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1 South Dakota State JACKRABBIT ATHLETICS NEWS RELEASE Jackrabbit Sports Information 2820 HPER Center Brookings, SD Wrestling Contact/Assistant AD-Sports Information: Jason Hove Office Phone: (605) Mobile: (605) Fax: (605) Facebook: Website: WRESTLING INFORMATION Jacks host #4 Oklahoma State #4 OKLAHOMA STATE (0-1) at SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (1-3) 5 p.m. Friday Frost Arena; Brookings, S.D. SDSU PROBABLE STARTERS 125 Anthony Cefolo, Fr., Florham Park, N.J. (3-5 overall, 1-3 dual record) or Kahlen Morris, Fr., Sioux Falls, S.D. (1-8 overall, 0-0 dual record 133 Brance Simms, Sr., Gilmore City, Iowa or (4-4 overall, 2-2 dual record) Ben Gillette, Sr., Redfield, S.D. (10-4 overall, 0-0 dual record) 141 Seth Gross, So., Apple Valley, Minn. (6-6 overall, 1-3 dual record) 149 Alex Kocer, Jr., Wagner, S.D. (8-2 overall, 3-1 dual record) 157 Cody Pack, Sr., Quincy, Calif. (8-1 overall, 3-1 dual record) 165 Luke Zilverberg, So., Belle Plaine, Minn. (12-4 overall, 2-2 dual record) 174 David Kocer, So., Wagner, S.D. (9-4 overall, 2-2 dual record) 184 Brady Ayers, Jr., Waterville, Minn. (11-2 overall, 3-1 dual record) or THIS WEEK Ben Schwery, Jr., Underwood, Iowa (4-4 overall, 1-0 dual record) 197 Nate Rotert, So., Spearfish, S.D. (7-4 overall, 0-3 dual record) 285 Alex Macki, So., Cambridge, Iowa (3-6 overall, 0-4 dual record) Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove November 25, 2015 BROOKINGS, S.D. For the second consecutive week, the South Dakota State University wrestling team will host a top-10 team in dual action. Friday afternoon, the Jackrabbits will face their first Big 12 Conference opponent of the season by welcoming fourth-ranked Oklahoma State to Frost Arena. Action begins at 5 p.m. Video streaming of the dual will be available through FloWrestling.org. The Jackrabbits enter the matchup with a 1-3 record in duals so far this season. All three Jackrabbit losses have been to teams currently ranked in the top 20: No. 6 Virginia Tech, No. 18 Minnesota and 19th-ranked Virginia. Oklahoma State, meanwhile, is 0-1 in duals following an loss at perennial national power Iowa on Nov. 14 As many as 11 nationally ranked wrestlers could compete in Saturday s dual, which will mark the second all-time meeting between SDSU and Oklahoma State on the mat. The Cowboys feature a ranked wrestler in eigh of 10 weight classes, including the top-ranked wrestlers at 141 (Dean Heil) and 165 pounds (Alex Dieringer), while the Jackrabbits feature three ranked wrestlers in 133-pounder Brance Simms, 157-pounder Cody Pack and 197- pounder Nate Rotert. Oklahoma State won the first-ever meeting between the two squads last season, 25-9, in a dual contested in Miami, Okla. Simms, Pack and Rotert all won by decision for the Jackrabbits. NATIONAL MENTION: The South Dakota State University wrestling team reached a milestone in its Division I pursuits as the Jackrabbits received mention in the USA Today/ NWCA Division I Coaches Poll for the first time on Nov. 17. The Jackrabbits, who were among six teams to receive votes in the poll but not crack the top 25, will have several opportunities to impress the voting panel throughout the season as they are scheduled to wrestle three more teams currently ranked in the top 25 Iowa, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Individually, three Jackrabbits are ranked in three different national polls. Brance Simms at 133 pounds became the latest Jackrabbit to crack the rankings, appearing at No. 16 in WIN Magazine s rankings after his victory over then-no. 17 Kevin Norstrem of Virginia Tech last Saturday. Following are current rankings as compiled by Intermat, WIN Magazine and FloWrestling: Cody Pack (157) sixth by WIN Magazine, seventh by Intermat and ninth by FloWrestling Nate Rotert (197) 10th by FloWrestling, 13th by WIN Magazine and 14th by Intermat Brance Simms (133) 16th by WIN Magazine

