Valencia, 174 (2019)
Zahid Valencia, 174 (2018)
Anthony Robles, 125 (2011)
Bubba Jenkins, 157 (2011)
Eric Larkin, 149 (2003)
Markus Mollica, 167 (1995)
Markus Mollica, 158 (1993)
Ray Miller, 167 (1993)
Dan St. John, 167 (1990)
Dan St. John, 158 (1989)
Eddie Urbano, 150 (1985)
Curley Culp, HWT (1967)
Made for March
The Sun Devils routinely make their living in the postseason. After a hot finish to their regular season in the spring, they stormed into the Gill Coliseum and captured yet another Pac-12 Championship title at the conference's final championships. It marked the 24th conference title in team history, the sixth under Jones' guidance and the fourth in the past five seasons.
With eight qualifiers competing at the NCAA Championships, the Sun Devils saw four individuals reach the podium. Figueroa etched his name in Sun Devil history with a finals win against Iowa's Drake Ayala, slamming the door on an unbelievable run in Kansas City in which he went 5-0 and dethroned two top-three seeds.
The 2023-24 season marked the team's fourth consecutive top-seven finish at the national tournament, while also earning four All-Americans for the fourth straight year.
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