No. 27 Air Force Wrestling Falls to No. 19 South Dakota State

USAF ACADEMY – The 27^th-ranked Air Force Falcons came up short against Big 12 Foe No. 19 South Dakota State, 26-6, Sunday afternoon in Clune Arena. The Falcons, now 7-2 overall, are 2-2 in Big 12 dual action. SDSU improves to 11-2 overall with a perfect 5-0 mark in conference meetings.

Air Force won matches in four weight class highlighted by bonus points at 133 at 285. Falcon senior 133-pounder No. 19 Cody Phippen was perfect against Derrick Cardinal, posting a 16-0 technical fall (5:13). The win marked Phippen's 12^th this season, he is unbeaten in Big 12 dual meets (3-0).

At 285, No. 5 Wyatt Hendrickson posted his seventh bonus point victory in dual action in as many tries, handing No. 13 AJ Nevills a 16-1 technical fall loss. Hendrickson has 19 win this season and has delivered bonus points in every dual match this year.

Air Force upperclassmen No. 30 Dylan Martinez and No. 31 Giano Petrucelli rounded out the Air Force victors, posting 3-1 and 3-0 decision wins, respectively. Petrucelli notched his 20^th win of the season in the effort. Martinez is 4-0 against Big 12 dual opponents this season.

SDSU was stout in their visit to the Academy, posting three bonus point wins in seven matches won.

Next up, Air Force returns to Clune Arena for Senior Day, hosting the Big 12's North Dakota State, Friday (Feb. 3). Action is slated for a 1 p.m. start.

Jan. 29 - #19 South Dakota State 26, #27 Air Force 16
174: #15 Cade DeVos (SDSU) Fall Gage Musser (AF), 2:22 | SDSU 6, AF 0
184: #17 Cade King (SDSU) Dec. #33 Noah Blake (AF), 4-3 | SDSU 9, AF 0
197: #11 Tanner Sloan (SDSU) TF Calvin Sund (AF), 18-0 | SDSU 14, AF 0
285: #5 Wyatt Hendrickson TF #13 A.J. Nevills (SDSU), 16-1 (6:45) | SDSU 14, AF 5
125: #30 Tanner Jordan (SDSU) Fall #29 Tucker Owens (AF), 6:10 | SDSU 20, AF 5
133: #19 Cody Phippen (AF) TF Derrick Cardinal (SDSU), 15-0 (5:13) | SDSU 20, AF 10
141: #10 Clay Carlson Dec. Garrett Kuchan (AF), 13-7 | SDSU 23, AF 10
149: #30 Dylan Martinez (AF) Dec. Alek Martin (SDSU), 3-1 | SDSU 23, AF 13
157: #19 Cael Swensen (SDSU) Dec. Jack Ganos (AF), 8-4 | SDSU 26, AF 13
165: #31 Giano Petrucelli (AF) Dec. Connor Gaynor (SDSU), 3-0 | SDSU 26, AF 16

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