2 NATIONAL RANKINGS USA TODAY/NWCA TEAM RANKINGS 1. Penn State 16. North Carolina 2. Iowa 17. Iowa State 3. Michigan 18. Minnesota 4. Oklahoma State 19. Virginia 5. Nebraska 20. Ohio 6. Virginia Tech 21. Old Dominion (Va.) 7. Cornell (N.Y.) 22. Central Michigan 8. Oklahoma 23. Oregon State 9. Missouri 24. West Virginia 10. Michigan 25. Northern Iowa 11. Lehigh (Pa.) 12. Illinois RV: Pittsburgh (Pa.), Rider (N.J.), Stanford (Calif.), Utah 13. N.C. State Valley, Chattanooga (Tenn.), 14. Rutgers (N.J.) Edinboro (Pa.) 15. Wisconsin INTERMAT INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS 125 POUNDS 1. Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State 2. Thomas Gilman, Iowa 3. Joey Dance, Virginia Tech 4. Nico Megaludis, Penn State 5. Eddie Klimara, Oklahoma State 6. David Terao, American 7. Dylan Peters, Northern Iowa 8. Chasen Tolbert, Utah Valley 133 POUNDS 1. Cody Brewer, Oklahoma 2. Cory Clark, Iowa 3. Ryan Taylor, Wisconsin 4. Nahshon Garrett, Cornell (N.Y.) 5. Johnni DiJulius, Ohio State 6. Rossi Bruno, Michigan 7. Earl Hall, Iowa State 8. Jordan Conaway, Penn State 141 POUNDS 1. Dean Heil, Oklahoma State 2. Kevin Jack, North Carolina State 3. Anthony Ashnault, Rutgers (NJ.) 4. Joey McKenna, Stanford 5. Chris Mecate, Old Dominion (Va.) 6. Jimmy Gulibon, Penn State 7. Evan Henderson, North Carolina 8. Solomon Chishko, Virginia Tech 149 POUNDS 1. Jason Tsirtsis, Northwestern (Ill.) 2. Zain Retherford, Penn State 3. Brandon Sorensen, Iowa 4. Alex Richardson, Old Dominion (Va.) 5. Jake Sueflohn, Nebraska 6. Lavion Mayes, Missouri 7. C.J. Cobb, Penn 8. Anthony Collica, Oklahoma State LAST WEEK: The Jackrabbits opened the home dual season with a narrow loss to sixthranked Virginia Tech, but found success elsewhere as four freshmen won titles at the Finn Grinaker Open. No. 6 Virginia Tech 20, South Dakota State 16 No. 6 Virginia Tech recorded wins in the last three matches to record a win over the South Dakota State University wrestling team Nov. 21 at Frost Arena. The Jackrabbitswon three of four matches to take a lead after sophomore David Kocer (Wagner) recorded a major decision win over Cody Hughes, 9-1, at 174 pounds. The Hokies then used three straight decisions to win the dual. Senior Brance Simms picked up a 6-4 decision at 133 pounds over 17th-ranked Kevin Norstrem for the Jacks first points. Junior Alex Kocer then won by technical fall over Chad Saunders at 149 pounds to even the match, 8-8. No. 8 Cody Pack (Quincy, Calif.) recorded a major decision win, 13-1, over Jake Spengler in the 157-pound match to put South Dakota State ahead, 12-8, while David Kocer extended the Jackrabbit lead to with a major decision at 174 pounds. Finn Grinaker Open Four South Dakota State University freshman wrestlers claimed individual titles in the Maroon Division of the 2015 Finn Grinaker Open hosted by Concordia College on Nov. 21. In a round-robin format in the 133-pound weight class, Henry Pohlmeyer pinned his way to the title. A native of Johnston, Iowa, Pohlmeyer opened the tournament by winning a 10-4 decision over teammate Tyler Pieper. Pohlmeyer then reeled off four consecutive falls to claim the Maroon Division title, including pinning Lukas Maughan of Minnesota and Northern Iowa s Darrin Eades in his final two matches. Pieper tallied a 2-3 record, including a win by pin over Maughan, to take fourth. Lucas Eastman also won the 157-pound weight class in a round-robin format. The native of Rochester, Washington, posted pins in the first two rounds, defeating Tanner Schreifels of Northland Community College (Minn.) in 2 minutes and 2 seconds, followed by a pin of Minnesota s Jonathan Hoffner in 2:51. Eastman later added two wins by major decision and one by medical forfeit to seal the title.. Two other Jackrabbits won their respective weight classes in a traditional bracketed format. Brett Bye wrestled his way to victory in the 165-pound weight class and Zac Carlson earned his third consecutive tournament title at 174 pounds. A Vermillion native, Bye opened the tournament with a 16-1 technical fall over Alex Giese of Northland and advanced to the championship with an 8-2 decision against Isaiah Patton of Northern Iowa. In the title bout, Bye recorded a 4-2 victory in the second suddenvictory overtime period against teammate Kasey Klapprodt. Klapprodt earned a spot in the finals after defeating Concordia s Nick Gravdahl by major decision, 13-5, in the first round and then earning decisions over Coleby Bratrud of Buena Vista (Iowa) and Adam Blees of Minnesota State, Moorhead. Carlson tallied four consecutive victories to win the 174-pound title. The Kerkhoven, Minnesota, product earned a 7-6 victory over St. Cloud State s Brady Nelson in the opening round, followed by a pair of shutouts over Mitchell Zachman of Northland (13-0) and Logan Rhode of Minnesota State, Moohread (4-0). In the championship match, Carlson came up with a 6-5 decision over Monty Holm of St. Cloud State. Caleb Ward added a runner-up finish in the 197-pound weight class, compiling a 3-1 record in round-robin action. Ward recorded a pin over Phillip Jackson of Northland in the first round, followed by a technical fall and major decision. Ward dropped a 3-1 decision to Hunter Santamour of Concordia in the match that determined the weight class champion. Sophomore Colin Holler saw his first action of the season in the Gold Division and came away with a fourth-place finish in the 157-pound weight class. Holler posted a pair of onepoint victories in his first two matches, defeating Garrett Hoffner of Minnesota State, Moorhead, 7-6, and Northern Iowa s Zach Witte, 2-1. After dropping a 6-1 decision to Andrew Fogarty of North Dakota State in the semifinals, Holler again defeated Hoffner in the wrestlebacks before withdrawing due to injury. JACKRABBITS SIGN THREE: Head wrestling coach Chris Bono announced earlier this month that Ohio high school standout Garrett Jordan and twin brothers Joshua and Justin Portillo of Clarion, Iowa, have each signed a National Letter of Intent, indicating they will enroll at South Dakota State University next fall and compete for the Jackrabbits.

3 NATIONAL RANKINGS INTERMAT INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS 157 POUNDS 1. Isaiah Martinez, Illinois 2. Ian Miller, Kent State (Ohio) 3. Jason Nolf, Penn State 4. Nick Brascetta, Virginia Tech 5. Brian Murphy, Michigan 6. Mitch Minotti, Lehigh (Pa.) 7. Cody Pack, South Dakota State 8. Thomas Gantt, North Carolina State 14. Chance Marsteller, Oklahoma State 165 POUNDS 1. Alex Dieringer, Oklahoma State 2. Isaac Jordan, Wisconsin 3. Cooper Moore, Northern Iowa 4. Austin Wilson, Nebraska 5. Ethan Ramos, North Carolina 6. Jim Wilson, Stanford (Calif.) 7. Max Rohskopf, North Carolina St. 8. Clark Glass, Oklahoma 174 POUNDS 1. Bo Jordan, Ohio State 2. Brian Realbuto, Cornell (N.Y.) 3. Kyle Crutchmer, Oklahoma State 4. Alex Meyer, Iowa 5. Zach Epperly, Virginia Tech 6. Blaise Butler, Missouri 7. Bo Nickal, Penn State 8. Cody Walters, Ohio 184 POUNDS 1. Gabe Dean, Cornell (N.Y.) 2. Vic Avery, Edinboro (Pa.) 3. Blake Stauffer, Arizona State 4. Kenny Courts, Ohio State 5. Hayden Zillmer, North Dakota State 6. Jack Dechow, Old Dominion (Va.) 7. T.J. Dudley, Nebraska 8. Nathaniel Brown, Lehigh (Pa.) 15. Jordan Rogers, Oklahoma State 197 POUNDS 1. Morgan McIntosh, Penn State 2. J den Cox, Missouri 3. Conner Hartmann, Duke 4. Nathan Burak, Iowa 5. Max Huntley, Michigan 6. Brett Pfarr, Minnesota 7. Jake Smith, West Virginia 8. Zach Nye, Virginia 14. Nate Rotert, South Dakota State 285 POUNDS 1. Nick Gwiazdowski, N.C. State 2. Ty Walz, Virginia Tech 3. Adam Coon, Michigan 4. Austin Marsden, Oklahoma State 5. Amarveer Dhesi, Oregon State 6. Blaize Cabell, Northern Iowa 7. Billy Smith, Rutgers (N.J.) 8. Ross Larson, Oklahoma We definitely fulfilled the needs of our remaining weight classes with this group, Bono said. We knew that after bringing in 16 new wrestlers for this season we would have a much smaller recruiting class, but we are very pleased with the quality. Jordan is a two-time state qualifier for top-ranked St. Paris Graham Local High School. He compiled a record between his sophomore and junior seasons, qualifying for state in the 152-pound weight class in 2014 before posting a third-place finish in 2015 at 170 pounds. He posted a 54-7 overall record his junior season and will serve as a team captain for his high school team this season. Jordan is expected to compete at 174 pounds at the collegiate level. Garrett is a tough-nosed kid with a lot of upside, Bono said. We can t wait to get him in the room. Justin Portillo, who is projected as a 125-pounder, enters his senior season at Clarion High School with a 74-5 career record. He finished as runner-up at 106 pounds as a sophomore, then claimed the state title last season en route to a 46-1 record. During the club season, Justin Portillo was a 2015 Iowa Triple Crown winner, claiming state titles in freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle. He also recorded victories at several other prestigious regional tournaments, including winning the Intermat JJ Classic three times and claiming titles at both the Midwest Classic and Indiana Hoosier Preseason Open in Joshua Portillo has won consecutive state titles, completing a perfect 32-0 season in winning the 113-pound title as a sophomore and compiling a 50-1 record as a junior en route to winning the 126-pound Class 1A state championship. He also has excelled in folkstyle and freestyle tournaments, winning championships at the USA Wrestling Folkstyle Naitonals and Preseason Nationals, among others. Josh and Justin will have an immediate impact in our program, Bono said. The are tough, gritty kids who live and breathe the sport. BIG 12 TICKETS:Tickets for the 2016 Big 12 Wrestling Championship are now on sale. This season s championship, which will take place March 5-6 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, marks the first neutral-site conference championship for the sport. Tickets can be purchased at Big12Sports.com/buytickets, SprintCenter.com; charged by phone at and Price Chopper Box Office at Sprint Center. Tickets start at $40, with premium seating priced at $60 and VIP seats available for $100. The two-day event will feature four sessions of action, two on Saturday and two on Sunday. Each ticket purchased gains access to all four sessions. Special group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For information on group tickets, call , or grouptickets@sprintcenter.com. One hundred student-athletes will compete across 10 weight classes for a chance to be a Big 12 Champion and for automatic berths into the NCAA National Championship tournament. Big 12 programs have a rich history of wrestling success garnering 49 NCAA team titles and crowning 277 individual national champions. South Dakota State will be competing at the Big 12 Wrestling Championship for the first time. SDSU was accepted as an affiliate member in July. COACH BONO: Chris Bono has engineered a successful rebuilding process during his tenure as head coach of the South Dakota State University wrestling program. Now in his fourth season, Bono has helped mentor Jackrabbit wrestlers to qualify for the NCAA Championships seven times and has posted a dual record. During the season, the Jackrabbits posted their first winning dual record in nine seasons and three SDSU wrestlers Cody Pack, Nate Rotert and J.J. Everard qualified for the NCAA Championships. Pack reached the national tournament for the third consecutive year at 157 pounds and was one win away from achieving All-America status. SDSU also had three national qualifiers during the season as Pack, Joe Brewster and Alex Kocer all qualified out of the NCAA West Regional/Western Wrestling Conference Championships. While leading the Jackrabbits, Bono was also tabbed as coach for the U.S. Men's Freestyle team at the 2013 Pan American Championships. In the world event, Coach Bono led Team USA to a 13-point victory. Overall, Bono has a dual record in six-plus seasons as a collegiate head coach. He

4 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 1 WARREN WILLIAMSON/DAKTRONICS 9 a.m OPEN 7 at Gopher Duals Minneapolis vs. Virginia L, 9-23 vs. Grand Canyon (Ariz.) W, 25-9 at Minnesota L, at Cyclone Open Ames Iowa at Bison Open Fargo, N.D. 21 VIRGINIA TECH L, *OKLAHOMA STATE 5 p.m. DECEMBER 4 at Iowa 7 p.m. 6 SOUTH DAKOTA SHOWCASE Sioux Falls vs. Dakota Wesleyan noon vs. Northern State 1:30 p.m. vs. Augustana 3 p.m. 13 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 4:30 p.m at Midlands Tournament Evanston, Ill. JANUARY 15 *at Northern Colorado 7 p.m. MT 22 SDSU Triangular Frost Arena SIU-Edwardsville vs. CSU Bakersfield 3 p.m. vs. SIU-Edwardsville 5 p.m. vs. CSU Bakersfield 7 p.m. 24 *AIR FORCE 11:30 a.m. 29 *WYOMING 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 5 *at Utah Valley 5 p.m. MT 7 *at Boise State (Idaho) 2 p.m. MT 12 *WEST VIRGINIA 7 p.m. 14 *at Oklahoma 2 p.m. 21 *at North Dakota State 2 p.m. MARCH 5-6 at Big 12 Championships Kansas City, Mo at NCAA Championships New York, N.Y. *Big 12 Conference dual Home events in CAPS All start times Central Time unless noted otherwise previously served three seasons at Chattanooga (Tenn.), where he led the Mocs to three Southern Conference titles and coached two All-Americans and 19 NCAA qualifiers from Bono also served nine seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa State after a standout career for the Cyclones. He lettered from , finishing his career with 130 victories. A fourtime NCAA qualifier, Bono won a national championship at 150 pounds as a junior, adding a runner-up finish as a senior and fifth-place showing as a sophomore. THE ROSTER: The SDSU wrestling roster features 32 student-athletes from nine different states plus one Canadian province. Of the 32 wrestlers, 10 are from South Dakota, seven are from Minnesota and five are from Iowa. California is represented by three wrestlers, while two hail from Illinois. Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey and Washington each have one wrestler. In addition, one wrestler hails from the Canadian province of British Columbia. By class, three are seniors, four are juniors, seven are sophomores, four are redshirt freshmen and 14 are true freshmen. WRESTLER WT. HT. YR. OVERALL DUAL HOMETOWN Isaac Andrade** Jr Redding, Calif. Brady Ayers** Jr Waterville, Minn. Tayt Boeckholt Fr Hartford, S.D. Brett Bye Fr Vermillion, S.D. Zac Carlson Fr Kerkhoven, Minn. Josh Casperson R-Fr Beresford, S.D. Anthony Cefolo Fr Florham Park, N.J. Spencer Derifield R-Fr Waverly, Iowa Lucas Eastman Fr Rochester, Wash. Jaxon Fitzgerald So Palo Cedro, Calif. Ben Gillette Sr Redfield, S.D. Seth Gross So Apple Valley, Minn. Colin Holler So Orland Park, Ill. Kasey Klapprodt Fr Rapid City, S.D. Alex Kocer Jr Wagner, S.D. David Kocer So Wagner, S.D. Alex Macki HWT 5-10 So Cambridge, Iowa Kahlen Morris Fr Sioux Falls, S.D. Martin Mueller Fr Rapid City, S.D. Cody Pack Sr Quincy, Calif. Logan Peterson R-Fr Lake Lillian, Minn. Tyler Pieper R-Fr Davis, Ill. Henry Pohlmeyer Fr Johnston, Iowa Nate Rotert So Spearfish, S.D. Louie Sanders Fr Truman, Minn. Ben Schwery Jr Underwood, Iowa Jimsher Sidhu HWT 6-3 Fr Surrey, British Columbia Brance Simms Sr Gilmore City, Iowa Cameron Sykora Fr Wheaton, Minn. Noah Uhing HWT 6-0 Fr South Sioux City, Neb. Caleb Ward Fr Leavenworth, Kan. Luke Zilverberg So Belle Plaine, Minn. Head Coach: Chris Bono Assistant Coaches: Jon Reader, A.J. Schopp Volunteer Assistant Coach: Zach Reed A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbits resume dual action Dec. 4 with a match at secondranked Iowa. Start time is 7 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. SDSU will then wrestle three duals as part of the South Dakota Showcase on Sunday, Dec. 6 in Sioux Falls. The Jackrabbits are scheduled to wrestle Dakota Wesleyan at noon, Northern State at 1:30 and Augustana at 3 p.m. All three duals will take place at the Sanford Pentagon.

5 JACKRABBIT WRESTLING STATISTICS OVERALL DUAL MAJOR TECHNICAL FASTEST DUAL WRESTLER RECORD RECORD DEC. DEC. FALL FALL PIN TEAM PTS Brady Ayers :59 9 Tayt Boeckholt :09 0 Brett Bye :11 0 Zac Carlson :15 0 Josh Casperson :59 0 Anthony Cefolo :03 3 Spencer Derifield :21 0 Lucas Eastman :02 0 Jaxon Fitzgerald :20 0 Ben Gillette :59 0 Seth Gross :45 3 Colin Holler N/A 0 Kasey Klapprodt :53 0 Alex Kocer N/A 12 David Kocer :24 7 Alex Macki :33 0 Kahlen Morris N/A 0 Martin Mueller N/A 0 Cody Pack :46 10 Logan Peterson :56 0 Tyler Pieper :08 0 Henry Pohlmeyer :00 0 Nate Rotert :48 0 Ben Schwery :49 3 Jimsher Sidhu N/A 0 Brance Simms :39 6 Cameron Sykora N/A 0 Noah Uhing N/A 0 Caleb Ward :45 0 Luke Zilverberg N/A 7